Tapwrit wins the 2017 Belmont Stakes

[@stevencooke6451]

I feel many of us had settled on Tapwrit to win this thing. He got the perfect trip too. I thought Irish War Cry would fade more than he did (third or fourth), but he nearly held it together.

[@kathykeegan6504]

I loved it. Damned horse finally figured out where his feet went.

[@parkerbohnn]

Tapwrit sits in the golden chair... fresh off the wood he's never been UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDD...

[@DerrickHolmes199]

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[@maraviyoso8473]

The Ortiz Bros. The Kings of Belmont.

[@oliviab4412]

Way to go! I was cheering for Patch, but I can't be too upset after seeing the heart that Tapwrit gave in the final stretch to beat Irish War Cry.

[@matthewwilliams1709]

Tapwrit held the rail the entire race unchallenged until he made his move around the final turn. Smart race.

[@blown22]

Perfect trip, especially for the distance.

[@uhegbu]

Any famous winners of this great race? Obviously the two stand out horses, American Pharoah and Secretariat.

[@VampireYoshi]

Sir Barton, 1919; Man O' War, 1920; Zev, 1923; Gallant Fox, 1930; Omaha, 1935; War Admiral, 1937; Whirlaway, 1941; Count Fleet, 1943 (second largest margin of victory, 25 lengths), Assault, 1946; Citation, 1948; Native Dancer, 1953; Nashua, 1955; Gallant Man, 1957; Damascus, 1967 (race held at Aqueduct Racetrack, at same race distance, while Belmont Park was renovated); Secretariat, 1973 (world record on dirt, 1.5 miles; largest margin of victory, 31 lengths); Seattle Slew, 1977; Affirmed, 1978; Swale, 1984; Risen Star, 1988; Easy Goer, 1989; A.P. Indy, 1992; Point Given, 2001; Afleet Alex, 2005; Rags to Riches, 2007 (first filly winner since Tanya, 1905); American Pharoah, 2015. Those come to mind, but I probably overlooked someone's favorite.

[@gotch09]

Don't leave out the Slew and Affirmed.

[@DerrickHolmes199]

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[@BlackHorseHorseRacingGames]

I couldn't stop laughing at Florent Geroux on Hollywood Handsome. He didn't even fall off! What a rider!

[@dariabigblock73]

Good job, Patch! For having sight on one side only, he was coming on at the end, which makes me think he will only get better as he matures physically and mentally in races. I liked IWC, but glad to see Tapwrit get it since he was so mangled up in the start of the KY Derby. Also nice to see the great filly Songbird do her thing in the Ogden Phipps. Hope they keep both of these horses around instead of retiring them right away for breeding. Too much breeding; too many unwanted horses.

[@johnkaufmann8875]

Maynard Runkle No question. That is greed. Everyone always praises Pletcher. The shills on NBC appeal to the casual fan. Everyone is wonderful. Nonsense! The last several years? Todd Pletcher has lost countless horses 3yo & up due to injury. I am afraid Patch will get someone seriously hurt! Not the horses fault, the greed of the human connections! Is there any shame?

[@josefhurmer1453]

Yessss!!! 😎 Absolutley perfect!!! Very, very well done "Young Man", 🏇, after i saw you flying first time and sliding through "Run for Roses", i was believin and dreamin and headin for THIS! 😁 You and "Hawkeye" Patch trained famously together to do the Big Heat now. Congreetz this way, i ll send you an Apple 🍎!! yessss yessss happy like it...

[@josefhurmer1453]

watched again and again, can't stop! what a unbelieveable DASH THAT WAS !! down last 5 furlongs, hearts stucking at the end, all 've seen you flipping hooves, Busty! 🏇 Jockeyinterviewvideo shows you from inner side. Amazingly, powerful, STROOONG...😎

[@eleanorlynn-manns8996]

Awesome race! I bet Tapwrit to win, which he did by a stunning and exhilarating way (I ride horses over jumps by the way). The end I noticed both Tapwrit and Patch were just one horse behind one another. Both of them stuck together until Tapwrit made his run for glory and Patch went swerving out to the rail. The jockey who rode Patch I admire, it's not easy to steer a horse with one eye to a 3rd place finish. Both Tapwrit and Patch ran after each other, it was like Patch new his friend was ahead of him and he just wanted to be with him. That's why I loved that race so much.

[@finestplanet7444]

Good Job Tapwrit! 

