Belmont Stakes
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The Preakness, set for May 16, is the second leg of the Triple Crown, followed June 6 by the Belmont Stakes, which for the third straight year will be contested in Saratoga, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
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
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
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