Dornoch received the 156th operating of the Belmont Stakes Saturday.
Preakness winner Seize the Grey led on the ¾-mile mark, with Dornoch proper beside him. The two have been neck and neck across the last flip, however Seize the Grey fell off as Mindframe crept up from the skin.
But it was Dornoch to cross the road first.
Dornoch closed at 17-1. Sierra Leone, the favourite of each Saturday’s race and the Derby, completed third.
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Dornoch, (6), with Luis Saez up, crosses the end line forward of Mindframe (10), with Irad Ortiz Jr. up, to win the 156th operating of the Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
It’s the sixth consecutive 12 months three completely different horses received a leg of the Triple Crown. The final time a horse received a number of legs was when Justify received all three in 2018.
Jockey Luis Saez earned his second win within the Belmont Stakes.
Former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth has a ten% possession stake in Dornoch.
This 12 months’s race was moved to Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York as a result of Belmont Park is present process a large renovation venture.
Horses and jockeys needed to alter to the brand new course. The race is often 1½ miles, however Saratoga’s racing oval is simply 1 1/8 miles in size.
Saratoga Race Course June 6, 2024, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
This 12 months’s race was run at 1¼ miles, the identical distance because the Kentucky Derby.
Two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Parcells was in attendance, which is not stunning for the New York Giants teaching legend, who not solely frequents the course however has made Saratoga Springs his dwelling.
Saratoga Race Course (Gregory Fisher/USA Today Sports)
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The race can be again in Saratoga subsequent 12 months earlier than returning dwelling in 2026.
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