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Definition of Belmont Stakes
1. Noun. An annual race for three-year-old horses; held on Long Island at Elmont, New York.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belmont Stakes
Literary usage of Belmont Stakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"For the Withers Stakes at the June Meeting this year there were fifty-nine
entries ; for the Belmont Stakes sixty-seven ; and for the Jerome Stakes, ..."
2. The American Thoroughbred by Charles E. Trevathan (1905)
"The Belmont Stakes, one mile and three- eighths, track heavy, was the race in
which he met his Waterloo. He had beaten his opponents ..."
3. The Catskills Alive! by Francine Silverman (2003)
"... sole owner Loraine Romeo Roe had the pleasure of seeing the horse she broke
and trained in his early years, One N Three, win the Belmont Stakes in 2002. ..."
4. Racing Calendars ...by Henry G. Crickmore by Henry G. Crickmore (1901)
"Idlewild's star had scarcely paled before Ruthless had won the first Belmont
Stakes and begun a career that placed her among the great mares of the ..."
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