Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

Grade I race
The final and longest leg of the United States Triple Crown "The Third Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Test of the Champion" "The Run for the Carnations"
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, U.S.
Inaugurated	1867
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	belmontstakes.com
Race information
Distance	1 ^1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)
Record	2:24, Secretariat (1973)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-year-olds
Weight	Colt/Gelding: 126 pounds (57 kg); Filly: 121 pounds (55 kg)
Purse	US$1.5 million 1st: $800,000

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) horse race, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies carry 121 pounds (55 kg). The race, nicknamed The Test of the Champion and The Run for the Carnations, is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes, on a Saturday between June 5 and June 11. The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the mile and a half stakes record (which is also a track and world record on dirt) of 2:24.

The attendance at the Belmont Stakes is among the American thoroughbred racing top attended events. The 2004 Belmont Stakes drew a television audience of 21.9 million viewers, and had the highest household viewing rate since 1977 when Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown.^[1]

148th Running of the Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday, June 11, 2016.

History

1868-1904: Move to Belmont Park

August Belmont Trophy, presented annually to the winning owner since 1926.

The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817–1891) and financed by August Belmont, Sr. (1816–1890), for whom the race was named. The first race in 1867 saw the filly Ruthless win, while the following year was won by General Duke.^[2] The race continued to be held at Jerome Park until 1890, when it was moved to the nearby facility, Morris Park Racecourse.^[3] The winner of the Belmont Stakes is presented the August Belmont Trophy.^[4]

The race remained at Morris Park Racecourse until the May 1905 opening of the new Belmont Park, 430-acre (1.7 km²) racetrack in Elmont, New York on Long Island, just outside the New York City borough of Queens.^[3] When anti-gambling legislation was passed in New York State, Belmont Racetrack was closed, and the race was cancelled in 1911 and 1912. The first winner of the Triple Crown was Sir Barton, in 1919.

1931-2000: Evolution of the Triple Crown series

Since 1931, the order of Triple Crown races has been the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes, and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby. On May 12, 1917 and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day. On eleven occasions, the Belmont Stakes was run before the Preakness Stakes.^[5] In modern times, the Belmont Stakes is held on the first Saturday that falls on or after June 5. The Kentucky Derby is always held on the first Saturday in May; the Preakness Stakes is held two weeks later; and the Belmont Stakes is held three weeks after the Preakness. The earliest possible date for the Derby is May 1, and the latest is May 7; the earliest possible date for the Belmont is June 5, and the latest is June 11.

The Belmont Stakes race was held at Aqueduct Racetrack from 1963 to 1967, while the track at Belmont was restored and renovated. The largest crowd of the 20th century was in 1971 with over 80,000 people, supplemented by the city's Latino community, there to cheer on their new hero, Canonero II, the Venezuelan colt who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and was poised to win the U.S. Triple Crown. However, due to a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, Canonero II failed to win the Triple Crown when he struggled across the finish line in 4th place behind Pass Catcher, ridden by Walter Blum. Despite this loss, Canonero II was named the winner of the first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by thirty-one lengths, in a record time of 2:24, becoming a U.S. Triple Crown champion that year, ending a 25-year gap between Citation, the Belmont and Triple Crown winner in 1948. Secretariat's record still stands as the fastest running of the Belmont Stakes. Count Fleet won the race by the large margin of twenty-five lengths in 1943. 1989 winner Easy Goer ran the second fastest time of 2:26. Easy Goer also holds a Beyer Speed Figure of 122 for the race, the best of any Triple Crown race since these ratings were first published in 1987.^[6] Affirmed was the last winner of the Triple Crown in the 20th century, taking the Belmont Stakes in 2:26 4/5 on June 10, 1978. Ridden by eighteen-year-old Steve Cauthen, Affirmed defeated rival Alydar with Jorge Velasquez in the saddle. At the time the race was the third slowest start and the third fastest finish with the quarter in 25, the half in 50, 3/4 in 1:14, the mile in 1:37 2/5.

2001-present: Recent years

Belmont Park saw its largest crowd in its history when 120,139 people witnessed the Belmont Stakes in 2004 when Smarty Jones was seeking the Triple Crown but was upset by Birdstone.

