Champagne Stakes Day at Belmont Park

The Belmont Stakes will be the first horse race run during the Triple Crown season, though the series’ longest race will be shortened for 2020.

Seattle Slew led for most of the race but had to settle for third after being overtaken by the victorious chestnut stallion, who won the Triple Crown in 1973 and whose story inspired a Disney film in 2010. Citation, who won the Triple Crown in 1948 and was the first race horse to earn $1 million, came in second. The Triple Crown consists of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes and was most recently won by Justify in 2018.