The 2023 Belmont Stakes was the 155th running of the

Belmont Stakes The Belmont Stakes is an American Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes Thoroughbred racing, race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over the worldwide classic distance of . Colt (horseracing), Colt ...

and the 112th time the event took place at

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. The race, known as the "test of the champion", is the final leg in the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old

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. The race was won by Arcangelo. The race took place on June 10, 2023, in

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, with an actual start time of 6:50 p.m. EDT; television coverage was broadcast by

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. It was a Grade I stakes race with a purse of $1.5 million. Entering the race, it was known that there would be no Triple Crown winner, as the

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby () is an American Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes Thoroughbred racing, race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of . Colt (horse), Colts and geldin ...

and

Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland (except in 2026 when it will move to Laurel Park (race track), Laurel Park dur ...

had already been won by different horses with the Kentucky Derby winner

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finishing third in the Preakness while Preakness winner

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did not run at the Kentucky Derby. The 2023 Belmont celebrated the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's win of the

1973 Belmont Stakes The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973. Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away, the largest margin of victory in Belmont hist ...

to win the Triple Crown by 31 lengths. Tom Durkin, who retired in 2014, came out of retirement to call the stakes for the first time since the 2010 edition.

Field

A field of nine was drawn for the Belmont Stakes on Tuesday, June 6.

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was named the morning line favorite at 5-2 drawing post no. 6 and Preakness winner

drew post 4 for the Belmont Stakes at odds of 5-1.

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drew post no. 2 at odds of 3-1, while Angel of Empire drew post no. 8 at odds of 7-2. Arcangelo won, making his trainer Jena Antonucci the first female trainer to win the Belmont Stakes, which also made her the first female trainer to win any American Triple Crown race. Notes: † Hit Show & Angel of Empire Dead heated for 4th place. * Jena Antonucci, trainer of Arcangelo, became the first female trainer to win the Belmont Stakes, which also made her the first female trainer to win any American Triple Crown race.

Results

Payouts

* $1

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$34.00 (3-6) * $0.50

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$66.62 (3-6-2)

References

External links

* {{Thoroughbred Racing on Fox Sports Belmont Stakes races