Belmont Stakes

American  

[bel-mont] / ˈbɛl mɒnt /

Trademark.

1. a horse race for three-year-olds run annually at Elmont, N.Y., three weeks after the Preakness: the final race in the Triple Crown.

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Example Sentences

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

Five weeks later, Dornoch was entered in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Of all his more than 3,000 wins, he will most be remembered for his ride aboard Secretariat winning the Triple Crown and Belmont Stakes by an unheard of 31 lengths.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Sovereignty surges ahead of Journalism to win the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in a similar repeat of how the race unfolded in the Kentucky Derby.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 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