Kentucky Derby victor Sovereignty galloped to triumph successful muddy conditions astatine the 157th Belmont Stakes successful Saratoga Springs, New York, connected Saturday successful the 3rd limb of the Triple Crown.
Sovereignty, who entered the contention with 2-to-1 odds, defeated a tract of 7 challengers. Journalism finished successful 2nd place.
The contention marked a benignant of replay of the Derby, successful which Sovereignty finished successful archetypal and Journalism was the runner-up.
Journalism had entered arsenic the dense favourite aft winning the Preakness. Derby third-place finisher Baeza was besides successful the tract of eight.
Journalism was the lone equine who ran successful each 3 legs of the Triple Crown this year. Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez was successful the Belmont aft being scratched from the Derby due to the fact that of a insignificant ft bruise that besides kept the colt retired of the Preakness.
The Belmont took spot for a 2nd consecutive clip astatine the historical Saratoga Race Course successful upstate New York. The New York Racing Association temporarily relocated it determination portion Belmont Park connected Long Island undergoes astir half-a-billion dollars successful renovations.
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