BELMONT STAKES: VIEWER'S GUIDE.Byline: - Kevin Modesti The Daily News' Kevin Modesti looks at the Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m). horses and the people and stories behind them. Horses are listed in post-position order from the inside rail out, with the identification numbers worn on their saddle cloths and used in betting. Odds listed are the Belmont Park Noun 1. Belmont Park - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Belmont Elmont - a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park morning line. Horse No. 7, Puzzlement puz·zle·ment n. The state of being confused or baffled; perplexity. Noun 1. puzzlement - confusion resulting from failure to understand bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation , was withdrawn from the race Thursday because of a foot bruise. 1 ARTAX TOO 50-1 odds Jockey: Jose Santos Trainer: Jennifer Leigh-Pedersen Leigh-Pedersen and Magic Weisner trainer Nancy Alberts become the sixth and seventh women to saddle horses in the Belmont Stakes. The first was Sarah Lundy in 1984 and the best finish was Dianne Carpenter's second place with Kingpost in 1988. Santos rode winner Lemon Drop Kid Lemon Drop Kid (foaled 1996) is a Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is among many stakes-winning Thoroughbreds to be descended from Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. Seattle Slew is the sire of his dam, Charming Lassie. in 1999. Horse makes a tough stakes debut. 2 LIKE A HERO 30-1 odds Jockey: Pat Day Trainer: Beau Greely After Like a Hero won the minor Alydar Stakes at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
3 WISEMAN'S FERRY 20-1 odds Jockey: Jorge Chavez Trainer: Niall O'Callaghan A surplus 2-year-old in Aiden O'Brien's powerful Irish barn, Wiseman's Ferry was purchased by Americans and won the Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
4 ESSENCE OF DUBAI 30-1 odds Jockey: Jerry Bailey Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor (born October 10, 1967, Dubai), is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation. Nobody would like to frustrate Prince Ahmed Salman of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. ,
owner of War Emblem, more than his rivals from Godolphin Racing Godolphin Racing Inc. operates Thoroughbred horse racing stables in Dubai and England. They take their name from the Godolphin Arabian.The organisation, whose first full year of operation was in 1995, is based in both Dubai and Newmarket, United Kingdom, and was set up by of Dubai, which owns Essence of Dubai. The Godolphin sheiks have tried hard to win Triple Crown races without a taste of Salman's recent success. This $2.3 million colt was a ninth-place Derby flop. 5 SUNDAY BREAK 6-1 odds Jockey: Gary Stevens
Trainer: Neil Drysdale Big similarities to Drysdale's 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy: Forced to miss the Derby (because of low earnings), Sunday Break skipped the Preakness and won the Peter Pan Stakes The Peter Pan Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run each year at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York. A Grade II event, it's open to three-year-olds willing to race nine furlongs on the dirt. The Peter Pan carries a purse of $200,000. for a Japanese owner. Big difference with A.P. Indy: Sunday Break has done nothing to suggest he's as good. Stevens won three of past seven Belmonts. 6 PERFECT DRIFT 8-1 odds Jockey: Eddie Delahoussaye Trainer: Murray Johnson In three Belmont Stakes rides, Delahoussaye has won with Risen Star (1988) and A.P. Indy (1992) and was second with Gato del Sol Gato Del Sol (February 23 1979 – August 7, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was foaled at Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky, the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Cougar II, and out of the mare Peacefully whose grandsire was Bold Ruler, another Hall of (1982). Eddie D. was one of the few in the Derby to adjust to the slow pace, sending this normally late-running gelding gelding castrated male horse. close to the lead. Perfect Drift ran third in the Derby. He has raced only once in 11 weeks. 