I remember that Race so well due to the intense Storm. I was standing on the rail on backstretch side & never forget the bolt of lightening in the background of the Horses as they made the turn. wow. it was something to behold.
Glad the tan this race because they were under a severe thunderstorm warning and the storm was headed towards them I remember the warning being transmitted on my noaa weather radio and way back when we had the blue EAS screen on tv and I wasn’t too sure if they were going to get the race off in time but glad they got it in just moments before the storm hit
They talked about this race recently on HRRN so I decided to watch, it is really cool to see it getting progressively darker and more ominous throughout the ~2 mins
people dont understand,literally a rain storm hit the area 20 minutes before this race. They canceled the next race,so this race was run in the dark,it was pitch black,basically a mini tornado warning. crazy time,so cool seeing these horses cross the Finish line in the "dark".
I remember that Race so well due to the intense Storm. I was standing on the rail on backstretch side & never forget the bolt of lightening in the background of the Horses as they made the turn. wow. it was something to behold.
Glad the tan this race because they were under a severe thunderstorm warning and the storm was headed towards them I remember the warning being transmitted on my noaa weather radio and way back when we had the blue EAS screen on tv and I wasn’t too sure if they were going to get the race off in time but glad they got it in just moments before the storm hit
They talked about this race recently on HRRN so I decided to watch, it is really cool to see it getting progressively darker and more ominous throughout the ~2 mins
people dont understand,literally a rain storm hit the area 20 minutes before this race. They canceled the next race,so this race was run in the dark,it was pitch black,basically a mini tornado warning. crazy time,so cool seeing these horses cross the Finish line in the "dark".
ahh thats why, eh? was just wondering about that
It was actually a severe thunderstorm warning issued not a tornado warning
And it was just after the race not before
I was at this race it was so dark and Saratoga doesn't have overhead lights a driving rainstorm hit immediately after the race
Bird stone has won the Belmont stakes? Talk about a brain fart. When you screw up that bad I guess it’s not even worth trying to correct yourself
hahahah
Yeah! Birdstone did win the Belmont. Ha!
Oops
Where was smarty jones?
I don’t know why they decided to retire Smarty Jones after the Belmont. I thought he could have won more races if they had let him.
Smarty was retired due to bruising in his ankle bones.@jasonertle4185
It was because of injury after the Belmont