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Belmont Park

This article is about the horse racing track in New York. For other uses, seeBelmont Park (disambiguation).

Belmont Parkis athoroughbred horse racetrackinElmont, New York,just east ofNew York Citylimits best known for hosting theBelmont Stakes,the final leg of the AmericanTriple Crown.It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the best well known racetracks in the United States. The original structure was demolished in 1963, and a second facility opened in 1968. The second structure was demolished in 2023, and a third version of Belmont Park is expected to open in 2026.

Belmont Park
Location2150 Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, New York,U.S.
Coordinates40°42′54″N73°43′22″W/ 40.71500°N 73.72278°W/40.71500; -73.72278
Owned byState ofNew York
Operated byNew York Racing Association
Date openedMay 4, 1905(119 years ago)(1905-05-04)
May 20, 1968(56 years ago)(1968-05-20)(renovation)
Capacity100,000
Screened on
Course typeFlat/Thoroughbred
1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Notable races
Official website

Operated by theNew York Racing Association(NYRA), Belmont Park is typically open for racing from late April through mid-July (known as the Spring meet), and again from mid-September through late October (the Fall meet).[1]The race park's main dirt track has earned the nickname, "the Big Sandy", given its prominent overall dimensions(1+1⁄2miles (2.4 km))and the deep, sometimes tiring surface.[2]Belmont is also sometimes known as "The Championship Track" because almost every major champion in racing history since the early 20th century has competed on the racecourse – including all of the Triple Crown winners.

Belmont hosted its largest crowd at the2004 Belmont Stakes,when 120,139 spectators sawSmarty Jonesupset byBirdstonein his Triple Crown bid.[3]

History

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First Belmont Park (1903-1963)

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Belmont Park Clubhouse and Grandstand in 1905

August Belmont Jr.andWilliam Collins Whitney,along with other investors, built the original Belmont race track, which opened on May 4, 1905. Arthur Underhill was hired as Engineer and Landscape Architect to design and oversee construction of the park. In its first 15 or so years, Belmont Park featured racing clockwise, in the "English fashion" —allowing the upper-class members of the racing association and their guests to have the races finish in front of the clubhouse, just to the west of the grandstand. A "field stand," at what was then the top of the stretch, was located east of the grandstand. The original finish line was located at the top of the present-day homestretch.[4]In his 1925 book, "The Big Town",Ring W. Lardnerrefers to the then-recent directional change when he has a character at Belmont say (speaking of a recent race) "At that time, they run the wrong way of the track, like you would deal cards".

A later innovation was created byJoseph E. Widener,who took over track leadership when August Belmont II died in 1924: the Widener Chute. It was a straightaway of just under 7 furlongs (1.4 km) that cut diagonally through Belmont's training and main tracks, hitting near the quarter-pole of the main track; the course was removed in 1958.[5]

A crowd watching seven planes in the air at the Belmont Park air show, New York on October 30, 1910
Glenn Curtissmonoplane at Belmont Park meet withEugene Burton Elyat wheel, year 1910 (courtesy New York Public Library archives)

Two features of the original Belmont Park remain today. The first is the display of four stone pillars onHempstead Turnpike,a gift from the mayor and park commissioners ofCharleston, South Carolina.The pillars had stood at the entrance of the Washington Course of the South Carolina Jockey Club in Charleston, which operated from 1792 to 1882. The stone pillars are now found at the clubhouse entrance. Lesser known but more visible are the racing motif iron railings seen partially bordering the walking ring. The railings, used as decoration on the south side of the old Belmont grandstand, were salvaged during the 1963 demolition.[6]

The original Belmont Park was not only unprecedented in its size but also had the then-new innovation of aLong Island Rail Roadextension from theQueens Villagestation, running along the property, tunneling underHempstead Turnpike,then terminating on the south side of the property. Thetrain terminalwas moved to its present location north of the turnpike after the 1956 season.[7]

Near the railroad terminal was yetanothertrack—Belmont Park Terminal, a steeplechase course operated by United Hunts until 1927.[8]

The last race at the old Belmont Park was run in October 1962.

