Belmont Stakes

 

Official name

Belmont Stakes

Wager cut off: Saturday, June 10, 2023

Nickname “The Third Jewel in the Triple Crown”

“The Test of The Champion”

Date  June 10, 2023

Current Track

Belmont Park

 

Location Elmont, New York
Distance 1 1/2 miles (2.4km) [Longest Triple Crown race]
Background The Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown races. This third and final leg is contested three weeks after the Preakness and five weeks after the Kentucky Derby. If the same horse has won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness the Belmont Stakes becomes the biggest race of the year and Belmont Park becomes a madhouse on race day.  Twenty three (23) times a horse has arrived with a chance at the Triple Crown but only eleven (11) times has a horse been able to wrap it all up in New York.
Trophy August Belmont Trophy

 

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