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Race Name: Belmont Stakes. - Grade: 1
Off at: 6:31 Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Value of Race: $1,000,000
Distance: One And One Half Miles
Surface Type: Dirt Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 2:29.65

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Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
6	Da' Tara	Alan Garcia	79.00	28.00	14.80
4	Denis of Cork	Robby Albarado		5.40	4.10
8	Anak Nakal	Julien R. Leparoux			7.60
9	Ready's Echo	John R. Velazquez			6.20

Exotics-
$2 Exacta - 6-4 $659
$1 Trifecta - 6-4-8 $1851.50
$1 Trifecta - 6-4-9 $1977
$1 Superfecta - 6-4-8-9 $24318.50
$1 Superfecta - 6-4-9-8 $23654.50

The race turned out to be a dud for the Big Brown camp, as the horse did not have it and his jockey, Kent Desormeaux pulled him up before the final straight away. Da' Tara was the horse that benefited the most and ran away with this race winning from gate to wire.

Because of Big Brown failing to hit the board, the exotics paid extremely well and there was a dead heat for show and that cut some of the winnings in half.

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