American Pharoah won the 2015 race, becoming the 12th horse in history to win the Triple Crown ^[7]

Distance and race details

The Belmont Stakes was run at a mile and five furlongs from 1867 to 1873; a mile and a half from 1874 to 1889; a mile and a quarter in 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1904 and 1905; a mile and a furlong in 1893 and 1894; a mile and three furlongs from 1896 to 1903 and from 1906 to 1925. The current distance of a mile and half was established in 1926.

The first post parade in the United States was at the 14th Belmont, in 1880. Before 1921, the race was run in the clockwise tradition of English racing. Since then, the race has been run in the American, or counter-clockwise, direction. Because of its length (one lap around the enormous Belmont main track), and because it is the final race of the Triple Crown, it is called the "Test of the Champion". Most three-year-olds are unaccustomed to the distance, and lack the experience, if not the stamina, to maintain a winning speed for so long. In a long race such as the Belmont, positioning of the horse and the timing of the move to chase for the lead can be critical.

Traditions

The Belmont Stakes is traditionally called "The Test of the Champion" because of its 1.5 mile length—by far the longest of the three Triple Crown races, and one of the longest for a first-class race for three-year-olds in the United States. It is also known as "The Run for the Carnations" because the winning horse is draped with a blanket of white carnations after the race, in similar fashion to the blanket of roses and black-eyed Susans for the Derby and Preakness, respectively. The winning owner is ceremonially presented with the silver winner's trophy, designed by Paulding Farnham for Tiffany and Co. It was first presented to August Belmont, Jr. in 1896 and donated by the Belmont family for annual presentation in 1926.

Despite the fact that the Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown races, its traditions have been more subject to change. Until 1996, the post parade song was "The Sidewalks of New York". From 1997 to 2009, the song was changed to broadcast a recording by Frank Sinatra of the "Theme from New York, New York" in an attempt to appeal to younger fans.^[8] In 2010, the song was changed to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind"^[9] before reverting to "Theme from New York, New York" from 2011^[10] through the present. This tradition is similar to the singing of the state song at the post parades of the first two Triple Crown races: "My Old Kentucky Home" at the Kentucky Derby and "Maryland, My Maryland" at the Preakness Stakes.^[3] The change of song gave rise to "the myth of Mamie O'Rourke," a reference to a character in the lyrics of "The Sidewalks of New York." Before American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015, some claimed that changing the official Belmont song "cursed" the Triple Crown and was why no horse had won since Affirmed in 1978. Others note that there was no Triple Crown winner between 1979 and 1996, even though "Sidewalks" was still played.^[11]

Along with the change of song in 1997, the official drink was also changed, from the "White Carnation" to the "Belmont Breeze."^[12] The New York Times reviewed both cocktails unfavorably, calling the Belmont Breeze "a significant improvement over the nigh undrinkable White Carnation" despite the fact that it "tastes like a refined trashcan punch."^[13] In 2011, the Belmont Breeze was again changed to the current official drink known as the "Belmont Jewel."

While the origin of the white carnation as the official flower of the Belmont Stakes is unknown, traditionally, pure white carnations stand for love and luck. It takes approximately 700 "select" carnations imported from Colombia to create the 40-pound blanket draped over the winner of the Belmont Stakes. The NYRA has long used The Pennock Company, a wholesale florist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to import the carnations used for the mantle.^[14]

Broadcasting history

From 1986 until 2005, the Triple Crown television rights comprised a single package. In late 2004, the New York Racing Association withdrew from that agreement to negotiate independently.^[15] As a result of this NBC, who was the rights holder for all three events, was only able to keep its broadcast rights to the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. ABC regained the rights to the Belmont Stakes as part of a five-year contract that expired following the 2010 race; NBC has since regained the rights to the race through 2015.

