Belmont Stakes

It’s the most prestigious prize in horse racing – and the most elusive

Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...

Tiz The Law won the 2020 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon in Elmont, New York

Tiz the Law was made the early 6-5 favorite for the Belmont Stakes this weekend

Mike Smith, the jockey also known as “Big Money Mike,” explains how the coronavirus pandemic has turned the horse racing world upside down and why the Belmont Stakes is so different this year.

The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York in front of no fans as the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown

For the past five years, Luis Grandison was the only full-time Spanish language horse race narrator in the U.S.

Justify cemented his place in history with a Triple Crown win at Belmont Stakes.

After the wettest Kentucky Derby on record and a similarly rainy Preakness Stakes, staff at Belmont Park — home to the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes — know they have to be prepared for whatever nature brings their way on June 9. But this isn’t anything new. Every year, staff and trainers — and horses...

After winning the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, Justify has just one more race between him and the sport’s most prestigious prize, the Triple Crown.

Lone Star Park’s all-team leading trainer and Arlington resident, Steve Asmussen, wins his first Belmont Stakes with his horse Creator, while a Lone Star Park patron wins thousands with pick six wager.