PRINCE IS NO-SHOW AT BELMONT PARK.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer ELMONT, N.Y. - Prince Ahmed Salman's absence 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). on Saturday was assumed to have something to do with security concerns, given the anger expressed by New Yorkers toward Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. over the Sept. 11 terrorism. But Prince Ahmed's associates said the owner of War Emblem War Emblem was the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 2002. This Thoroughbred's time was 2:01.13 around the 1 1/4 mile track. Victor Espinoza was his jockey for the Derby, never having seen the horse until the morning of the race. remained at home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, because of unspecified family and business obligations. A younger brother, Prince Faisal, was at Belmont Park to watch the Triple Crown hopeful fade to an eighth-place finish. ``If there were security concerns, he (Faisal) wouldn't be here,'' said Richard Mulhall, president of Ahmed's The Thoroughbred Corp. Prince Ahmed, who was to have arrived in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Friday, was ``very, very disappointed'' to miss the race, Mulhall said. The prince was to have followed the action either on television via satellite or by cell phone. In the week before the Belmont, New York
Belmont is a village within the Town of Amity which is in Allegany County, New York, USA. Belmont is the county seat of Allegany County. The population was 952 at the 2000 census. columnist Jimmy Breslin slammed the prince and other Arabs, and The Wall Street Journal called on him to use the Triple Crown forum to denounce terrorism. There were reports of planned attempts to serve the prince with legal summons accusing him of a role in supporting the Sept. 11 terrorists. Mulhall said the prince never was advised not to come to New York. ``I think there are more people here who like him than dislike him,'' Mulhall said. |
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