NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the Belmont Stakes (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Essential Quality wore down pacesetter Hot Rod Charlie in the stretch and crossed the finish line first in the Belmont Stakes. The win was the sixth in seven career starts and gave trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown win. […]
NEW YORK (AP) Brad Cox insisted he wasn't sitting around waiting or worrying about whether a disqualification of Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby winner would give him his first victory in a Triple Crown race.
Essential Quality wins Belmont Stakes
The win was the sixth in seven career starts and gave trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown win.
Credit: AP
Essential Quality (2), with jockey Luis Saez up, crosses the finish line to win the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 5, 2021, At Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Author: Associated Press Updated: 4:08 PM PDT June 5, 2021
Essential Quality wore down pacesetter Hot Rod Charlie in the stretch and crossed the finish line first in the Belmont Stakes.
The win was the sixth in seven career starts and gave trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown win.
(Reuters) - Essential Quality atoned for Kentucky disappointment out-duelling Hot Rod Charlie down the home stretch to win the Belmont Stakes in Elmon.