[@duquettebeats6312]

I had the trifecta. Sweet race. What a great 3rd for patch. An shoutout to ortiz you got ur belmont!

[@horsemania4356]

jose! jose!, hat trick, on the day!

[@dariabigblock73]

Every year I during this broadcast especially, so very sad to see at the base of the flagpole, with the bushes cut in shape of a horseshoe, the gravesite of the greatest filly to ever race, the great Ruffian. If only she had lived.... can you only imagine...

[@stevencooke6451]

I'll notice that every time now.

[@montanamountaingarden476]

They did try to save her, but she reacted poorly coming out of anesthetic and undid everything they’d just repaired in the surgery that lasted 3 hours as well as broke her shoulder and her other leg

[@brco7898]

thank you all!

[@markgodett4152]

All of these horses looked, throughout the whole race, like they were putting out about as much effort as Sham did in the last eighth of a mile of the 73 Belmont.

[@Silvercharm5555]

Man I wanted war cry to win he held on to the lead for quite a while but still good race to tapwrit

[@Silvercharm5555]

Negan Lannister right right they all did get mugged in the start of the derby Especially classic empire it probably would've been a better race if classic empire didn't have a abscess and ran in this race...lol and iwc does look like easy goer but runs just like curlin his sire

[@reggieluv31]

I agree with you, but it wasn't the horses fault. That was jockey error in the KY derby. Same for Bayern. I want another jockey on IRC.

[@wendyharvath2681]

Secretariat blood via Weekend Surprise...beautiful!!!!

[@markcain3649]

WHY BLAME THE JOCKEY ?? RAJIV RODE A BRILLIANT RACE.

[@Venckman]

They just didn't like his reckless riding in the Derby. Me neither. I'm happy he's recovered from his injuries and all, but after that appalling display out of the gate at Churchill, I'm glad he was denied a Classic. I thought he should have gotten some days for his Derby ride.

[@harrysfox-assinewai9022]

PATCH! Got him in my Trifecta - with Tapwrit & Iris War Cry... Made my day

[@parkerbohnn]

Tapwrit sits in the golden chair... fresh off the wood he's never been UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDD...

[@dillingersam588]

Tapwrit Great Win Congrats

[@DerrickHolmes199]

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[@terrypaige9912]

Secretariat record just shows why he's the greatest horse of all time.

[@magnumgear1719]

secretariat ran against 4 horses.. no chance for bumps and traps from other horses

[@watchgoose]

But 31 lengths? nobody beats that. He traces to Man O'War, btw who I feel is truly the greatest. I'd hate to have to live on the difference!

[@lawinfiltrationishere9769]

Terry Paige thats great we know it ...but lets enjoy whats current.

[@parkerbohnn]

It's a miracle someone had the brains to upload the race in 1080p instead of 720p like all the nitwits except myself who uploaded the Preakness.

[@reggieluv31]

I picked Tapwrit & Irish War Cry for my Exacta, so I'm very happy with the race, but it looked like Tapwrit bumped IRC when he was first going really wide at the end, then he came back inside far and bumped IRC. Oh well, I guess that's life. Congrats to both of them!

[@morneau69]

Cheryl IRC?lol

[@reggieluv31]

Um. He was 2nd, so he was in the exacta. He was also the favorite. I'm guessing you don't bet on horse racing.

[@morneau69]

Cheryl Its on your abbreviation of Irish War Cry.. I bet heavy on horse races, no nickel and dime stuff..Yes IWC was the tight favorite do to pullouts.

[@reggieluv31]

Megamorn Did you think the scratch of Epicharis made Irish War Cry the favorite? I'm just kidding, but he's by Curlin and Curlin is fabulous, to me anyway.

[@morneau69]

Cheryl No.. More that Always Dreaming, Classic Empire and Cloud Computing didnt race..= weak field.

[@anthonyd33331]

Weirdest Belmont I have ever watched. The finishers of the race were so far apart.

[@johnkaufmann8875]

anthonyd73648 Yeah. What a joke. After Patch was 3rd by 7 1/4 everyone of these mules was beaten 28 lengths or more! At least from that bunch of losers we know the Remington Park Derby/Indiana Derby or perhaps one of these donkeys wheels right back in the Ohio Derby for a suck up 3rd! Lol

[@reggieluv31]

John Kaufmann Patch actually has excellent breeding for distance. His Dad won the Belmont a few years ago, plus he had one of the best jockeys in NY & the world riding him. I'm very happy for Patch & his crew. Patch drew the farthest gate to the right, and his he has no left eye and came in 3rd. Pretty amazing to me.

