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In 2004, sure thing Smarty Jones lost the Belmont Stakes by a length after seemingly surviving the race's too-early speed and bursting to a long lead coming home.

Creme Fraiche is the only gelding to win the Belmont Stakes, while fillies Ruthless, Tanya, and Rags to Riches also won. Seven females have trained Belmont starters.

Named for August Belmont I, the Belmont Stakes was first won by the filly Ruthless. The race's trophy commemorates the event's third victor, Fenian.

The largest crowd in Belmont Stakes history came out to see Smarty Jones in 2004. What was the race's official song replaced in 1997? What years had the fewest entries?

Todd Pletcher likes Dunkirk in the Belmont Stakes even with Calvin Borel and Chip Woolley re-teamed for Mine That Bird. Nick Zito tries for a third Belmont upset.

Birdstone stopped a Triple Crown championship in 2004, edging Smarty Jones at the Belmont Stakes wire. He stands at Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.

The 2008 Belmont Stakes wasn't a celebration of the first Triple Crown champion in 30 years, as 38-1 longshot Da' Tara beat Denis of Cork. Big Brown was eased.

If Big Brown's rivals could write the script, they would find the Belmont Stakes wire Saturday ahead of him to spoil yet another Triple Crown championship attempt.

Jockey Kent Desormeaux won the inaugural Pimlico Jockey Challenge the day before the Preakness Stakes. Belmont riders are unsecured for 'Bird and Chocolate Candy.

Edgar Prado has done it before in the Belmont Stakes -- taken out a Triple Crown hopeful, that is. On Saturday, he pilots Casino Drive, Big Brown's biggest rival.

Longshots have had their day in all the Triple Crown races. Sarava and Edgar Prado won the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1 odds, while ending War Emblem's Triple Crown bid.

What's next on the thoroughbred racing scene will unfold toward the Breeders' Cup this fall when duels could see renewals. The TC runs thrilled despite no new champ.

Charismatic was the Triple Crown story in 1999, as he captured the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Bob and Beverly Lewis were taking a second shot at the TC.

Big Brown has created a realistic Triple Crown buzz. Casino Drive, Roman Emperor, Denis of Cork, and Tomcito take on possible spoiler roles for the 140th Belmont.

Jockey Jerry Bailey won his first Kentucky Derby aboard Sea Hero in 1993, but Prairie Bayou took the Preakness, and Krone piloted Colonial Affair to Belmont carnations.

Since 1978 the racing world has anxiously awaited the next Triple Crown coronation and post Big Browns failed delivery, continues to wait.

After two bitter defeats in the Belmont Stakes, Kent Desormeaux battled fellow Cajun Calvin Borel and upset Borel's sure 'Bird win with half brother colt Summer Bird.

From Sir Barton in 1919 to Affirmed in 1978, thoroughbred racing has seen just 11 Triple Crown winners. Can a 2007 three-year-old step into TC horse shoes?

A wily widow-turned-entrepreneur, Adelecia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham negotiated her way to enormous wealth for an antebellum lady. Today, her lavish estate remains.

Despite ethical questions raised by the Nuremberg Code and other guidelines, human experimentation abuses continued. In 1974, public policy focused on clinical research.

A rematch between Kentucky Derby winner Mine that Bird and Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra will not take place in this year's Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6.

While Derby victor Mine That Bird ran a bit rank for jockey Calvin Borel, his half brother Summer Bird helped Kent Desormeaux put past Belmont Stakes performances aside.

No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed did it in 1978 and only 11 have ever won it in the last 89 years.

If you think looking like a popular movie star or vocalist would solve all your problems, be careful what you wish for.

It's clear that for two years running, females have changed Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown landscape. Still, there's no explanation of why horses defy the norm.

Richard Dutrow, Jr. says there is "no way" Big Brown can lose his Triple Crown attempt June 7. Trainer Bob Baffert likes Dutrow's situation, one Baffert has lost 3 times.

Big Brown will face his Belmont Stakes competition in a new set of glue-on shoes. Four newcomers challenge him. Macho Again and Icabad Crane try again, with 3 others.

After turning in just one race where he placed third since the grueling run in the Belmont Stakes against the tough Rags to Riches, Curlin proved still stretch worthy.

Curlin beat the Derby champ by a long nose; now he takes on a distance-bred filly trained by Todd Pletcher, who is 0-28 in TC matches, in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

Da' Tara, trained by Nick Zito, took a wire to wire trip to victory in the Belmont Stakes, while favorite Big Brown didn't fire. Rick Dutrow was baffled by BB's downfall.

For Kent Desormeaux, the 2008 Belmont Stakes were to be the crowning achievement of his career, but he gave up on it to protect the horse he called "a friend."

Champions can emerge early on the road to Kentucky roses as prep starts take shape. An overview of exciting, historic second month moments favors 1948's Citation.

When trainer Barclay Tagg first laid eyes on Nobiz Like Shobiz, he told owner Elizabeth Valando that the colt was a potential Triple Crowner. Now he's a turf star.

A strong score in the Peter Pan Stakes by Charitable Man earns the Lemon Drop Kid colt consideration for the Belmont Stakes. Bob Baffert has been Lone Star Park lucky.

Quiet American daughter Seattle Smooth switched from artificial surfaces racing to traditional dirt in the East and continues her initial success for Mercedes Stables.

No other thoroughbred won the Belmont Stakes by as many lengths as did Secretariat. The hype at Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby, and at Pimlico was not unwarranted.

The race was his to lose, and jockey Calvin Borel did just that, finished 3rd on favourite Mine That Bird in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 behind Summer Bird and Dunkirk.

Jockey Cornelio Velasquez is impressed with War Pass, who outclassed the field at Belmont Park. Idiot Proof showed heart at Santa Anita. Lava Man couldn't kick in.

Triple Crown winner Count Fleet sired the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes victors of 1951. In 2009, Birdstone became the first stallion to match that accomplishment.

Riding gallops in Louisiana, jockey Ronnie Franklin, 47, hopes for a return to winning mounts. Rejected in Maryland, the 'Bid's rider seeks return at the Fair Grounds.

Jockey Eric Guerin started racing's Cajun parade and Kent Desormeaux, Calvin Borel and Ronnie Albarado have continued it by winning 7 of the last 9 Triple Crown races.

The sport of kings has longed for a Triple Crown Winner for nearly three decades. With a victory at the Kentucky Derby, Barbaro is the newest hope to join an elite group.

The toast of Belmont town is Big Brown, in line to win the first Triple Crown since 1978 when Affirmed scalded his usual rival, Alydar, at the wire.

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Picks for selected races at Belmont Park Saturday, Sept. 8

Rachel Alexandra majority owner Jess Jackson believes his Preakness victor needs time off. She won't meet Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird in the Belmont Stakes.

There cannot be a Triple Crown winner this season, but the Belmont Stakes offers girl versus boys; speedy Curlin versus speedy Hard Spun. Upsetter Tiago is also in.

Since 1979, ten thoroughbreds have entered the third leg of the three-raceTriple Crown with wins in the Derby and the Preakness. None have won at Belmont Park.

Richard Dutrow, Jr. trains other 3-year-old racers, like By the Light, whose daddy, Malibu Moon, was bred by A. P. Indy, and by the way, By the Light is perfect at 5 - 5.

It's very early in the Triple Crown hunt, yet Pyro's victory in the Risen Star Stakes earned him Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen No.1and mention for the Triple Crown.