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Dornok (6), with Luis Saez, crosses the finish line ahead of Mindframe (10), with Irad Ortiz Jr., to win the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Dornoch crossed the finish line first in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday night, the race being held for the first time at Saratoga Springs in New York, 200 miles north of Belmont Park, which is undergoing renovation.
The Danny Gargan-trained horse galloped late into the final turn to take the lead in a 10-horse field with Luis Saez, ahead of Kentucky Derby Hero Mystic Dan and Preakness classes Hero of seizing Ramadi, Who was he Among the favorites for the final jewel in this year’s Triple Crown, along with race favorite Sierra Leone, who finished third.
Testified on Saturday First time In the Belmont Stakes’ 156-year history, the race has been hosted on a different track.
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Sierra Leone is the pre-race favorite heading into this year’s Belmont Stakes.
Surprise Kentucky Derby champion Mystic Dan failed to maintain the potential for Triple Crown success after finishing second in the Preakness Stakes last month.
The race was won by Seize The Gray who held off the challenge of Mystik Dan on the home stretch.
Although the two champions lined up at the start on Saturday, Sierra Leone was the pre-race favorite for the Belmont Stakes.
The 3-year-old was one of the horses involved in the Derby’s dramatic photo finish, finishing second behind Mystic Dan after eventually breaking free from a crowded group.
This was “the closest definitive image of three horses since 1947,” the Derby said in a press release.
“If (Sierra Leone) had kept a straight line, it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t have won,” Sierra Leone coach Chad Brown said. New York Post.
“But this is a horse race, and a great consolation prize would be the Belmont.”
The field of star candidates racing in Saratoga Springs on Saturday had to contend with a change of course and distance for this year’s race.
The Belmont Stakes has become known as the “Test of Champions” over the years, due to its mile-and-a-half distance on the large sand track at Belmont Park, but this year, the race has been reduced to a mile-and-a-half distance. A mile and a quarter.
1. Grab the Gray (8-1)
2. Flexibility (10-1)
3. Mystic Dan (5-1)
4. Wine agent (15-1)
5. Al-Athari (12-1)
6. Dornoch (15-1)
7. Protection (20-1)
8. Honor Marie (12-1)
9. Sierra Leone (9-5)
10. Frame of mind (7-2)
