Belmont Stakes year when the Triple Crown series was split three ways. The Belmont Stakes race was held at Aqueduct Racetrack from 1963 to 1967, while the track at Belmont was restored and renovated. The largest crowd of the 20th century was in 1971 with over 80,000 people, supplemented by the city's Latino community, there to cheer on their new hero, Cañonero II, the Venezuelan colt who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and was poised to win the U.S. Triple Crown. However, due to a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, Cañonero II failed to
2018 Preakness Stakes Of these, only American Pharoah went on to complete the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. Justify later duplicated this feat in the 2018 Belmont Stakes, making Baffert only the second person to train two Triple Crown winners. Times: mile – 0:23.11; mile – 0:47.19; mile – 1:11.42; mile – 1:36.10; final – 1:55.93.<br> Splits for each quarter-mile: (:23.11) (:24.08) (:24.23) (:24.68) (:19.83 for final ) Reference: Equibase Chart The 143rd Preakness payout schedule 2018 Preakness Stakes The 2018 Preakness Stakes was the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. It was