Aviation meets

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In addition to racing history, Belmont Park made history in another industry native to the Hempstead Plains –aviation.Some 150,000 people were drawn to the track on October 30, 1910, at the climax of aWright Brothers-stagedInternational Aviation Meet at Belmont Park,which had started eight years earlier. The event came at the beginning of a period from 1910 to 1912 in which racing was outlawed in New York State.[9]

Eight years later, Belmont and aviation were reunited when the racetrack served as the northern point of the first U.S.air mailroute, between the New York area and Washington, D.C.[10]

Exterior and tote board in 1999. The tote board was later changed to a digital tote and TV display.

Second Belmont Park (1968-2024)

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The following spring, NYRA Chairman James Cox Brady announced that two separate engineering surveys found the grandstand/clubhouse was unsafe due to age-induced structural defects and needed to be rebuilt. The bookBelmont Park: A Century of Championsnoted the comment of NYRA President Edward T. Dickinson: "When you sighted down the stands, you could see some of the beams were twisted. They were in something of an S-shape."

The old structure was demolished in 1963, along with the Manice Mansion, the turreted 19th-century homestead that served as the headquarters of Belmont's Turf and Field Club. The new grandstand was built from 1964 to 1968. The Inner Turf Course was also added during this time period. The Belmont race meetings were moved toAqueduct RacetrackinSouth Ozone Park,Queens from 1963 to 1968.

The $30.7 million grandstand, designed byArthur Froehlich,was opened May 20, 1968, and was the largest in Thoroughbred racing. It had a total attendance capacity of more than 100,000, including a seating capacity of 33,000 and an adjoining backyard being able to accommodate more than 10,000.

A long mural byPierre Bellocqon the second floor of the clubhouse featuring the dominant jockeys, trainers and racing personalities celebrates the track's history.[11]

The final day of racing at the second Belmont Park was held on July 9, 2023.[12]

Demolition on the second Belmont Park began in March 2024 and was completed in June 2024.[13]

UBS Arena

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See also:UBS Arena
Belmont Park and UBS Arena in 2021

In July 2017, New York State officials announced that vacant parking lots behind the Belmont grandstand had been put to tender for two area top-level professional sports teams: theNew York Islanders,anNHLice hockey team; andNew York City FC,anMLSsoccer team. Both teams were unhappy with their current locations (the Islanders atBarclays Center;New York City FC atYankee Stadium) and proposed to redevelop the land into their own stadiums. The Islanders proposedan 18,000 seat sports arena,435,000 square feet (40,400 m2) for retail development, a 225-room hotel, and a 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) community center, while NYCFC's pledge included a 26,000 seat soccer ground, 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2) for retail, a 5.2-acre (2.1 ha) community park, and 2-acre (0.81 ha) soccer complex: both proposals were fully privately funded and included improved parking and LIRR facilities as well.[14]

On December 20, 2017, New York GovernorAndrew Cuomoannounced that the Islanders project had won approval to be built.[15][16][17]In July 2019, the plan was adopted by theEmpire State Development Corporationboard, andUBS Arenaopened in time for the2021-22 NHL season.The plan also included a newElmont stationon the LIRR, in addition to the hotel, arena, and retail village.[18]

Third Belmont Park - under construction

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In May 2007, New York GovernorEliot Spitzerconsidered closing Aqueduct Racetrack located ten miles west of Belmont inOzone Park, New York,and turning Belmont into a nearly year-round race track when the New York Racing Association lease for all three of New York State's tracks expired at the end of 2007.[19]Belmont's stands would have been heated, additional barns built for Aqueduct's 400 horses, and the track modified to accommodate winter racing. In addition, video lottery machines would have been introduced. A new entity would have operated Belmont from fall to spring while the New York Racing Association would continue to operate Saratoga Race Course in the summer.[19]Spitzer was forced to resign amida prostitution scandalin March 2008 and no further plans for Belmont were developed at that time.

In December 2022, the New York Racing Association formally announced its intention to upgrade the facilities at Belmont to make it suitable to host year-round thoroughbred racing and training. UnlikeChurchillandPimlico,neither the first nor second iterations of Belmont Park allowed spectators into the infield.[20]An infield tunnel connecting to the backstretch parking lot has been completed.

