Belmont Stakes
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Golden Tempo, the horse that made Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby, is not expected to win Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Horse racing’s Triple Crown season ends Saturday with the Belmont Stakes, and for the eighth straight year there will be no sweep.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The Classic lost a lot of luster when the favorite, Sovereignty, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, was scratched earlier in the week when he spiked a fever.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty will be scratched from the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar on Saturday after developing a fever, trainer Bill Mott said Wednesday.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
In early June, as Seabiscuit was being humiliated in a cheap stakes race in New Hampshire, Granville finally lived up to expectations by winning New York’s Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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