Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

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Rags to Riches (left), the 22nd filly to run in the 139 Belmont Stakes, stumbled out of the No. 7 gate.

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John Velazquez and Rags to Riches (left) rebounded from the stumble to catch up with the pack of 3-year-olds.

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Rags to Riches made her move to the outside, while Curlin (right) had to wait to come off the rail.

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They made it into a two-horse race a quarter-mile to the finish of the 1 1/2-mile Belmont, staying neck and neck down the stretch.

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Rags to Riches edged Curlin by a head, the same margin Curlin beat Street Sense by in the Preakness.

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Rags to Riches became the third filly to win the last leg of the Triple Crown, following Tanya in 1905 and Ruthless in 1867.

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The Triple Crown win was the first for trainer Todd Pletcher (middle), who was 0-for-28, and Velazquez, who snapped a 0-for-20 drought.