[@johnkaufmann8875]

Cheryl When u watch the replay? He was wide throughout. I don't think at any point he saw any of the horses. All things considering, makes me wonder if things would have been different if he had drawn inside. It was another God awful post for the horse like the derby the extreme outside

[@johnkaufmann8875]

Cheryl I loved the dam side. There were so many Belmont Stakes horses in his pedigree. He ran the farthest of any horse in this field while TAPWRIT/IRISH WAR CRY had dream trips saving ground on the rail.

[@erikpereira8597]

2016 and 2017 really does show how much of a farce the 2015 race series was.

[@AljoniMusiCo]

Love the call.

[@dillingersam588]

Great Win

[@brucerobbins3584]

Tapwrit had the usual top pedigree, along with the others. Except he had one the others didn't have: Hawkster, who ran a mile and a half, on grass, in world record time. This on his dam's side. Hawkster was much faster, ran fast fractions, went straight to the lead and stayed there, stayed way in front, the other horses thought he would tire, and then they would come on, but he never did. A sterling performance. Did this help Tapwrit?

[@trackside77]

Can anybody tell me why Belmont Park, has gone back to a single pole at the finish line as it used to be, rather than a large construction, such as they have at Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita?

[@montanamountaingarden476]

Huh? Every track only has one pole at the finish. What are you talking about? Some are just different than others

[@markcain3649]

Excellent ride by Rajiv Marag , but Tapwrite by leading sire TAPIT , I think the first quarter of the race was too fast for Irish war cry .. if was 24 seconds..I think Rajiv would have won

[@alannaratti]

I was right on the corner of the final stretch!! Front row

[@brco7898]

💎I just select 4 and 2💎

[@knowndonut296]

I'm really disappointed in the races this year but I don't really know why

[@watchgoose]

I am because Battle of Midway didn't come back, then we also lost Classic Empire for the Belmont BUT the owners did the right thing on that.

[@MichaelDominici1968]

All three legs were disappointments. No challengers...all three races were decided within the first few furlongs with few changes or any interest from the pack. The Kentucky Derby especially. Handicapping has become nearly irrelevant in determining the outcome.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I used to love Belmont Day back in the 1980s when there was no live Triple Crown shot. Belmont would always be less crowded. 1981, with Pleasant Colony, was raining and miserable, with 61,105, though the night before I trned $2.00 into $310.00 on a harness double offered only through OTB.

[@2138red]

same here I just wrote that it was a disappointing crop of show ponies. They all seemed to really crap out at the end especially this race. look how far back the rest of the pack was. Even though this race looked like it was going to be war cry when tapwrit came to battle him for the win it wasn't exciting just like eh ok.

[@johnkaufmann8875]

Final time of 2:30+ was painfully slow. At least the Belmont Stakes gave us our 2017 Remington Park/Indiana Derby Winners! Lol. MULTIPLIER/SENIOR INVESTMENT/LOOKIN AT LEE/J BOYS ECHO only beaten 28 lengths or morre.Talk about no shows. lol

[@williamwarren2347]

Terrible horse race. Period.

[@JohnnyLTSD]

to me it looked like Tapwrit may have interfered with Irish War Cry at about the 16th pole. Looked like he veered in to IWC caused him to slow down. I've had winning bets of mine ruled objections for lesser things...

[@montanamountaingarden476]

He didn’t do anything, he was clear. Stop whining

[@montanamountaingarden476]

Irish Way Cry didn’r even break stride, so he didn’t slow down. What you seen was generic race riding. Jose Ortiz took Tapwrit over to IWC and to the line but did not cross the line. He did that to make his horse fight and let his horse know the race wasn’t done yet by showing him the other horse

[@claudineagoncalves6467]

this is when i signed up on roblox

[@davidkent8606]

Having watched all the triple crown races, I think it's been a pretty average year for 3 yo's in the US, same as the turf 3 yo's in the UK. No super stars this year.

[@michaeladams2077]

this year belmont was set up for whoever was going to the front. more money was being placed on long shots this year then ever before. the pros were even pushing people to go for the long shots and then the day comes. they water the heck out of the ground. you can see in the race anyone trailing is getting stuck with dirt. sunny day in Belmont . no reason for dirt to be getting stuck on them like glue. and the first qtr "as said was fast" yet front runner/favorites hung on. although I had the expensive horse that looked good from all angles but the pedigree. hmm mm guess money wins again. #crooked

[@theredbaronlives9889]

Most forgettable lackluster tc races I can remember. 2:30 Belmont one the slowest ever. Everyone I spoke to said back in march almost in unison, worst crop of 3yr olds in decades.

