Belmont Stakes

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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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Bettors placed over $9 million on California Chrome, the most wagered on any single horse to win the Belmont Stakes.

From The Daily Beast

More About Belmont Stakes

What is the Belmont Stakes?

The Belmont Stakes is an annual horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

The Belmont Stakes is limited to 10 three-year-old horses and is run on a dirt track. The race is usually 1 ½ miles long.

It is the third and final race in the series that also includes the races known as the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Winning all three races in a single year is known as winning the Triple Crown.

When is the Belmont Stakes?

The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be held on Saturday, June 8. The 2025 Belmont Stakes will fall on Saturday, June 7.

The Belmont Stakes is traditionally held exactly five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness, usually on the first Saturday in June.

More information and context on the Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is named for New York financier August Belmont, who hosted the first event at Jerome Park in New York in 1867. In the context of horse racing, the word stakes was originally used to refer to a race in which the owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money. The Belmont Stakes was established before the other two races in the Triple Crown series and is one of the longest-running sporting events in the U.S. The venue and length of the race have changed over the years, but it has been held at Belmont Park since 1968.

Legendary racehorse Secretariat set a Belmont Stakes record of 2:24 in 1973 on the way to becoming one of the few horses to win the Triple Crown. Other notable Triple Crown winners include War Admiral and Seattle Slew.

The Belmont Stakes is associated with a number of traditions, including the wearing of carnations by race attendees.

What are some terms that often get used in discussing the Belmont Stakes?

• horse race
• racetrack
• Triple Crown
• Kentucky Derby
• Preakness

How is the Belmont Stakes discussed in real life?

The Belmont Stakes is often discussed as being the last part of the three-race series that starts with the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

American Pharoah jockey Victor Espinoza is donating all his winnings from Belmont Stakes to City of Hope, a cancer research center in Calif.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 7, 2015

American Pharoah wins the Preakness.

Trainer Bob Baffert will have his 4th different horse try for the triple crown at the Belmont Stakes.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 16, 2015

CALIFORNIA CHROME IS DENIED! Tonalist wins the Belmont Stakes, and there will be no Triple Crown winner once again.

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 7, 2014

Try using the Belmont Stakes!

True or False?

The Belmont Stakes has always been held at Belmont Park.