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  • Step right up, sports fans! Join Marty Sinclair and experience the BELMONT STAKES like never before!

    Step right up, sports fans! Join Marty Sinclair and experience the BELMONT STAKES like never before!
    Sep 30 2025
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    1 min
  • Belmont Stakes Traditions and Symbols

    Belmont Stakes Traditions and Symbols
    Sep 30 2025
    Explore the distinctive customs and cherished symbols that set the Belmont Stakes apart from its Triple Crown siblings! Host Marty Sinclair unveils the story behind the elegant white carnation blanket, consisting of seven hundred pristine flowers that symbolize purity and excellence, a tradition dating to nineteen thirty-one. Discover the magnificent August Belmont Trophy, a three-foot sterling silver masterpiece that serves as a perpetual trophy, physically connecting each new winner to racing legends throughout history. Experience the unique atmosphere of Belmont Park, from Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" celebrating victories to the electric tension when Triple Crown attempts draw over one hundred thousand spectators. Learn how these traditions elevate the Belmont Stakes beyond mere competition into a cultural celebration of greatness and excellence.
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    25 min
  • Belmont Park Cathedral of Racing

    Belmont Park Cathedral of Racing
    Sep 30 2025
    Step into the glamorous and scandalous world of late nineteenth-century American racing! Host Marty Sinclair explores how the Belmont Stakes flourished during the Gilded Age alongside the establishment of its sister races—the Preakness Stakes in eighteen seventy-three and the Kentucky Derby in eighteen seventy-five. Witness how industrial titans like the Dwyer Brothers, James R. Keene, and Pierre Lorillard poured their fortunes into creating premier racing stables, transforming thoroughbred racing from regional pastime into a sophisticated national sport. Experience the spectacular crowds, elaborate fashions, enormous betting, and growing professionalism that defined this era, while also confronting the darker side of corruption, race-fixing, and gambling addiction that plagued the sport during this transformative period in American racing history.
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    23 min
  • Birth of the Belmont

    Birth of the Belmont
    Sep 30 2025
    Discover the origins of America's oldest Triple Crown race in this thrilling inaugural episode! Host Marty Sinclair takes you back to eighteen sixty-seven when the Belmont Stakes made its debut at Jerome Park in the Bronx, won by a filly named Ruthless. Learn about the race's namesake, August Belmont Sr., a Prussian immigrant who became one of America's most powerful financiers and passionate racing enthusiasts. Follow the race's journey through multiple venues—from Jerome Park through Morris Park—before finding its permanent home at the magnificent Belmont Park in nineteen-oh-five. Experience how visionaries transformed American racing from chaotic frontier sport into a legitimate, prestigious institution that would endure for generations.
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    24 min