Beginning in April 2023 construction of a one-mile synthetic racing oval inside the inner turf course had begun. The next phase of reconstruction, scheduled to begin after the 2023 spring and summer meet, includes completion of the synthetic track, widening of the inner turf course, and construction of a second infield tunnel near the first turn.[21]NYRA released a statement on May 1, 2023, announcing that state funding for the grandstand reconstruction and other projects had been secured by way of a $455 million loan.[22]

To accommodate construction, NYRA moved the Belmont fall meet to Aqueduct in 2022, 2023, and 2024.[21][23]The2024 Belmont Stakeswere moved toSaratoga Race Course,due to the renovations, and the 2025 Belmont Stakes are planned for Saratoga as well.

As of July 2024, the second Belmont Park is completely demolished with reconstruction planned until September 2026.[13][24]The new grandstand, when finished, would likely result in the track hosting theBreeders' Cupfor the first time since 2005.[25]

Ultimately, sometime in late 2026, the project will ultimately lead to the closure of nearbyAqueduct Racetrack.

Physical attributes

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Horses race down the stretch on Belmont Park's main track, nicknamed "Big Sandy" by owners, trainers, jockeys and fans. The main track is the longest dirt racecourse in North American thoroughbred racing—at1+1⁄2miles (2.4 km).

The 430-acre (170 ha) racing, training and barn complex is located on the western edge of the Nassau County region known as the Hempstead Plains. Just a few miles (kilometers) east on the same plains, the first racing meet in North America was held in 1665, supervised by colonial governor Richard Nicolls.[26]

The dirt racecourse, known officially as theMain Trackand nicknamed "Big Sandy" by racing followers, has a circumference of1+1⁄2miles (2.4 km), the longest dirt thoroughbred racetrack in North America. Immediately inside of this is theWidener Turf Course(named after the Widener family that has a long and prestigious history in American horse racing) spanning1+5⁄16miles (2.1 km) plus 27 feet (8.2 m), which in turn encircles anInner Turf Coursewith a circumference of1+3⁄16miles (1.9 km) plus 103 feet (31 m). On the Main Track, it is 1,097 feet (334 m) from the top of the stretch to the finish line, and the segment between the wire and the start of the first (clubhouse) turn covers 843 feet (257 m); this latter segment is shorter by approximately 165 feet (50 m) on both of the turf courses, in order to accommodate the twochutesthat exist on the Widener Turf Course, from which turf races of 1 mile (1.6 km) and1+1⁄16miles (1.7 km) are started; an additional chute exists for races of1+1⁄16miles (1.7 km) on the Inner Turf Course.[citation needed]

NYRA bugler Sam Grossman plays "Call to the Post", heralding the horses as they enter the track before a race at Belmont Park.

A straightaway chute leads on to the backstretch of the Main Track and permits races on the dirt up to1+1⁄8miles (1.8 km) long to be run with one turn. The chute used to extend further back across the training track, permitting races of up to a mile and a quarter but was shortened because a crossover is now infeasible given the clay base of the Main Track and stone-dust base of the training track. Before the 1990 Breeders' Cup, the outer rail of the Main Track was moved back to widen the middle of the clubhouse turn and soften the angle of the start of the1+1⁄4miles (2.0 km)Classic.[27]The training track is 1 mile (1.6 km) in circumference and abuts the east end of the main track. In March 2009, lights were added to the training track as a safety measure to prevent early morning workouts from occurring in the dark.[28]

Geopolitical status

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Belmont Park
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Location in Nassau County,New York,just outside New York City.

The racetrack, grandstand, training, and barn facilities are located entirely in the community ofElmontinNassau County, New York.According to the City of New York's own map portal, theLong Island Rail Road stationon the property, the ramp between the grandstand and the train station, and some of the adjoining parking fields straddle theQueens Countyline.

Belmont Park has direct on- and off-ramps to theCross Island Parkway,which runs north–south and is just to the west of the park. Belmont Park's physical address is given as 2150 Hempstead Turnpike (New York State Route 24).[29]

The Belmont Park property originally totaled some 650 acres (260 ha). After the 1956 season, the construction of a wider bus road beyond the main course's final turn forced the turn to be shortened. According to the Belmont publication commemorating the track's 1968 reopening, that move cut 96 feet (29 m) off its circumference. The current layout has the entire racing course inside Nassau County.

