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Belmont Stakes Horse Racing Odds at Belmont Park |
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2009 Belmont Stakes Race
Details
Belmont Stakes 141
When: June 6, 2009
Track: Belmont Park
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 2:24 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: ABC
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Racetrack Info:
Belmont Park is the largest track in the United States.
It has three racing ovals. one grand one-mile main track
and two generous turf courses. A symbol of the track is
the tree located in the center of the paddock. The
Belmont logo represents that tree. |
Belmont
is the only Triple Crown race without an infield hosting
a mosh pit. It is, however, the only Triple Crown race
where general-admission fans can pile onto the track
apron and actually be lucky enough to see the race. |
The Belmont
Stakes Trophy
"The Belmont Stakes trophy is a Tiffany-made silver bowl, with
cover, 18 inches high, 15 inches across and 14 inches at the
base. Atop the cover is a silver figure of Fenian, winner of
the third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869. The bowl is
supported by three horses representing the three foundation
thoroughbreds Eclipse, Herod and Matchem. The trophy, a solid
silver bowl originally crafted by Tiffany's, was presented by
the Belmont family as a perpetual award for the Belmont Stakes
in 1926. It was the trophy August Belmont's Fenian won in 1869
and had remained with the Belmont family since
that time. The winning owner is given the option of keeping
the trophy for the year
their horse reigns as Belmont champion."
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Belmont
Stakes 141 Contenders - 2009 Belmont Park Horse Entries |
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crowd of 46,870 under overcast skies at Belmont Park,
Rags to Riches lived up to her breeding and out-gamed
favored Curlin by a head to become the first filly to
win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years and only the third
Belmont Stakes winning filly. The previous winning
fillies were Ruthless in 1867 and Tanya in 1905.
Nineteen other fillies had previously run in the Belmont
Stakes. With John Velazquez as her rider for the first
time, Rags to Riches also gave trainer Todd Pletcher his
first win in a Triple Crown race. Rags to Riches
completed the mile and a half trip in 2:28.74 and paid
her backers $10.60 to win. |
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The Belmont Stakes takes place at
Belmont Park racetrack at 2150 Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, N.Y. This is a 1 1/2 mile race with a purse of
$1 million. The track record is held by Secretariat
(1973) with a time of 1:59.
The Triple Crown
The Belmont Stakes is the last leg of the run for the
Triple Crown, horse racing's greatest honor.
To win the Triple Crown, a horse must first win the
Kentucky Derby, then the Preakness Stakes, and then the
Belmont Stakes. |
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