Mo Donegal gained the 154th jogging of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday night time, beating out Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike and closing out the 3rd and final leg of the Triple Crown period.

We the Folks, ​​whose ownership team contains superstar chef Bobby Flay, was the most loved heading into the notoriously extended race which checks competitors' speed and endurance on the mile-and-a-50 percent-lengthy track, which has arrive to be known as the "examination of a champion." Following retaining the lead for most of the race, Skippylongstocking and Mo Donegal began closing in on We the People's direct. 

Mo Donegal (6), with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. up, crosses the complete line to win the 154th operating of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.  (WHD Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mo Donegal rounded the monitor in 2 minutes, 28.28 seconds, in advance of Nest and Skippylongstocking, supplying coach Todd Pletcher his sixth victory in the Triple Crown race.

Loaded Strike stood a trim probability of winning the Belmont Stakes, even right after skipping Preakness to rest up. Had he received, Loaded Strike would’ve been the 1st horse because 1995 to earn both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont but not the Preakness. His unofficial finish was sixth position. 

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Early Voting, the winner of the 2022 Preakness Stakes, did not contend in the 8-horse race.

Owner Seth Klarman and trainer Chad Brown declared very last thirty day period that they would skip the Belmont with hopes of competing in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Training course in upstate New York on Aug. 27.

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Saturday marks the fourth consecutive yr when 3 distinct horses gain the three Triple Crown races. The previous time that transpired in four straight many years was 1926 through 1929.

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