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Situated in the Town of Hempstead, in the hamlet of Elmont, New York, in Nassau County, Long Island, Belmont Park is a prominent thoroughbred horse racing venue. It opened for business on May 4, 1905. Racing usually takes place there in May, June, and into late July, then again in late September and early November. Being the home of the Belmont Stakes, dubbed the “Test of the Champion” and the third leg of the Triple Crown, it is well-known worldwide.
Belmont Park History
Because nearly every significant winner in racing history, including all 11 Triple Crown winners, has participated on the racecourse since the early 20th century, Belmont is regarded as “The Championship Track.” Saratoga Race Course, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, and the racecourses in California at Del Mar and Santa Anita are among the other top racetracks in the industry.
When 120,139 people attended the 2004 Belmont Stakes, which saw Smarty Jones attempt to win the Triple Crown but lose to Birdstone, it was the largest turning out of any race.
The non-profit New York Racing Association is in charge of running Saratoga Race Course, Aqueduct, and Belmont Park. Originally founded as the Greater New York Association in 1955, it took over the assets of the various associations that had previously operated Saratoga Race Course, Aqueduct, Belmont, and the now-closed Jamaica Racetrack (it is now the home of the Rochdale Village housing development).
The Hempstead Plains, a part of Nassau County, are home to the 430-acre (1.7-kilometer) racing, training, and barn complex. Under the supervision of colonial governor Richard Nicolls, the first racing meet in North America took place in 1665 on the same plains, but a few miles east.
With a circumference of 11/2 miles (2.4 km), the dirt racecourse, officially titled the Main Track but affectionately called “Big Sandy” by fans of the sport, is the longest dirt thoroughbred racetrack in North America. The Widener Turf Course, which is immediately inside, is named after the Widener family, who have a distinguished and lengthy history in American horse racing. It is 15/16 miles (2.1 km) plus 27 feet (8.2 m) in circumference. This surrounds an Inner Turf Course, which is 13/16 miles (1.9 km) plus 103 feet (31 m) in circumference. The distance from the top of the stretch to the finish line on the Main Track is 1,097 feet (334 m), and the distance between the wire and the first (clubhouse) turn starts at 843 feet (257 m). On both turf courses, this latter segment is shortened by about 165 feet (50 m) to make room for the two chutes on the Widener Turf Course, which serve as the starting points for turf races of 1 mile (1.6 km) and 11/16 miles (1.7 km). An additional chute is present for races of 11/16 miles (1.7 km) on the Inner Turf Course.
A straightaway chute allows races on the dirt up to 11/8 miles (1.8 km) in length to be conducted in a single turn and leads on to the Main Track’s backstretch. The Main Track’s clay basis and the training track’s stone-dust base make a crossover impractical, so the chute that once extended farther back across the training track was truncated. In order to reduce the start angle of the 11/4 mile (2.0 km) Classic and broaden the middle of the clubhouse bend, the outer rail of the Main Track was pushed back prior to the 1990 Breeders’ Cup. The training track borders the east end of the main track and has a radius of one mile (1.6 km). The training track received lighting in March 2009 as a safety precaution to keep early morning workouts from taking place in the dark.
In contrast, the main track at Aqueduct is 11/8 miles (1.8 km) long, while the King Abdul Aziz racetrack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Colonial Downs in Virginia both have main tracks that measure 11/4 miles (2.0 km) in length. While most racecourses in England are smaller, there have been longer grass courses in Europe. There once was a 9–12 mile (14–19 km) course in ancient Riyadh for Saudi Arabian racing. The San Isidro Hippodrome in Buenos Aires, Argentina, features an inner dirt track measuring around 15/8 miles (2.6 km) and a 17/8 mile (3.0 km) grass track.
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