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Belmont Stakes Horse Racing Odds - Triple Crown
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2008 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Race Course
| The 2008 Belmont Stakes takes place on June
7 and will
be the 140th running of this Grade 1 horse race. The
prize purse is $1 million. The third jewel of the Triple
Crown is the Belmont Stakes, held five weeks after the
Kentucky Derby at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. |
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Triple Crown horse Racing
The Belmont Stakes is the last leg of the run for the
Triple Crown, horse racing's greatest honor. To win the
Triple Crown, a horse must first win the Kentucky Derby,
then the Preakness Stakes, and then the Belmont Stakes.
Belmont Stakes History:
The oldest of America's Triple Crown races, the Belmont
has established itself as the ultimate test of
championship stamina in the US. with the exception of
1911 and 1912, The 1926 Belmont was run at 1-1/2 miles
and was won by Crusader, a son of the legendary Man o'
War, in a time of 2:32-1/5. The race has been run at
that distance ever since. Its 1-1/2-mile distance now
has become a rarity in American dirt races.
The Belmont Stakes was first run on June 19, 1867, at
the Jerome Park race course, an oddly shaped,
English-style track that required its runners to
negotiate three turns instead of two because of a dip in
the middle of the backstretch. A filly, Ruthless, won
the first Belmont's $1,850 winners purse, outlasting DeCourcey by a head. The Belmont was even
longer in its early days, contested at 1-5/8 miles
through 1873. From the years between 1890 through 1926,
the race dropped down to distances varying between 1-1/8
and 1-3/8 miles.
- Big Brown
Odds to Win Belmont Stakes
Trainer: Richard
Dutrow, Jr. Jockey: Kent
Desormeaux
Owner: IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa
Jr., et al
Belmont Stakes Past Winners
| In
2007, the winner was Rags to Riches led by Jockey
John Velazquez. On a minimum $2 bet, Rags to Riches
paid out $10.60 for a win, $4.40 for place and $3.20
for show. |
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| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2006 |
Jazil |
Fernando Jara |
Kiaran McLaughlin |
Shadwell Farm |
2:27.81 |
| 2005 |
Afleet Alex |
Jeremy Rose |
Tim 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 J. Frankel |
Juddmonte Farms |
2:28.26 |
| 2002 |
Sarava |
Edgar Prado |
Ken McPeek |
New Phoenix Stable |
2:29.71 |
| 2001 |
Point Given |
Gary Stevens |
Bob Baffert |
The Thoroughbred Corp. |
2:26.80 |
| 2000 |
Commendable |
Pat Day |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Robert & Beverly Lewis |
2:31.20 |
| 1999 |
Lemon Drop Kid |
Jose Santos |
Scotty Schulhofer |
Jeanne G. Vance |
2:27.80 |
| 1998 |
Victory Gallop |
Gary Stevens |
Elliott Walden |
Prestonwood Farm |
2:29.00 |
| 1997 |
Touch Gold |
Chris McCarron |
David Hofmans |
Frank Stronach |
2:28.80 |
| 1996 |
Editor's Note |
Rene R. Douglas |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Overbrook Farm |
2:28.80 |
| 1995 |
Thunder Gulch |
Gary Stevens |
D. Wayne Lukas† |
Michael Tabor |
2:32.00 |
| 1994 |
Tabasco Cat |
Pat Day |
D. Wayne Lukas |
D. Reynolds & Overbrook |
2:26.80 |
| 1993 |
Colonial Affair |
Julie Krone |
Scotty Schulhofer |
Centennial Farms |
2:29.80 |
| 1992 |
A.P. Indy |
Eddie Delahoussaye |
Neil Drysdale |
Tomonori Tsurumaki |
2:26.00 |
| 1991 |
Hansel |
Jerry Bailey |
Frank Brothers |
Lazy Lane Farm |
2:28.00 |
| 1990 |
Go And Go |
Michael Kinane |
Dermot Weld |
Moyglare Stud Farm |
2:27.20 |
| 1989 |
Easy Goer |
Pat Day |
Shug McGaughey |
Ogden Phipps |
2:26.00 |
| 1988 |
Risen Star |
Eddie Delahoussaye |
Louie Roussel III |
Louie 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 |
Woody Stephens |
Brushwood Stables |
2:27.00 |
| 1984 |
Swale |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. |
Woody Stephens |
Claiborne Farm |
2:27.20 |
| 1983 |
Caveat |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. |
Woody Stephens |
August Belmont IV |
2:27.80 |
| 1982 |
Conquistador Cielo |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. |
Woody Stephens |
Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
2:28.20 |
| 1981 |
Summing |
George Martens |
Luis Barerra |
Charles T. Wilson, Jr. |
2:29.00 |
| 1980 |
Temperance Hill |
Eddie Maple |
Joseph Cantey |
Loblolly Stable |
2:29.80 |
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