tags: Secretariat, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Horse racing
Since the Belmont Stakes will be run soon today, I thought I'd show you a streaming video of the great Secretariat winning the mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes in 1973, and smashing the old record. This particular race is probably one of the most famous ever seen.
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tags: Rags to Riches, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Horse racing
Rags to Riches (7), ridden by John Velazquez, won the 139th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on Saturday, 9 June 2007. Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado (background), finished second. Rags to Riches is the first…
tags: Rags to Riches, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Horse racing
Rags to Riches working out.
Rags to Riches will be only the 22nd filly to ever attempt to win the Belmont Stakes, and the fifth since 1980.
Image: NYTimes
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tags: Belmont Stakes, horse racing, race horses, Summer Bird, Mine That Bird, sports, streaming video
From left, Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux,
Mine That Bird, ridden by Calvin Borel, and
Dunkirk ridden by John R. Velazquez, race toward the finish line
in the 2009 Belmont Stakes.
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tags: Belmont Stakes, horse racing, race horses, Rachel Alexandra, Mine That Bird, sports
Calvin Borel, 2009.
Jockey for Mine That Bird (2009 Kentucky Derby winner)
and Rachel Alexandra (2009 Preakness Stakes winner).
Image: Joe Schneid, Louisville, Kentucky (Wikipedia Commons).
Will the next…
Much as I loved Secretariat, I always felt a little sorry for Sham, who might well have won the Triple Crown if it weren't for the super-horse he had to compete against.