Racing

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Belmont Stakes

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The Belmont Stakes was named after financier and sportsmanAugust Belmont Sr.,who helped fund the race, and most sources say the racetrack itself was also named for him.

The race was first run in 1867 atJerome Park Racetrackin the Bronx. In 1937, the wrought iron gates that bore an illustration of that first Belmont Stakes were donated to Belmont Park by August Belmont II's sole surviving son, Perry Belmont. The gates were located on the fourth floor of Belmont Park's clubhouse until the 2024 demolition.[citation needed]

A statue of Secretariat stands in the middle of the walking ring

The Belmont Stakes races have been run at Belmont Park since 1905, with the exceptions of 1911–12, when gambling was banned in New York State; the 1963–67 editions, held at Aqueduct while the grandstands at Belmont Park were reconstructed; and the 2024 edition, which was held at Saratoga Race Course due to the second reconstruction of Belmont Park.

Secretariat's finishing time in his1973Belmont victory (2 minutes, 24 seconds) set a world record for1+1⁄2miles (2.4 km) on dirt,[30]a world record which still stands. The 31-length victory clinched the first Triple Crown in 25 years, dating back toCitationin1948.A statue of Secretariat is in the center of the Belmont paddock.

Another Belmont Stakes achievement is recognized by the "Woody's Corner" display that was located in the first-floor clubhouse lobby, commemorating the five consecutive Belmont Stakes winners trained byWoody Stephensfrom 1982 to 1986.

The racetrack was also the site ofAffirmed's epic stretch duel withAlydarin the1978 Belmont Stakes,a victory that gave Affirmed the Triple Crown; and Triple Crown winnerSeattle Slew's defeat of Affirmed in theMarlboro Cupin September of that same year. The Marlboro, a key event of the Fall Championship meets in the 1970s and 1980s, included a dramatic come-from-behind win byForegoin the 1976 installment.[citation needed]

The "Woody's Corner" display in the first-floor clubhouse lobby of the 2nd Belmont Park (1968–2024) commemorated the five consecutive Belmont Stakes winners trained by Woody Stephens from 1982 to 1986.

Officials of the New York Racing Association made a concerted effort to boost attendance on Belmont Stakes Day after the 1995 installment drew only 37,171.

The2000and2001Belmonts—both run when there was no Triple Crown on the line—drew announced crowds of 67,810 and 73,857.

In2004,a record attendance of 120,139 was on hand to see ifSmarty Joneswould be the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.[3]

American Pharoahwon the2015 Belmont Stakeson June 6, and became the firstTriple Crownwinner in 37 years. It was announced before the race that attendance would be capped at 90,000. That year'sKentucky DerbyandPreaknessboth set attendance records, over 170,000 and 130,000 respectively.

Other key races at Belmont

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In addition to the Belmont Stakes, other major races held at Belmont have included theJockey Club Gold Cup,theSuburban Handicapand the Memorial Day standby—theMetropolitan Handicap,also known as the "Met Mile."

An important race for fillies, theAcorn Stakes,which is the first leg of theUS Triple Tiara,is raced at the track year.

All of the above races are contested on dirt; notable turf (grass) races include theBelmont Derby,Belmont Oaks,Manhattan Handicap,Just A Game Handicap,Bowling Green Handicap,Man O' War Stakes,Flower Bowl Invitational Stakesand theJoe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational.

Belmont's Fall Championship meet includes New York Showcase Day in late October, with seven stakes races for New York-bred horses. The richest race on that program is the $250,000Empire Classic Handicap.

Other memorable performances in Belmont Park history include the opening of the track in 1905 with the famousdead heatbetweenSysonbyand Race King in theMet Cap.In 1923, Belmont Park was host to an international duel between the American andEnglishchampions:Zev,winner of theKentucky Derby,against Papyrus, winner ofThe Derby.Zev won by five lengths in front of an estimated crowd of 70,000.

Belmont Park was the site of the tragedy-marred victory ofFoolish Pleasureover champion fillyRuffianin a 1975 match race. Ruffian broke down during the race and had to be euthanized. She was buried near the finish line in the infield at Belmont Park, her nose pointed towards the finish pole, from 1975 until 2023.[31]

Graded events

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The following Graded events were held at Belmont Park in 2022.

