1949 Belmont Stakes: Difference between revisions

{{short description|81st running of the Belmont Stakes}}

{{Infobox horse race

| name = 81st Belmont Stakes

| class = [[Glossary of North American horse racing#stakes race|Stakes]]|horse race=[[Belmont Stakes]]

| image =

| caption =

| location = [[Belmont Park]]<br />[[Elmont, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| date = June 11, 1949

| distance = {{convert|1+1/2|mi|furlong m|0|abbr=on}}

| winning horse = [[Capot]]

| winning time = 2:30 {{frac|1|5}}

| winning jockey = [[Ted Atkinson]]

| winning trainer = [[John M. Gaver Sr.]]

| winning owner = [[Greentree Stable]]

| attendance =

| conditions = Fast

| surface = Dirt

| previous = [[1948 Belmont Stakes|1948]]

| next = 1950}}

The 88th [[Belmont Stakes]] was an American [[Graded stakes race|Grade I stakes]] [[Thoroughbred horse racing|Thoroughbred horse race]] held at [[Belmont Park]] in [[Elmont, New York]] on June 11, 1949. From the fourteen starters,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1949061101/drf1949061101_24_1 |title=Belmont Stakes (scheduled starters) past performances |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1949-06-11 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}</ref> [[Capot]] won the race under a ride much praised in the media by future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] jockey [[Ted Atkinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/06/local/me-atkinson6 |title=Ted Atkinson, 88; Jockey Won 3,795 Races, Was Elected to Hall of Fame |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2005-05-06 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1949061301/drf1949061301_1_3 |title=Capot Wins Belmont Stakes Under Atkinsons Good Ride |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1949-06-13 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}</ref> While Capot had won the [[Preakness Stakes]], there was no [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown]] at stake as second-place finisher [[Ponder (horse)|Ponder]] had won the [[Kentucky Derby]].

The 1949 Belmont Stakes carried a gross purse of $91,500 which went to the first four finishers with the nominator of each of the top three horses receiving $2000, $1,000, and $500, respectively.

!Trainer

!Earnings<br><span style="font-size:85%">[[United States dollar|US$]]</span>

|[[Capot]]

|[[Ted Atkinson]]

|[[John M. Gaver Sr.]]

|[[Greentree Stable]]

|$60,900

|[[Ponder (horse)|Ponder]]

|[[Steve Brooks (jockey)|Steve Brooks]]

|[[Benjamin A. Jones|Ben Jones]]

|[[Calumet Farm]]

|$15,000

|[[Palestinian (horse)|Palestinian]]

|[[Eddie Arcaro]]

|[[Hirsch Jacobs]]

|[[Isidor Bieber]]

|$7,500

|Carson Kirk

|Thomas D. Rodrock

|Mrs. EbenH. Ellison Jr.

|$3,750

|ShelbyN. Clark

|[[Woody Stephens]]

|Woodvale Farm (Royce G. Martin)

|

|[[Gordon Glisson]]

|Richard T. Watts

|Clifford H. Mooers

|

|Harold Keene

|Wilbur Borton

|J. Graham Brown

|

|Engel Man

|Vincent Nodarse

|William O. Hicks

|David Shaer

|

* '''Winning breeder: [[Greentree Stable|Greentree Stud, Inc.]]'''

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