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Belmont Stakes
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Belmont Stakes

Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m).



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They include two Belmont Stakes winners, a Kentucky Derby winner, a Preakness winner, two horses who played each other's spoilers, and one human being.
``I've never known a man to communicate with an animal as well as Woody,'' said Henryk de Kwiatkowski, who owned Conquistador Cielo and Danzig Connection, the first and last of Stephens' five straight Belmont Stakes winners (1982-86).
HORSE RACING: Jockey Eddie Maple, 49, who rode two Belmont Stakes winners, announced his retirement, ending a 33-year riding career.
 
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