Belmont Stakes
American stakes race for Thoroughbreds
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| June 13 2025 | Announcement made that the 2026 Belmont Stakes would also be held at Saratoga Race Course. |
| 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Belmont Stakes to be run at Saratoga Race Course as the final leg of the Triple Crown.
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| 2025 | Sovereignty sets a speed record of 2:00.69 for 1 1/2 miles in the Belmont Stakes. |
| 2025 |
Triple Crown Productions
Sovereignty wins the Triple Crown Productions competition with 20 points, followed by Journalism in second place with 15 points and Baeza in third place with 6 points.
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| June 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
# Sovereignty returns for the Belmont Stakes, attempting to complete the Triple Crown
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| June 7 2025 | The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes was held at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 7. |
| 2025 |
Belmont Stakes broadcasters
Fox continues broadcasting the Belmont Stakes with Frank Mirahmadi as race caller, hosts Curt Menefee and Charissa Thompson, and analysts Tom Amoss, Richard Migliore, Chris Fallica, and Jonathon Kinchen. Terry Bradshaw joins the reporting team alongside Tom Rinaldi and Maggie Wolfendale.
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| May 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Potential Triple Crown race performances for 2025, with horses Sovereignty (Kentucky Derby), Journalism (Preakness Stakes), and an unspecified horse for the Belmont Stakes.
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| May 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
# Sovereignty competes in the Preakness Stakes, with Journalism winning the race
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| 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Sovereignty is the Kentucky Derby winner, but results for Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes are not yet determined.
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| 2025 |
Theme from New York, New York
The New York Yankees retired playing Sinatra's version after home losses, opting to rotate different songs instead.
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| 2025 | Continued temporary relocation of the Belmont Stakes to Saratoga with a changed race distance, pending regulatory approvals. |
| 2024 | National Treasure wins the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Citizen Bull wins the Breeders Cup Juvenile. Spirit of St Louis wins the Pegasus World Cup Turf. |
| 2024 | Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes, continuing the Mr Prospector line of the Sickle branch. |
| 2024 |
Triple Crown Productions
Mystik Dan wins the Triple Crown with 13 points, followed by Seize the Grey and Dornoch with 10 points each, and Sierra Leone with 8 points.
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| 2024 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course at a shorter distance due to construction at Belmont Park.
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| 2024 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby, Seize the Grey won the Preakness Stakes, and Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2024 | Gave an interview to Maxim magazine discussing his father's involvement in horse racing, noting it has given his 82-year-old father 'a new lease on life'. |
| 2024 |
Theme from New York, New York
Following the New York Liberty's WNBA Finals win, Nike created an ad featuring the Statue of Liberty with the song playing.
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| 2024 |
Belmont Stakes broadcasters
Fox Sports broadcasts the Belmont Stakes with Frank Mirahmadi as race caller, and Curt Menefee and Charissa Thompson hosting
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| 2024 | Dornoch recorded a time of 2:01.64 in the Belmont Stakes. |
| 2024 | Dornoch sets a speed record of 2:01.64 for a specific race distance. |
| June 8 2024 |
2024 Belmont Stakes
The 156th Belmont Stakes was held at Saratoga Race Course at 6:50 p.m. EDT, marking the first time the race was not held at Belmont Park. The race was won by Dornoch, an upset winner at 17-1 odds, with a race time of 2:01.64.
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| June 8 2024 | Belmont Stakes will be temporarily moved to Saratoga Race Course due to ongoing construction at Belmont Park, with the purse increased to US$2 million. |
| March 2024 | New York Racing Association announced the 2025 Belmont Stakes would also be moved to Saratoga, pending regulatory approval. |
| 2023 | Ruffian's remains were relocated from Belmont Park to Claiborne Farm's Marchmont Farm division for burial. |
| 2023 | Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes, representing the Unbridled line in the Fappiano branch. |
| 2023 |
Triple Crown Productions
Mage wins the Triple Crown with 13 points, with National Treasure and Arcangelo earning 10 points each, and Two Phils earning 5 points.
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| 2023 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Jena Antonucci becomes the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race when Arcangelo wins the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2023 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mage won the Kentucky Derby, National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes, and Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2023 | Two Phil's, owned by Sol Kumin, finished second in the Kentucky Derby. National Treasure, also owned by Kumin, won the Preakness Stakes. |
| 2023 |
Belmont Stakes broadcasters
Fox Sports broadcasts the Belmont Stakes with Tom Durkin as race caller, and Curt Menefee and Charissa Thompson hosting
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| December 6 2023 | New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced the 2024 Belmont Stakes would be held at Saratoga Race Course due to ongoing construction at Belmont Park. |
| June 10 2023 |
2023 Belmont Stakes
The 155th running of the Belmont Stakes took place at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, with the race starting at 6:50 p.m. EDT. Arcangelo won the race, which was broadcast on Fox television.
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| June 10 2023 |
2023 Belmont Stakes
The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's historic 1973 Belmont Stakes Triple Crown win by 31 lengths.
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| June 10 2023 |
2023 Belmont Stakes
Tom Durkin, who had retired in 2014, came out of retirement to call the stakes race for the first time since the 2010 edition, commemorating the event.
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| June 10 2023 | Jena M. Antonucci became the first woman to train a winner of an American Triple Crown race, winning the Belmont Stakes with Arcangelo. |
| 2022 | Rich Strike wins the Kentucky Derby for Calumet Farm. |
| 2022 |
Triple Crown Productions
Rich Strike wins the Triple Crown, with Early Voting, Mo Donegal, and Epicenter all earning 10 points.
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| 2022 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby, Early Voting won the Preakness Stakes, and Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2022 |
Belmont Stakes broadcasters
NBC broadcasts the Belmont Stakes with Larry Collmus as race caller, and Mike Tirico hosting
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| 2022 |
King Ranch
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone published the historical western novel 'Forever Texas', which is based on the true story of the founding of King Ranch.
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| June 11 2022 | 154th Belmont Stakes won by Mo Donegal, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., with a time of 2:28.28. |
| January 2022 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Fox Sports acquired the broadcast rights to the Belmont Stakes for an eight-year period, beginning in 2023 and signaling a major shift in the race's broadcasting landscape.
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| 2021 | Essential Quality won the Belmont Stakes, continuing the Tapit line of the Bold Ruler sire branch. |
| 2021 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mandaloun won the Kentucky Derby, Rombauer won the Preakness Stakes, and Essential Quality won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2021 | At the 2020 Eclipse Awards, three of Kumin's horses are successful: Whitmore (Male Sprinter), Authentic (Horse of the Year / 3 Year Old Male), and Monomoy Girl (Older Dirt Female). |
| 2021 |
Belmont Stakes broadcasters
NBC broadcasts the Belmont Stakes with Larry Collmus as race caller, and Mike Tirico hosting, featuring a diverse reporting team including Steve Kornacki
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| February 2021 | Purchased the New England Black Wolves lacrosse team as part of an ownership group, with plans to relocate the team to Albany, New York. |
| 2020 |
Triple Crown Productions
Authentic wins the Triple Crown with 15 points, tied with Tiz the Law, while Swiss Skydiver earns 10 points and Tacitus earns 6 points.
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