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1 -- Women jockeys that have won the Belmont. In 1993, Julie Krone became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race when she rode Colonial Affair to the win. Krone is the only woman to ride in the Belmont, but five have trained Belmont entries. |
Real Quiet is one of 14 horses
to see their Triple Crown dreams
end at the Belmont Stakes.
Al Bello/Allsport
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2 -- Chris Antley's best career finish at the Belmont Stakes. Antley, who will ride Charismatic, finished second on Strike the Gold in 1991.
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2:24 -- Track record for the Belmont, set by Secretariat in 1973. Secretariat's time is a world record for the mile-and-a-half distance on a dirt track. |
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3 -- Belmont wins by D. Wayne Lukas -- Tabasco Cat (1994), Thunder Gulch (1995) and Editor's Note (1996). He will shoot for his first Triple Crown win with Charismatic. |
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5 -- Consecutive years Woody Stephens trained Belmont winners (1982-86). Stephens, who died last year, never had another Belmont winner. |
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8 -- Belmont winners trained by James Rowe, the most in history. Rowe's last Belmont winner was Prince Eugene in 1913. |
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9 -- Jockeys that have won the Belmont in consecutive years. Rowe (1872-73), James McLaughlin (1882-84 and 1886-88), John Bullman (1902-03), Albert Johnson (1925-26), James Stout (1938-39), Eddie Arcaro (1941-42), Eric Guerin (1953-54), Ron Turcotte (1972-73), and Laffit Pincay Jr. (1982-84). |
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11 -- Horses that have won the Triple Crown, the last in 1978 when Affirmed accomplished the rare feat. |
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15 -- Largest field to start the Belmont Stakes, in 1983. |
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16 -- Horses that have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but did not win the Triple Crown, including two in the last two years -- Silver Charm (1997) and Real Quiet (1998). Two horses -- Burgoo King (1932) and Bold Venture (1936) -- did not compete in the Belmont after winning the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. |
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19 -- Horses beginning with the letter C that have won the Belmont, the most of any letter. There have been no winners whose names began with U, X or Y.
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22 -- Times a horse has won from the No. 1 post position. No other post position has had more than 13 winners. Teletable, a pre-race longshot, drew the No. 1 post on Wednesday. |
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31 -- Lengths of Secretariat's win in 1973, the widest margin of victory in the race's history. |
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84 -- Years since a filly has won the Belmont. Nineteen have run the race, but only Ruthless (1867) and Tanya (1905) have been victorious. |
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82,694 -- Largest crowd ever to see the Belmont -- in 1971, when Pass Catcher ended Canonero II's Triple Crown bid. |
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600,000 -- Amount Victory Gallop earned for winning the Belmont last year. Gary Stevens rode the colt to victory in 2:29. |
