Belmont Stakes is a horse race. That’s to put it simply, of course, because since it’s the third of the ‘big races’ for three-year-old thoroughbreds, it may be the site of a Triple Crown winner. The Belmont Stakes takes place in New York every June, five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes, which are the first two races of the Triple Crown.
The race is named after August Belmont Sr. and is the oldest of the three races that make up the elite of horse racing. It was first raced in 1867, but there was no Triple Crown winner until Sir Barton of 1919 became the first horse to win it. In fact, throughout history there have only been 12 winners, the most recent American Pharaoh who won the whole thing in 2015. His victory took thirty-seven years to make, so it’s not hard to understand why the Belmont Stakes receives the nickname of The Test. of the Champion.
The Belmont track is the longest of the three races, with a track measuring 1.5 miles, which means that the horses are tested for both speed and endurance, and the track was the first to run a race in direction counterclockwise, which happened in 1921. They also implemented paddock riding for horses, which doesn’t happen in Kentucky or the Preakness Stakes.
The stakes at Belmont are special because it is the only race that can crown a Triple Crown winner. If a horse has won the top two, all eyes will be on him in June in this great race, so why get there commercially when you can charter a jet to get there in style and on your schedule?
We are all busy, so who has time for commercial airlines and busy airports? Wouldn’t it be nice to sit back, relax, and go as you please on a sleek, state-of-the-art jet whose seating plan you can configure to your individual needs? New York airports are very busy places to begin with, but arriving by jet gives you scope to get to a smaller airport and without all the long security lines and check-in hassles that you expect at large airports.
As you watch the Belmont Stakes winner get his blanket of white carnations and walk past the statue of the Secretary, who is still the owner of the fastest time in the race, wouldn’t it be nice to think of the luxury that awaits you to take home? Home again? It sure will!