Belmont Stakes - Records

Records

Speed record:

• 2:24.00 - Secretariat (1973)

Record Victory Margin:

• 31 lengths - Secretariat (1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Jim McLaughlin, Eddie Arcaro
• 5 - Earl Sande, Bill Shoemaker
• 3 - Braulio Baeza, Pat Day, Laffit Pincay, Jr., James Stout, Gary Stevens

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 - James G. Rowe, Sr.
• 7 - Sam Hildreth
• 6 - Jim Fitzsimmons
• 5 - Woody Stephens (all consecutive from 1982–1986)
• 4 - Max Hirsch, D. Wayne Lukas, R. Wyndham Walden
• 3 - J. Elliott Burch, John M. Gaver, Sr., Lucien Laurin, Frank McCabe, David McDaniel

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Belair Stud (1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1955)
• 6 - James R. Keene (1879, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910)
• 5 - Dwyer Brothers Stable (1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888)
• 4 - August Belmont, Jr./Blemton Stable (1896, 1902, 1916, 1917)
• 4 - Harry P. Whitney (1905, 1906, 1913, 1918)
• 4 - Glen Riddle Farm (1920, 1925, 1926, 1937)
• 4 - Greentree Stable (1931, 1942, 1949, 1968)

Other records:

• Only James G. Rowe, Sr. and George M. Odom have won the Belmont Stakes as both jockey and trainer.
• On June 5, 1993 Thoroughbred racing's all-time leading female jockey, Julie Krone, became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race when she rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.
• In 1984, Sarah Lundy became the first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes.
• The 2002 race had the biggest attendance in the park's history with 103,222.
• Sarava, at odds of 70-1, upset War Emblem's bid for the Triple Crown.
• Braulio Baeza has the distinction of winning three Belmont Stakes over three different surfaces. He won in his Belmont Stakes debut on 65 to 1 long-shot Sherluck in 1961 at the old Belmont Park, won in 1963 on Chateaugay when the race was run at Aqueduct, and won in 1969 on Arts and Letters at the new Belmont Park.