131st BELMONT STAKES
Updated August 28, 2020 |
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131st BELMONT STAKES
Grade I for three-year olds; 9th race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Date— June 5, 1999; Distance— 11/2 miles; Stakes Purse— $1,000,000 ($600,000 to winner; $200,000 for 2nd; $110,000 for 3rd; $60,000 for 4th; $30,000 for 5th); Track— Fast and Clear; Off— 5:29 p.m. EDT; Favorite— Charismatic (2-1).
Winner— Lemon Drop Kid; Field— 12 horses; Time— 2:274/5; Start— Good for all; Won— Driving; Sire— Kingmambo (Mr. Prospector); Dam— Charming Lassie (Seattle Slew); Record (going into race): 10 starts, 3 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds; Last Start— 3rd in Peter Pan Stakes (May 23); Breeder— William Farish and William Kilroy.
| Order of Finish | Jockey | PP | 1/4 | 1/2 | Mile | 1 1/4-M | Stretch | Finish | To $1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Drop Kid | Jose Santos | 6 | 8-31/2 | 8-2 | 8-21/2 | 4-hd | 11/2 | 1-hd | 29.75 |
| Vision and Verse | Heberto Castillo | 2 | 3-hd | 4-hd | 4-21/2 | 5-21/2 | 3-11/2 | 2-11/2 | 54.75 |
| Charismatic | Chris Antley | 4 | 2-1 | 21/2 | 21/2 | 1-hd | 2-hd | 3-43/4 | 1.60 |
| Best of Luck | Jean-Luc Samyn | 12 | 11-5 | 11-9 | 101/2 | 61/2 | 6-2 | 41/2 | 13.00 |
| Stephen Got Even | Shane Sellers | 11 | 5-11/2 | 31/2 | 31/2 | 2-hd | 4-11/2 | 5-31/2 | 9.30 |
| Patience Game | Kent Desormeaux | 7 | 61/2 | 7-1 | 9-hd | 8-11/2 | 7-5 | 6-no | 12.50 |
| Silverbulletday | Jerry Bailey | 3 | 1-hd | 1-hd | 11/2 | 3-1 | 5-11/2 | 7-71/2 | 5.10 |
| Menifee | Pat Day | 10 | 4-hd | 5-1 | 5-hd | 9-41/2 | 8-6 | 8-31/4 | 2.60 |
| Pineaff | Sidney LeJuene | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 101/2 | 9-8 | 60.00 |
| Prime Directive | Mike Smith | 9 | 71/2 | 61/2 | 6-hd | 11-4 | 11-1 | 10-nk | 76.00 |
| Teletable | John Velazquez | 1 | 9-1 | 9-21/2 | 11-20 | 10-hd | 9-2 | 11-23/4 | 75.75 |
| Adonis | Jorge Chavez | 8 | 10-6 | 10-41/2 | 71/2 | 71/2 | 12 | 12 | 46.25 |
Times— 233/5 ; 473/5; 1:12; 1:362/5; 2:014/5; 2:274/5.
$2 Mutual Prices— #6 Lemon Drop Kid ($61.50, $26.00, $10.60); #2 Vision and Verse ($44.40, $17.00); #4 Charismatic ($3.60).
Exacta— (6-2) for $1,537.00; Trifecta— (6-2-4) for $5,343.00; Pick Three— (4-3-6) for $2,450.00; Scratched— None; Overweights— None; Attendance— 85,818; TV Rating— 6.9/20 share (ABC).
Trainers & Owners (by finish): 1— Flint S. Schulhofer & Jeanne G. Vance; 2—Bill Mott & Bruce Lunsford; 3— D. Wayne Lukas & Robert B. Lewis/Beverly J. Lewis; 4— H. Allen Jerkens & Bohemia Stable; 5— Nick Zito & Stephen C. Hilbert 6— Alex L. Hassinger Jr. & Ahmed Bin Salman; 7— Bob Baffert & Michael E. Pegram; 8— Elliott Walden & Arthur B. Hancock III/James H. Stone; 9— Kenneth G. McPeek & Joyce Monroe/Roy K. Monroe; 10— Patrick B. Byrne & Noreen Carpenito; 11— Alfredo Callejas & Robert Perez; 12— Nick Zito& Paraneck Stable.
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