Arcangelo surges down the final stretch to win the 2023 Belmont Stakes, making Jena Antonucci the first woman to train a Triple Crown race winner.
The day was not without the kind of tragedy that has shadowed the sport lately. In the last race, the one after the Belmont Stakes, Excursionniste suffered a fracture of his left front leg and was euthanized. Since May 4, when the meeting began, the track has had five racing or training fatalities. It was the only fatality of the week.
“This is a dream come true,” Castellano said. “To win two Triple Crown races in the same year, it’s amazing. Everything worked out so good. There’s always something to shoot for, but I’m just going to keep working hard.”What makes this journey even more remarkable is that Ebbert was given several chances to sell the horse at a huge profit.
Antonucci has been training on her own since 2010 after working for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and spending time as an equine veterinary assistant. She had a measure of success, having won more than $6 million in purses in almost 2,000 starts. Yet no race was bigger than her win Saturday in the first Triple Crown race she started.No horse will run all legs of the Triple Crown this year, making some wonder if the three-race, five-week format should be changed. Many like it as is.
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