Tag: Belmont Stakes

History always remembers the Belmont Stakes winner -- in 2018 Justify completes the Triple Crown (Image:NYRA)

2019 Belmont Stakes Preview: Early Look at Triple Crown’s Last Leg

Can public interest in next Saturday’s 2019 Belmont Stakes approach this year’s controversial Kentucky Derby or the competitive excellence of the Preakness Stakes? Probably not. However, a ding-dong stretch duel between probable favorites, hometown hero Tacitus and War of Will, the Preakness winner, and an exemplary undercard of lucrative stakes […]

All smiles for Creme Fraiche, jockey Eddie Maple and trainer Woody Stephens after Belmont Stakes.

Commemorating Trainer Woody Stephens’ Belmont Stakes ‘Five Bagger’

The upcoming 1 ½ mile Belmont Stakes on June 8, the third jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, once again invokes recollections of what many believe is the sport’s greatest training accomplishment: Woody Stephens’ winning five straight Belmont Stakes. Younger horseplayers know the name, but might not recall the man and […]