• CBS Sports 1960–1985 
• ABC Sports 1986–2000
• NBC Sports 2001–2005, 2011–2015^[16]
• ESPN on ABC 2006–2010^[15]

Records

Kenny McPeek - 2002 Belmont Stakes (G1) win with Sarava, who at odds of 70–1, upset War Emblem's bid for the Triple Crown.^[17]

Speed record:

• 2:24.00 – Secretariat (1973)

Record Victory Margin:

• 31 lengths – Secretariat (1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 – Jim McLaughlin, Eddie Arcaro
• 5 – Earl Sande, Bill Shoemaker
• 3 – Braulio Baeza, Pat Day, Laffit Pincay, Jr., James Stout, Gary Stevens

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 – James G. Rowe, Sr.
• 7 – Sam Hildreth
• 6 – Jim Fitzsimmons
• 5 – Woody Stephens (all consecutive from 1982 to 1986)
• 4 – Max Hirsch, D. Wayne Lukas, R. Wyndham Walden
• 3 – J. Elliott Burch, John M. Gaver, Sr., Lucien Laurin, Frank McCabe, David McDaniel

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 – Belair Stud (1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1955)
• 6 – James R. Keene (1879, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910)
• 5 – Dwyer Brothers Stable (1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888)
• 4 – August Belmont, Jr./Blemton Stable (1896, 1902, 1916, 1917)
• 4 – Harry P. Whitney (1905, 1906, 1913, 1918)
• 4 – Glen Riddle Farm (1920, 1925, 1926, 1937)
• 4 – Greentree Stable (1931, 1942, 1949, 1968)

Other records:

• Only James G. Rowe, Sr. and George M. Odom have won the Belmont Stakes as both jockey and trainer.
• On June 5, 1993 Thoroughbred racing's all-time leading female jockey, Julie Krone, became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race when she rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.
• In 1984, Sarah Lundy became the first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, sending out Minstrel Star, who finished eleventh.
• The 2004 race had the biggest attendance in the park's history with 120,139.
• Sarava, at odds of 70–1, upset War Emblem's bid for the Triple Crown.^[17]
• Braulio Baeza has the distinction of winning three Belmont Stakes over three different surfaces. He won in his Belmont Stakes debut on 65 to 1 long-shot Sherluck in 1961 at the old Belmont Park, won in 1963 on Chateaugay when the race was run at Aqueduct, and won in 1969 on Arts and Letters at the new Belmont Park.^[18]

Filly Victories

Three fillies have won the Belmont: Ruthless in 1867, Tanya in 1905, and Rags to Riches in 2007. By comparison, three fillies have won the Kentucky Derby. On average, fillies have won between 2% and 3% of the Triple Crown races, with similar numbers for geldings; while about 95% of these races have been won by colts.

Foreign-born winners

• 1874 – Saxon
• 1898 – Bowling Brook
• 1917 – Hourless
• 1918 – Johren
• 1957 – Gallant Man
• 1958 – Cavan
• 1960 – Celtic Ash
• 1990 – Go And Go
• 1998 – Victory Gallop