Grade I

Grade II

Grade III

In 2021, theWoodward StakesandWaya Stakeswere moved to Belmont, while theJockey Club Gold Cupand theFlower Bowl Stakeswere moved toSaratoga.[32]

Meets

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Horses and lead ponies in a pre-race post parade at Belmont.

Before the 2024 reconstruction, racing at Belmont Park was conducted in two annual installments, or "meetings". The "spring-summer meeting" usually began on the Thursday or Friday of the week before the Kentucky Derby in April and lasts through the first or second Sunday in July, depending on the start of the Saratoga meet that follows. The Saratoga meet was expanded to eight weeks in 2019. The "fall meeting" follows the Saratoga season, commencing on the Thursday or Friday afterLabor Dayand ending on either the last Sunday in October or in some years the first Sunday in November, usually dependent on the dates of the Breeders' Cup. Racing is held atSaratoga Race Course,during the time between these two meetings.

Prior to 1977, a summer meeting was contested at Aqueduct from mid-June until the Saratoga meet began; its abolition led to the Belmont spring meeting being lengthened to its present duration.

The autumn installment is known as the Fall Championship meet, since many of the eventual Eclipse Award title winners have earned key victories in some of the meeting's races, such as theJockey Club Gold Cup.

Belmont has been home to the day-longBreeders' Cupchampionship in 1990, 1995, 2001 and most recently in 2005.

Belmont's backyard is well known as a gathering place for racing fans to see their horses saddled before they hit the track. The center of the paddock is dominated by a white pine that pre-dated the track itself—it turned 180 years old in 2006.

Belmont track announcers

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Because of Belmont's role in hosting big, nationally televised races on broadcast and cable TV, its track announcers have been among the best known in the sport. Among the famous race callers who've served as Belmont PA announcers are:

  • Fred Capossela(1940–1971)
  • Dave Johnson(1972–1977) - Contrary to popular belief, Johnson, not Anderson, was Belmont Park's PA announcer during Secretariat's 1973 romp in the Belmont Stakes. There is no known audio to exist of Johnson's call of that Belmont. It was on TV that Anderson called the 1973 Belmont Stakes aired byCBSTelevision, where he famously described Big Red as "moving like a tremendous machine".
  • Chic Anderson(1977–1979)
  • Marshall Cassidy(1979–1990)
  • Tom Durkin(1990–2014)
  • Larry Collmus(2014–2020)
  • John Imbriale(2020–2023)
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Belmont Park has been featured in the following:

Comedy

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ComedianRobert Kleinmade Capossella's race calls the subject of one of his routines, captured on his 1974 albumMind Over Matter.[citation needed]

Film

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Scenes for the Woody Allen moviesMighty Aphrodite(1995) andMelinda and Melinda(2004) were shot at Belmont Park, as was a paddock scene for the 1990s remake of the filmGloriawithSharon StoneandGeorge C. Scott.[citation needed]

Scenes for the movieSt. Vincent(2014) starringBill Murraywere shot at Belmont Park.[33]

Belmont Park was one of the racetracks referred to in the song "It's A Simple Little System" in theJudy Holliday-Dean MartinmusicalBells Are Ringing.(The code name assigned to it was "Beethoven." )

Music

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Belmont has hosted some concerts over the years includingNatalie Cole(1979),[34]Blondie(1979)[35]and theGoo Goo Dolls(2015).[36]

Television

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A January 1975 episode inseason 5of the ABC sitcomThe Odd Couple— entitled "Felix the Horse Player" —was filmed partly at Belmont Park,[37]though one of the race clips on the show features the shot of an Aqueduct starting gate.[citation needed]

A few years later,Dick Cavetttook the camera crew of hisPBStalk show to Belmont for a look at horse racing.[citation needed]

In November 2004, Belmont Park was featured in an episode of theninth seasonofEverybody Loves Raymond,titledBoys' Therapy,in which Frank, Robert, and Ray bet on a horse named "Marie's Mouth".

In 2015, Belmont Park was featured on the season finale ofThe Amazing Race 27.[38]

See also

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References

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