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Belmont Stakes: Past Winners, Stats & History

Belmont Stakes Festival
Course:
Belmont Park
Dirt Course
Grade:
Grade 1
Length:
1m 4f
Last Winner:
Mo Donegal @ 13/5
Prize Money:
$1,500,000 (2022)

In terms of North American horse racing, there aren’t too many races bigger than the Belmont Stakes. The Triple Crown event has long been one of the best attended spectacles of the season, previously bringing in over 100,000 people to Belmont Park in New York. Since 2015, the capacity at the course has been capped at 90,000 due to overcrowding concerns but this is more than enough to create a rapturous atmosphere.

Nicknamed the Test of the Champion, this one and a half mile battle stands as the oldest and final leg in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. It is run at Belmont Park, a course known for being one of the fairest around thanks to its wide turns and long homestretch. Recently published data also shows that it’s one of the safest American courses too due to the meticulous way the surface is maintained.

Belmont Stakes Course Map (Dirt Course)

Belmont Flat Dirt Racecourse Map

The one and a half mile Belmont Stakes begins just before the position of the winning post with the field completing a full circuit with two sweeping left-hand bends.

Belmont Stakes Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Mo Donegal 13/5 Todd Pletcher Irad Ortiz Jr.
2021 Essential Quality 13/10 Brad H. Cox Luis Saez
2020 Tiz The Law 4/5 Barclay Tagg Manuel Franco
2019 Sir Winston 102/10 Mark Casse Joel Rosario
2018 Justify 4/5 Bob Baffert Mike Smith
2017 Tapwrit 5/1 Todd Pletcher Jose Ortiz
2016 Creator 16/1 Steve Asmussen Irad Ortiz Jr.
2015 American Pharaoh 3/4 Bob Baffert Victor Espinoza
2014 Tonalist 9/1 Christophe Clement Joel Roasrio
2013 Palace Malice 138/10 Todd Pletcher Mike Smith
2012 Union Rags 11/4 Michael Matz John Velazquez
2011 Ruler On Ice 248/10 Kelly Breen Jose Valdivia Jr.
2010 Drosselmeyer 12/1 William Mott Mike Smith
2009 Summer Bird 11/1 Tim Ice Kent Desormeaux
2008 Da'Tara 38/1 Nick Zito Alan Garcia
2007 Rags to Riches 4/1 Todd Pletcher John Velazquez
2006 Jazil 6/1 Kieran McLaughlin Fernando Jara
2005 Afleet Alex 6/5 Timothy Ritchey Jeremy Rose
2004 Birdstone 36/1 Nick Zito Edgar Prado
2003 Empire Maker 2/1 Robert Frankel Jerry Bailey

About the Belmont Stakes: Tasty Racing in the Big Apple

Belmont Park Grandstand
nakashi, flickr

Belmont Park is one of the most important sites in American horse racing. Known as ‘The Championship Track’ the New York State racecourse has played host to virtually every major horse in American racing history.

Of all the races to take place annually at Belmont Park, the Belmont Stakes is the most important. The 12 furlong, Grade 1 race is the final leg of the American Triple Crown and, as of 2022, features a prize fund of a rather healthy $1.5 million.

A Rich History

Jerome Park Painting by Thomas Kelly
Jerome Park by Thomas Kelly via Wikimedia Commons

The Belmont Stakes is a truly historic race. First run just three years after the oldest horse race in America, the Travers Stakes, the Belmont Stakes has been held in New York since 1867. The Belmont Stakes was initially held at Jerome Park Racetrack in the Bronx (which was financed by August Belmont Sr., after whom the race is named) before moving to Morris Park Racecourse and then Belmont Park in 1905.

The race was just growing in stature following the move to Belmont Park but had to be cancelled in 1911 and 1912 due to the Hart-Agnew Law which banned gambling in New York. Thankfully for racing fans, it returned to in 1913 and as of 1926 the winner was presented with the August Belmont Trophy.

The Test of the Champion

Justify Running in the Belmont Stakes
Triple Crown Winner Justify by Mike Lizzi, flickr (Image Cropped)

Just as with the final leg of the British Triple Crown, the St Leger, the Belmont Stakes is the longest of the three races. At one mile and four furlongs, the trip is shorter than the St Leger (one mile and six furlongs) and isn’t too much longer than the Kentucky Derby (one mile and two furlongs) or the Preakness Stakes (one mile and one and a half furlongs). Still, the Belmont Stakes is known as ‘The Test of the Champion’ due to its longer trip, which has caught out many horses attempting the Triple Crown over the years.

Trends to Keep In Mind

The Belmont Stakes is an important race far beyond New York. Punters from around the world follow the race and there are plenty of useful trends to help them come up with a winner. The first thing to note is just how tough it is to win the Triple Crown. Horses who come into the race on the back of a run in the Preakness Stakes have a poor record in the Belmont Stakes with those who arrive fresh generally preferred. It really does take a special horse to win all three of course.

Preakness Stakes Runners in the Belmont Stakes: 2017 – 2022

Year Horse Trainer Preakness Stakes Belmont Stakes
2022 Creative Minister Kenneth McPeek 3rd 5th
2022 Skippylongstocking Saffle A. Joseph Jnr 5th 3rd
2021 Rombauer Michael McCarthy 1st 3rd
2021 France Go De Ina Hideyuki Mori 7th 8th
2019 War Of Will Mark Casse 1st 9th
2019 Everfast Dale Romans 2nd 7th
2019 Bourbon War Mark Hennig 8th 10th
2018 Justify Bob Baffert 1st 1st
2018 Bravazo D. Wayne Lukas 2nd 6th
2018 Tenfold Steven Asmussen 3rd 5th
2017 Senior Invetment Kenneth McPeek 3rd 5th
2017 Lookin At Lee Steven Asmussen 4th 7th
2017 Multiplier Brendan Walsh 6th 10th

Belmont Park is widely regarded as one of the fairest tracks around but it still trips some horses up so previous experience of ‘Big Sandy’ is a help even if the importance of Belmont experience has diminished in recent years. Winning the Belmont requires a certain amount of stamina with those who can hit the front fairly early before holding on preferred over horses who tend to kick strongly for home later on in races.

Other Races of Note at Belmont Park

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