Belmont Stakes winners

Belmont Stakes winners since 1867

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Track	Length	Time*
2015	American Pharoah †	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Zayat Stables, LLC	Belmont	1^1⁄2-miles	2:26.65
2014	Tonalist	Joel Rosario	Christophe Clement	Robert S. Evans			2:28.52
2013	Palace Malice	Mike Smith	Todd Pletcher	Dogwood Stable			2:30.70
2012	Union Rags	John Velazquez	Michael Matz	Phyllis M. Wyeth			2:30.42
2011	Ruler on Ice	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Kelly Breen	George and Lori Hall			2:30.88
2010	Drosselmeyer	Mike Smith	William Mott	WinStar Farm LLC			2:31.57
2009	Summer Bird	Kent Desormeaux	Tim Ice	Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman			2:27.54
2008	Da'Tara	Alan Garcia	Nick Zito	Robert V. LaPenta			2:29.65
2007	Rags to Riches ‡	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	M. Tabor & D. Smith			2:28.74
2006	Jazil	Fernando Jara	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Farm			2:27.86
2005	Afleet Alex	Jeremy Rose	Timothy Ritchey	Cash is King LLC			2:28.75
2004	Birdstone	Edgar Prado	Nick Zito	Marylou Whitney Stables			2:27.50
2003	Empire Maker	Jerry Bailey	Robert Frankel	Juddmonte Farms			2:28.26
2002	Sarava	Edgar Prado	Kenneth McPeek	New Phoenix Stable			2:29.71
2001	Point Given	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	The Thoroughbred Corp.			2:26.56
2000	Commendable	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Bob & Beverly Lewis			2:31.19
1999	Lemon Drop Kid	Jose Santos	Scotty Schulhofer	Jeanne G. Vance			2:27.88
1998	Victory Gallop	Gary Stevens	W. Elliott Walden	Prestonwood Farm			2:29.16
1997	Touch Gold	Chris McCarron	David Hofmans	Frank Stronach			2:28.82
1996	Editor's Note	Rene R. Douglas	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm			2:28.96
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens		Michael Tabor			2:32.02
1994	Tabasco Cat	Pat Day		Reynolds/Overbrook			2:26.82
1993	Colonial Affair	Julie Krone	Scotty Schulhofer	Centennial Farms			2:29.97
1992	A.P. Indy	Ed Delahoussaye	Neil Drysdale	Tomonori Tsurumaki			2:26.13
1991	Hansel	Jerry Bailey	Frank L. Brothers	Lazy Lane Farm			2:28.10
1990	Go And Go	Michael Kinane	Dermot K. Weld	Moyglare Stud Farm			2:27.20
1989	Easy Goer	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps			2:26.00
1988	Risen Star	Ed Delahoussaye	Louie J. Roussel III	Louie J. Roussel III			2:26.40
1987	Bet Twice	Craig Perret	Jimmy Croll	Blanche P. Levy			2:28.20
1986	Danzig Connection	Chris McCarron	Woody Stephens	Henryk de Kwiatkowski			2:29.80
1985	Creme Fraiche	Eddie Maple		Brushwood Stables			2:27.00
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.		Claiborne Farm			2:27.20
1983	Caveat			August Belmont IV			2:27.80
1982	Conquistador Cielo			Henryk de Kwiatkowski			2:28.20
1981	Summing	George Martens	Luis Barrera	Charles T. Wilson, Jr.			2:29.00
1980	Temperence Hill	Eddie Maple	Joseph B. Cantey	Loblolly Stable			2:29.80
1979	Coastal	Ruben Hernandez	David A. Whiteley	William Haggin Perry			2:28.60
1978	Affirmed †	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	Harbor View Farm			2:26.80
1977	Seattle Slew †	Jean Cruguet	William H. Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor			2:29.60
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Laz Barrera	E. Rodriguez Tizol			2:29.00
1975	Avatar	Bill Shoemaker	Tommy Doyle	Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.			2:28.20
1974	Little Current	Miguel A. Rivera	Lou Rondinello	Darby Dan Farm			2:29.20
1973	Secretariat †	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable			2:24.00
1972	Riva Ridge			Meadow Stud			2:28.00
1971	Pass Catcher	Walter Blum	Eddie Yowell	October House Farm			2:30.40
1970	High Echelon	John L. Rotz	John W. Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs			2:34.00
1969	Arts and Letters	Braulio Baeza	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stables			2:28.80
1968	Stage Door Johnny	Heliodoro Gustines	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable			2:27.20
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	Aqueduct		2:28.80
