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Opening Day Picks For Belmont-at-Saratoga Meet

Rain or shine, let the festival begin. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course opens Thursday, with a poor weather forecast and an excellent four days of racing featuring 24 stakes worth $10.25 million. Saratoga's First Belmont Stakes Racing Festival gets underway Thursday The 156...
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Mystik Dan Seeks Rare Derby-Belmont Double

Mystik Dan has a chance to join a rare group of Kentucky Derby (G1) winners who also won the Belmont Stakes (G1). The colt trained by Kenny McPeek won the Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, and ran second to Seize the Grey in the Preakness (G1) at Pimlico Race Course on May 18. […]...
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Set for Saratoga

The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is upon us, so let’s try to sort out what’s happening, where it’s happening, why it’s happening, and how it’s happening. First and foremost, the 156th Belmont Stakes (G1), the final leg of the Triple Crown is Saturday, June 8. For the first time, the race...
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Belmont Stakes: History and Traditions

The first Belmont Stakes was contested at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York, in 1866. Jerome Park was named for Leonard Jerome, who was Winston Churchill’s grandfather and a native New Yorker who made his fortune as a stock speculator. He was also part of the founding of The Jockey Club...
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