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Given the race is being run at Saratoga rather than Belmont Park due to the latter track’s ongoing renovation; and given it will be run over 10 furlongs rather than a mile and a half: how can it still be considered the Belmont?
The race predates the existence of Belmont Park (both it and the track are named for the same man August Belmont) and was ran at Aqueduct for a brief time as well. It’s been ran at distances between 9 furlongs and 13 furlongs, left- or right-handed, at different times of the year, and it excluded geldings for a time. Most older American races have similarly meandering histories.
This result and this current division of Classic hopefuls confirms to me that this is the best year for AOB to send his over. City Of Troy Breeders cup classic 2024.
From what i can make out Sierra Leone wins that if it was at Belmont , long straight extra distance but thats life .
Measured Time for Appleby in Manhatten Stakes very good , he got the 1 2 as well .
Belmont will be pretty impressive after its rebuild i would have thought .
As regard Aqueduct whenever i see mention of that course i think of Pebbles and Pat Eddery ,what a ride . My inderstanding is it looks a little shabby nowdays but may be wrong .
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