Past Winners of Both Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
Written by Jack Jones - Google +
There is guaranteed to be no Triple Crown winner this year after two different horses won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Animal Kingdom won at Churchill Downs as a 21-to-1 long shot, and after a runner up finish at Pimlico he is the odds-on favorite to win the Belmont Stakes. Shackleford edged him by one-half length in the Preakness after going off at 13-to-1 odds to win.
Both of these horses still have a chance to win two of the three legs, which remains a tough feat to accomplish. The 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes takes place on Saturday, June 11th and will be nationally televised on NBC at 6:00 p.m. Can either of these horses win two of three legs in 2011? I’m going to give you some history that shows the odds are against them. This article will mainly be about the Preakness winners who have actually gone on to win the Belmont.
Shackleford appears to have the advantage considering 18 horse have won the Preakness and the Belmont without tasting victory in the Kentucky Derby. The first seven of this group in chronological order did not compete in the Derby, meaning that 11 horses that have raced for the Run for the Roses and failed have gone on to win at Pimlico and Elmont. To compare, Eleven horses have also won the Derby and Belmont without getting a victory in the Preakness.
In 1940, Bimelech became the first horse to run in all three races and win the Preakness and Belmont after losing at Churchill Downs. He went off as a 35-to-1 long shot in the Kentucky Derby and finished second. Afleet Alex was the most recent to win the second two legs of the Triple Crown. He placed third as a 50-to-1 longshot in the Run for the Roses back in 2005, and went on to win in Pimlico and Elmont.
Some of the best horses of all-time were ones that fell short of the Triple Crown, but won the last two legs. The more historic ones include Native Dancer (1953), Nashua (‘55) and Damascus (‘67). A few of the more recent winners of the Preakness and Belmont after losing in the Derby include Little Current (‘74), Risen Star (‘88), Hansel (‘91), Tobasco Cat (‘94), Point Given (2001) and Alfeet Alex (‘05).
Animal Kingdom certainly has his work cut out for him Saturday when you look at the recent favorites at the Belmont. This horse is likely to go off anywhere between 2-to-1 and 3-to-1 in Elmont this weekend. In the last 30 years, only six horses have won the Belmont as the favorite. Looking at the 1970’s, however, shows us that six of 10 favorites in that decade were victorious in the Belmont. That was also the same decade that produced the last three winners of the Triple Crown with Secretariat (‘73), Seattle Slew (‘77) and Affirmed (‘78).
The Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the three Triple Crown races. Despite all of the history that comes with this race, it will still come down to which horse executes on Saturday. To help you gather up some handicapping information, we have compiled a table of articles for the 143rd running of the Belmont below. Take a look at these articles and you will have a much better chance of coming out on top Saturday.
| Non-Triple Crown Winners Who Won Both the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes | ||||
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | Timothy Ritchey | Cash is King Stable |
| 2001 | Point Given | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook |
| 1991 | Hansel | Jerry Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Lazy Lane Farms |
| 1988 | Risen Star | Ed Delahoussaye | Louie Roussel III | Louie Roussel & R. Lamarque |
| 1974 | Little Current | Miguel A. Rivera | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Whiteley | Edith W. Bancroft |
| 1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | Bill Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II |
| 1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1940 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | William J. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1922 | Pillory | Louis Morris | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. |
| 1920 | Man o’ War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm |
| 1895 | Belmar | Fred Taral | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables |
| 1881 | Saunterer | Tom Costello | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | C. Holloway | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1877 | Cloverbrook | C. Holloway | Jeter Walden | E. A. Clabaugh |
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