1966	Amberoid	William Boland	Lucien Laurin	Reginald N. Webster			2:29.60
1965	Hail To All	Johnny Sellers	Eddie Yowell	Zelda Cohen			2:28.40
1964	Quadrangle	Manuel Ycaza	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stables			2:28.40
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza	James P. Conway	Darby Dan Farm			2:30.20
1962	Jaipur	Bill Shoemaker	Bert Mulholland	George D. Widener, Jr.	Belmont		2:28.80
1961	Sherluck	Braulio Baeza	Harold Young	Jacob Sher			2:29.20
1960	Celtic Ash	Bill Hartack	Thomas J. Barry	Joseph E. O'Connell			2:29.20
1959	Sword Dancer	Bill Shoemaker	J. Elliott Burch	Brookmeade Stable			2:28.40
1958	Cavan	Pete Anderson	Thomas J. Barry	Joseph E. O'Connell			2:30.20
1957	Gallant Man	Bill Shoemaker	John A. Nerud	Ralph Lowe			2:26.60
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh L. Fontaine	D & H Stable			2:29.80
1955	Nashua	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud			2:29.00
1954	High Gun	Eric Guerin	Max Hirsch	King Ranch			2:30.80
1953	Native Dancer		Bill Winfrey	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II			2:28.60
1952	One Count	Eddie Arcaro	Oscar White	Sarah F. Jeffords			2:30.20
1951	Counterpoint	David Gorman	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney		2:29.00
1950	Middleground	William Boland	Max Hirsch	King Ranch		2:28.60
1949	Capot	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable		2:30.20
1948	Citation †	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm		2:28.20
1947	Phalanx	Ruperto Donoso	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney		2:29.40
1946	Assault †	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch		2:30.80
1945	Pavot	Eddie Arcaro	Oscar White	Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.		2:30.20
1944	Bounding Home	Gayle Smith	Matt Brady	William Ziegler, Jr.		2:32.20
1943	Count Fleet †	Johnny Longden	Don Cameron	Fannie Hertz		2:28.20
1942	Shut Out	Eddie Arcaro	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable		2:29.20
1941	Whirlaway †		Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm		2:31.00
1940	Bimelech	Fred A. Smith	William A. Hurley	Edward R. Bradley		2:29.60
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud		2:29.60
1938	Pasteurized		George M. Odom	Carol Harriman Plunkett		2:29.40
1937	War Admiral †	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm		2:28.60
1936	Granville	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud		2:30.00
1935	Omaha †	Willie Saunders				2:30.60
1934	Peace Chance	Wayne D. Wright	Pete Coyne	Joseph E. Widener		2:29.20
1933	Hurryoff	Mack Garner	Henry McDaniel			2:32.60
1932	Faireno	Tommy Malley	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud		2:32.80
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable		2:29.60
1930	Gallant Fox †	Earl Sande	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud		2:31.60
1929	Blue Larkspur	Mack Garner	Herbert J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley		2:32.80
1928	Vito	Clarence Kummer	Max Hirsch	Alfred H. Cosden		2:33.20
1927	Chance Shot	Earl Sande	Pete Coyne	Joseph E. Widener		2:32.40
1926	Crusader	Albert Johnson	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm		2:32.20
1925	American Flag	Albert Johnson	Gwyn R. Tompkins			1^3⁄8-miles	2:16.80
1924	Mad Play	Earl Sande	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable			2:18.80
1923	Zev						2:19.00
1922	Pillory	C. H. Miller	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.			2:18.80
1921	Grey Lag	Earl Sande	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable			2:16.80
1920	Man o' War	Clarence Kummer	Louis Feustel	Glen Riddle Farm			2:14.20
1919	Sir Barton †	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross			2:17.40
1918	Johren	Frank Robinson	Albert Simons	Harry P. Whitney			2:20.40
1917	Hourless	James H. Butwell	Sam Hildreth	August Belmont, Jr.			2:17.80
1916	Friar Rock	Everett Haynes					2:22.00
1915	The Finn	George Byrne	Edward W. Heffner	Henry C. Hallenbeck			2:18.40
1914	Luke McLuke	Merritt Buxton	John F. Schorr	John W. Schorr			2:20.00
1913	Prince Eugene	Roscoe Troxler	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney			2:18.00
