By the time Belmont Park opened in 1905, the Belmont Stakes had already been contested 38 times at two sites and five distances: 1 5/8-miles from 1867 through 1873; 1 1/2- miles from 1874 through ...

The Belmont Stakes was inaugurated in 1867, followed by the Preakness in 1873 and then the Kentucky Derby in 1875. No horse won all three races in the same year until Sir Barton did it in 1919 ...

The Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown horse races and is known for epic competitions and heartbreaking losses throughout its 150-plus-year history.

Below, we'll dig further into Sovereignty as part of our series profiling all the horses competing in the 157th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. We'll look back into his past performances, what ...

Making the Grade, which will run through the 2016 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), focuses on the winners of the big races, usually from the previous weekend, who could impact the next Triple Crown.

ELMONT, N.Y. — It's only fitting that history was made a half-century after Secretariat’s record-setting Belmont Stakes performance secured the Triple Crown. Because mixed in with the roar of ...

Luis Saez reacts after winning the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race aboard Dornoch (6), Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) ...

Last year’s Belmont Stakes was also a history-making occasion: Jena Antonucci became the first woman to train a winning horse in a Triple Crown race when Arcangelo won the 2023 Belmont Stakes.

The full Belmont Stakes winner history is below. 2014 Tonalist 2013 Palace Malice 2012 Union Rags 2011 Ruler on Ice 2010 Drosselmeyer 2009 Summer Bird 2008 Da'Tara 2007 Rags to Riches 2006 Jazil ...

Arcangelo won the 155th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, and his trainer Jena Antonucci made history as the first female trainer to ever win a Triple Crown race. Here’s what you need to know ...