Heartbreak for Always Dreaming, Classic Empire overshadows Preakness winner

Tiz the Law has won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes, claiming victory Saturday at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule and crossing the finish line in front of eerily empty grandstands. The 3-year-old colt from upstate New York charged to the lead turning to the frontstretch and now can set his sights on the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and Oct. 3 Preakness. All three legs of this year’s Triple Crown schedule were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Accelerate leads the 14-horse field, which will offer the 5-year-old a rematch against West Coast in a marquee race that’s missing the unbeaten Triple Crown winner.