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The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held on the first or second Saturday in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Belmont Park is known as "The Championship Track" because nearly every major American champion in racing history has competed on the racetrack.

It is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) horse race, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies carry 121 pounds (55 kg).

The race, nicknamed The Test of the Champion, and The Run for the Carnations, is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes.

Images for kids

  • Belmont Cup

    August Belmont Trophy, presented annually to the winning owner since 1926.

  • Assault conformation image

    Assault, winner of the 1946 Triple Crown

  • Belmont crowd

    The crowd packs the facility when a Triple Crown is on the line

  • KennyMcPeek -- 2002 Belmont Stakes G1 win with Sarava

    Kenny McPeek – 2002 Belmont Stakes (G1) win with Sarava, who at odds of 70–1, upset War Emblem's bid for the Triple Crown.

See also

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