8 MEDAGLIA D'ORO 10-1 odds Jockey: Kent Desormeaux Trainer: Bobby Frankel Can't doubt Frankel or the colt's ability. But a form reversal will be needed to win. Medaglia d'Oro's speed rating declined for the third consecutive race when he finished eighth in the Preakness after running fourth in the Derby. Desormeaux will be his third rider in the Triple Crown. Should hang close to the early pace. 9 PROUD CITIZEN 5-1 odds Jockey: Mike Smith Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Second in the Derby and third in the Preakness (going wide on the turns), Proud Citizen is the obvious alternative to War Emblem. If the tote-board odds match the morning line, Proud Citizen will attract the ``value'' bettors. Question is whether four races in 64 days will catch up with him. Lukas won four of the past eight Belmonts. 10 WAR EMBLEM Even odds Jockey: Victor Espinoza Trainer: Bob Baffert Think 1 1/2 miles is too long for a front-runner? Seven of the 11 Triple Crown winners led at each quarter-mile call in the Belmont, including Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed in the 1970s. Eight of the past 13 Belmont winners raced within two lengths after one-half mile. Whatever War Emblem's obstacles, his style isn't one of them. 11 MAGIC WEISNER 15-1 odds Jockey: Richard Migliore Trainer: Nancy Alberts Bred, owned and trained by Alberts, the Maryland-based gelding passed six horses in the final quarter-mile to finish second at 45-1 in the Preakness. That style won't win today: Since the Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. began recording 1 1/4-mile positions in the Belmont, no winner has passed six horses from there to the wire. 12 SARAVA 30-1 odds Jockey: Edgar Prado Trainer: Ken McPeek What a twist if McPeek wins the Belmont. He had Repent, who was an early Derby favorite but got hurt and missed the race. He had Harlan's Holiday, who was favored on Derby day but finished seventh and this week was moved to another trainer. Now he has Sarava, who won a minor Pimlico stakes in his third start since foot problems. TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS 1919 Sir Barton Jockey: John Loftus 5-length victory was no big deal; writer Charles Hatton had yet to apply term ``Triple Crown'' 1930 Gallant Fox Jockey: Earl Sande He wasn't favored after winning Preakness and Derby (then held in that order) 1935 Omaha Jockey: William Saunders Son of Gallant Fox ran second in Withers withers the region over the backline where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapulae lie just below the skin. fistulous withers see fistulous withers. between Preakness and Belmont 1937 War Admiral Jockey: Charles Kurtsinger Smallish son of the great Man o'War scored fifth of 11 consecutive victories 1941 Whirlaway Jockey: Eddie Arcaro Hard-handling colt capped first of two triples for Arcaro, training Joneses, Calumet Farm 1943 Count Fleet Jockey: Johnny Longden 25-length victory was biggest until Secretariat, but ankle injury marked end of career 1946 Assault Jockey: Warren Mehrtens Smallest Triple Crown winner wasn't favored in the Belmont but won going away 1948 Citation Jockey: Eddie Arcaro Second Calumet Calumet, region, United States Calumet (kăl`y mĕt'), industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. triple winner romped in Jersey Derby between
Preakness and Belmont
1973 Secretariat Jockey: Ron Turcotte 31-length victory became synonymous with dominating athletic performance 1977 Seattle Slew Jockey: Jean Cruguet Muddy-track victory made him 9 for 9, only undefeated Triple Crown champ 1978 Affirmed Jockey: Steve Cauthen His duels with Alydar kept getting closer: 1 1/2 lengths, a neck and, in Belmont, a head NEAR-MISSES SINCE 1978 1979 Spectacular Bid Jockey: Ron Franklin 3rd to Coastal; blame Franklin or the pin that the Bid was said to have stepped on 1981 Pleasant Colony Jockey: Jorge Velasquez 3rd to Summing; rallied from 11th, came up 1 3/4 lengths short 1987 Alysheba Jockey: Chris McCarron 4th to Bet Twice; dropped too far back, hit traffic in rare mess-up by McCarron 1989 Sunday Silence Jockey: Pat Valenzuela 2nd to Easy Goer; winner beat Sunday Silence once in four meetings that year 1997 Silver Charm Jockey: Gary Stevens 2nd to Touch Gold; Silver Charm camp wishes the tough colt had seen winner coming 1998 Real Quiet Jockey: Kent Desormeaux 2nd to Victory Gallop; horse, rider weren't at best late in photo-finish heart breaker 1999 Charismatic Jockey: Chris Antley 3rd to Lemon Drop Kid; ex-claimer was in the hunt when he broke down in stretch CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS (see text) (2) NEAR-MISSES SINCE 1978 (see text) |
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