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2009 Belmont Stakes Betting

Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located just outside New York City, in the adjacent Nassau County suburb of Elmont, Long Island. Its mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) main track is the largest dirt course in Thoroughbred racing.

Winners of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes often make for some intense rematches between the horse racing's top contenders - a level of competition that makes for even greater viewing for horse racing betting fans or for those watching it on television.

The third jewel in the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes can make or break a Triple Crown champion.

For horse racing fans intent on following the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes can be the hardest race to handicap because of its longer track. The main thing to consider, then, is picking a horse that has proven it can go the distance. this means that you have to pay closer attention to how a horse runs the races that occur earlier in the season that resemble the Belmont. Look for the horses that perform well in other 1 mile long races, as that is the length of the Belmont. Over the years many horses have won the first two races in the Triple Crown only to be defeated in the Belmont Stakes.

Belmont Park Racetrack Info: Belmont Park is the largest track in the United States. It has three racing ovals. one grand one-mile main track and two generous turf courses.

A symbol of the track is the tree located in the center of the paddock. The Belmont logo represents that tree.

Belmont is the only Triple Crown race without an infield hosting a mosh pit. It is, however, the only Triple Crown race where general-admission fans can pile onto the track apron and actually be lucky enough to see the race.

The Fastest Belmont

Who else? Secretariat set a world-record that still stands for the mile and a half distance on a dirt track at 2:24. (He had finished a mile and a quarter at 1:59, faster than his own Derby record of 1:59 2/5.)

Belmont Trophy

The Belmont Stakes trophy is a Tiffany-made silver bowl, with cover, 18 inches high,
15 inches across and 14 inches at the base. Atop the cover is a silver figure of Fenian,
winner of the third running of the Belmont Stakes in 1869. The bowl is supported by
three horses representing the three foundation thoroughbreds--Eclipse, Herod and Matchem. The trophy, a solid silver bowl originally crafted by Tiffany's, was presented by the Belmont family as a perpetual award for the Belmont Stakes in 1926. It was the trophy
August Belmont's Fenian won in 1869 and had remained with the Belmont family since
that time. The winning owner is given the option of keeping the trophy for the year
their horse reigns as Belmont champion.

Belmont Stakes Triple Crown Winners

BELMONT STAKES HORSE RACE QUICK FACTS

Afleet Alex became part of Triple crown history books after passing nine horses on the final turn and exploding to the front to win the 137th Running of the Belmont Stakes in front of 62,274 fans on Saturday at Belmont Park. 6-5 favorite Afleet Alex, who is owned by Cash is King LLC, won the 1 1/2-mile "Test of the Champion" by seven lengths in 2:28.75 over a fast track to become the 18th Thoroughbred to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. 12-1 shot Andromeda's Hero, finished second.

More Belmont Stakes Results

Kentucky Derby 135
When: May 2, 2009
Track: Churchill Downs
Distance: 1 1/4 miles
Purse: $2 million
Record: 1:59 2/5 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: NBC

Preakness Stakes 134
When: May 16, 2009
Track: Pimlico Race Course
Distance: 1 3/16 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 1:53 2/5 (Louis Quatorze, 1996,
Tanks's Prospect, 1985)
TV: NBC

Belmont Stakes 141
When: June 6, 2009
Track: Belmont Park
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Purse: $1 million
Record: 2:24 (Secretariat, 1973)
TV: ABC

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