1912	No race was held
1911
1910	Sweep	James H. Butwell	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	Belmont	1^3⁄8-miles	2:22.00
1909	Joe Madden	Eddie Dugan	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth			2:21.60
1908	Colin	Joe Notter	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene			N/A
1907	Peter Pan	George Mountain					N/A
1906	Burgomaster	Lucien Lyne	John W. Rogers	Harry P. Whitney			2:20.00
1905	Tanya ‡	Gene Hildebrand				1^1⁄4-miles	2:08.00
1904	Delhi	George M. Odom	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	Morris Park		2:06.60
1903	Africander	John Bullman	Richard O. Miller	Hampton Stable		1^3⁄8-miles	2:21.75
1902	Masterman		John J. Hyland	August Belmont, Jr.			2:22.60
1901	Commando	Henry Spencer	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene			2:21.00
1900	Ildrim	Nash Turner	H. Eugene Leigh	H. Eugene Leigh			2:21.25
1899	Jean Bereaud	Richard Clawson	Sam Hildreth	Sydney Paget			2:23.00
1898	Bowling Brook	Fred Littlefield	R. Wyndham Walden	A. H. & D. H. Morris			2:32.00
1897	Scottish Chieftain	Joe Scherrer	Matt Byrnes	Marcus Daly			2:23.25
1896	Hastings	Henry Griffin	John J. Hyland	Blemton Stable			2:24.50
1895	Belmar	Fred Taral	Edward Feakes	Preakness Stables		1^1⁄4-miles	2:11.50
1894	Henry of Navarre	Willie Simms	Byron McClelland	Byron McClelland		1^1⁄8-miles	1:56.50
1893	Comanche		Gus Hannon	Empire Stable			1:53.25
1892	Patron	William Hayward	Lewis Stuart	Lewis Stuart		1^1⁄4-miles	2:17.00
1891	Foxford	Edward R. Garrison	M. Donavan	C. E. Rand			2:08.75
1890	Burlington	Pike Barnes	Albert Cooper	Hough Bros.			2:07.75
1889	Eric	William Hayward	John Huggins	A. J. Cassatt	Jerome Park	1^1⁄2-miles	2:47.25
1888	Sir Dixon	Jim McLaughlin	Frank McCabe	Dwyer Bros. Stable			2:40.25
1887	Hanover						2:43.50
1886	Inspector B						2:41.00
1885	Tyrant	Paul Duffy	C. Claypool	James B. A. Haggin			2:43.00
1884	Panique	Jim McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Dwyer Bros. Stable			2:42.00
1883	George Kinney						2:42.50
1882	Forester		Lewis Stuart	Appleby & Johnson			2:43.00
1881	Saunterer	Tom Costello	R. Wyndham Walden	George L. Lorillard			2:47.00
1880	Grenada	W. Hughes					2:47.00
1879	Spendthrift	George Evans	Thomas Puryear	James R. Keene			2:42.75
1878	Duke of Magenta	W. Hughes	R. Wyndham Walden	George L. Lorillard			2:43.50
1877	Cloverbrook	C. Holloway	Jeter Walden	E. A. Clabaugh			2:46.00
1876	Algerine	Billy Donohue	Thomas W. Doswell	Doswell & Co.			2:40.50
1875	Calvin	Bobby Swim	Ansel Williamson	Hal P. McGrath			2:42.25
1874	Saxon	George Barbee	W. Prior	Pierre Lorillard IV			2:39.50
1873	Springbok	James G. Rowe, Sr.	David McDaniel	David McDaniel		1^5⁄8-miles	3:01.75
1872	Joe Daniels						2:58.25
1871	Harry Bassett	Walter Miller					2:56.00
1870	Kingfisher	Edward D. Brown	Rollie Colston	Daniel Swigert			2:59.50
1869	Fenian	C. Miller	Jacob Pincus	August Belmont			3:04.25
1868	General Duke	Bobby Swim	A. Thompson	McConnell & Co.			3:02.00
1867	Ruthless ‡	Gilbert Patrick	A. Jack Minor	Francis Morris			3:05.00

• Note: Timed to the 1/4 second 1867 to 1901 and 1903, to the 1/5 second 1902 and 1904 to 2001, then to the 1/100 since 2002 as well as in 1992.

A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.
A ‡ designates a filly.

Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.

See also

• Triple Crown Productions
• American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events
• List of Belmont Stakes broadcasters
• Belmont Stakes Top three finishers

Further reading

• Official Site
• ESPN.Com Attending the Belmont Stakes (gives future race dates)
• Details of all past Belmont Stakes courtesy of the New York Racing Association
• Belmont Stakes History & Facts
• Ten Things You Should Know about the Belmont Stakes at Hello Race Fans!

References

1. "Viewership of 2008 Belmont Stakes".
2. "PAST WINNERS". Belmont Stakes. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. "Belmont Stakes Records & Traditions". New York Racing Association. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
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