The Belmont Stakes have a rich history dating back to its inception in 1867. In other words, there is no shortage of interesting numbers related to races that are often referred to as “Champion Tests.”
157 this yearth The Belmont Stakes running presented by NYRA BETS will take place on June 7th at the Saratoga race course. If for some reason you’ve been out of the horse racing loop for a while, you may not realize that Belmont Park is in the process of a major renovation.
The change in that venue also led to adjusting the race distance from 1½ mile to 1¼ mile, as Saratoga’s main dirt track is 1 1/8 mile oval, and Belmont’s 1½ mile oval is ideal for racing at that distance. Also noteworthy, although there have been no triple crown bids for the seventh year in a row, the 2025 Belmont will attract both Woodford Reserve winner sovereignty and the Kentucky Derby presented by Preakness Stakes Victor Journalism.
Read a bunch of fun people ahead of the 2025 Belmont Stakes.
1 – The number of times Belmont advances both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. It happened during the first time the law won the race in 2020 racing history, as it was reduced to 1 1/8 miles, after two weeks of retreating due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kentucky Derby was postponed that year to the first Saturday of September due to the pandemic, but the Preakness Stakes moved to the first week of October.
1¼ Miles – The Belmont Stakes are usually the longest race in the Triple Crown, but this year the distance has been adjusted to 1¼ mile to accommodate another update on the Saratoga race course. The Belmont Stakes will be held for 1¼ mile for the second consecutive year, the eighth year in history. The races are also held at 1 1/8 miles, 1 3/8 miles, and 1 5/8 miles.
2.10 dollars – Paying a $2 win when the Fleet Earl won the 1943 Belmont Stakes (and the Triple Crown).
2:24 – Belmont’s fastest victory times are of interest at a normal 1½ miles. The Secretariat set records in 1973 when it wiped out the Triple Crown.
4 – The number of times the Belmont Stakes has been determined by the Nose (the smallest margin of victory) since 1905. The latest one came in 2016, when creators framed Destin in 2016.
5 – Racecourse number Belmont stakes have been held so far: Jerome Park (1867-1889), Morris Park (1890-1904), Aqueduct Bridge (1963-1967), Belmont Park (1905-2023, if closed for construction), Saratoga Race Course (2024 and 2025).
5 – Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stevens won five consecutive Belmont Stakes from 1982 to 1986. The winners of Stephens were Conquistador Cielo (1982), Caveat (1983), Swale (1984), Creme Fraiche (1985), and Danzig Connection (1986). No other trainers have won more than three straight editions of the race.
6 – James R. Keene and Belair Stud share records of most Belmont Stakes winners, each with six owners. Keene owned Belmont Victor’s Lance Lift (1879), Commando (1901), Delhi (1904), Peter Pan (1907), Colin (1908), and Sweep (1910). Belair Stud raced Triple Crown winners Gallant Fox (1930) and Omaha (1935) and Belmont winners Faireno (1932), Granville (1936), Johnstown (1939) and Nashua (1955).
9 – The number of horses bred outside the US that won the Belmont Stakes recently won the Canadian victory gallop in 1998 when he defeated Real Quiet, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
11 – The number of 3-year-olds who doubled the Kentucky Derby Belmont Stakes (does not count Triple Crown winners), most recently in 1995.th On June 7th, he won in Saratoga.
13 – The three-year-olds who completed the three gem sweep of the Belmont Stakes US Triple Crown are: Iss Burton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Willoway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), 19466), Secute (1948), Citation (1948), Citation (1948), Citation (1948), Citation (1948), Citation (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018).
15 – The number of odds favorites to win the Belmont Stakes from 37 horses dispatched below even odds, including the law at 4-5 odds in 2020.
18 – Preakness-The number of 3-year-olds who doubled the Belmont Stakes (does not count Triple Crown winners), most recently Afleet Alex in 2005. Journalism is about to be 19.th 2025.
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20 – The number of Belmont winners (father) (father) Belmont winners, most recently 2009 winner Summer Bird was killed by 2004 winner Birdstone. The legendary man O’War, a recipient of the 1920 Belmont Stakes, raised three Belmont winners: the American Flag (1925), the Crusader (1926), and the War Admiral (1937).
twenty four – The number of filly raced at Belmont. Three of them won: Ruthless (1867), Tanya (1905), and Rags to Riches (2007). In 2022, Nest, runner-up to Rondyne Kentucky Oaks, became the latest race-competing filly, finishing second in the stable Mo Donegal.
twenty four – Number of winners in the Belmont Stakes starting with Post Post No. 1 (since 1905)th Triple Crown winner. Post-position 3 has won 16 winners, most recently in 2023 Arcangelo. Last year’s Dornoch broke from issue 6 last year, becoming the ninth Belmont winner to finish that position.
31 length – The winning record margin was when the secretariat won the 1973 edition, which marked the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
37 – The number of bad weather is 23.9% of the total, with Belmont stakes contesting on the “off” track. The latest one came in 2011 when Ruler on Ice won on a “sloppy/closed” track.
42 – At least one triple crown race, including the number of horses that won at Belmont and the 13 triple crown winners who swept the series.
61 – The most won colour of the Belmont Stakes winner is the 61 Bay. Chestnut ranks second with 55. Last year’s champion Dornoch is the latest Bay winner for the Belmont Stakes. The 2023 Arcanguero became the sixth winner of the Grey or Lone Belmont Stakes in the celebratory history of racing.
66 – The number of victory favourites in the 155-year history of the Belmont Stakes corresponds to a 42.6% victory rate with the best betting choices.
106 – Kentucky is the leading state for producing winners of the Belmont Stakes, which has 106 winners raised in Bluegrass State. Virginia is the distant second with 11 Belmont Stakes winners.
138 – Years between New York Product Winners at the Belmont Stakes. Tiz The Law won the race in 2020, becoming the first state breeder of New York’s triple crown race since the 1882 Forester, ending a long drought.
$142.50 – 2002 winner Saraba, winning payment for a record $2 stake.
157 – This year it’s 157th Belmont Stakes run.
700 – Approximate number of white Columbian carnations adorning the Belmont winner’s blanket.
1867 – The first Belmont Stakes were contested, becoming the oldest of the three triple crown races.
$2,500 – The first Belmont Stakes wallet ever.
120,139 – The biggest crowd ever attending the Belmont Stakes was 21 years ago in 2004, when Bridstone ruined a bid for fan-favorite Smart Jones’ Triple Crown. Find out more about the enthusiasm that led to the Belmont Stakes edition.
2 million dollars – $1.2 million will be the winner in the 2025 Belmont Stakes wallet.
$83,054,106 – The record dollar is a bet from all sources of the Belmont Stakes that occurred in 2014 when California Chrome failed his bid to win the Triple Crown. Last year there was a $60,904,557 bet on the race.
$150,249,399 – We will also record a record bet on the Belmont Day Race, which will also take place in 2014.