[@brco7898]

I win!

[@tmilla3295]

When epicharis wasn't running that changed everything? All these supposed to be contenders died at the end.Basically a 1 horsrse race until the stretch. This was a boring belmont stake's & no payouts i wonder why?

[@chris-ru5gb]

lol @ ppl saying perfect trip...we get it

[@myequinepassion1337]

the jockey of hollywood handsome was sitting wierd?

[@MichaelDominici1968]

He was banged up in the beginning and lost his irons. The jockey was in a dangerous situation and Hollywood Handsome ran off and it could have ended badly for them...

[@montanamountaingarden476]

Did you not listen to the announcer. He explained why

[@avamalcomson9936]

Did any one see the jockey that was sitting down. LOL

[@gkstrengthandhonorAQHA]

He was riding with no stirrups. He lost his stirrups early in the race. Riding like he did takes great strength and balance. I doubt you’ve ever ridden 35 to 40 miles an hour stirrupless, and riding a saddle that’s as good as bareback.

[@mallorys728]

This year's crop of three year olds are terrible and lack the talent of recent generations. It's sad. But I was happy with Mor Spirit's win in the Met Mile

[@eddiedeleon2425]

natanggal sa stribo yung paa ng hinete sa 5 sa banggaan sa unang kurba ... the distance of the race favours the winner ... pero ubos din sasandal sa balya at ubos na ang hangin ng banderador kahit tipid na tipid yung hinete

[@eddiedeleon2425]

inilayo na ng hinete yung nanalo dahil sumasabay sa kanya ung sumegunda, eh ng pasandal na binagsakan ulet, yun ang nakita ko

[@catcaves]

totally common racehorse!

[@bitsiburney9174]

That kind of like WON!!

[@2138red]

am I the only one that thought this years crop was just bad? It was a boring kentucky derby, preakness was kinda exciting but the belmont was a mess and also boring. Very slow time and look at the rest of the pack finishing well behind war cry and tapwrit. I'm happy patch got third, he did great for having such a big disadvantage. IDK why but this year was just blah.

[@freddymanuel314]

Maraj boto la carrera tenia que seguir en mitad de pista que pasara por dentro

[@jamesdrew1817]

I won !

[@benzook3806]

kind of a boring triple crown year always dreaming wins the ky derby,then loses badly to classic empire and neither runs in the belmont, congrats to tapwrit tho

[@einarreitz9017]

I think Irish War Cry is done as a race horse..he'll make more money on the County Fair circuit giving rides for .25 cents.

[@duquettebeats6312]

Einar Reitz no

[@williamwarren2347]

What a lousy race. Nobody showed up.

[@donbarone4799]

ssssslooowwwww

[@watchgoose]

Exactly. A mile and a half is a very long way to go.

[@markcain3649]

The worst triple crown winner , I have ever seen was American Pharoah , he won with Allowance horses. No competitions.

[@genuinerisk587]

CAIN CAIN Dortmund was undefeated coming up to the Kentucky Derby, and Frosted was a fantastic horse, he won the Met Mile last year by at least 10 lengths. There were not just allowance horses in the 2015 derby, though I have to admit that there were a few that should have stuck with allowance company.

[@lawinfiltrationishere9769]

CAIN CAIN ....thats the lane in control

[@josephfederico5165]

Allowance horses? The older male division was terrible that year but Dortmund and Firing Line were beasts coming into the TC races killing each other in preps. Watch the Derby again too with those 3 horses. Frosted never really fully developed until after the TC races. If you want to say Frosted ran like an allowance horse outside of NY you can.

[@montanamountaingarden476]

Allowance horses? The second place finisher in the Belmont is a horse by the name of Frosted, who came back the next year to blitz the Met Mile field and win both the Whitney and the Woodward. The third place finisher in the Belmont beat AP in the Travers. Dortmund was undefeated going into the Preakness. Those are not allowance horses

[@light6973]

この５番のＦ.ジュノーとかいう騎手は何なんだ？ 自分から前の馬に突っ込んで行って鐙の紐が切れたのか八百長なのかド下手なのか？