Run at 1 ½ miles, the $1.5-million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y, is the longest of the Triple Crown races and is likely the first and only time that the participants will run that far in their career, particularly on a dirt track.
Because of its massive circumference and beachy racing surface, Belmont is known as “Big Sandy.”
In the last 21 years, only three Belmont favorites have won – American Pharoah (2016), Afleet Alex (2005) and Point Given (2001).
Six of the last nine winners have been sent off at least 11-1, and since 1999, the Belmont has seen six winners at odds of 18-1 or higher.