Belmont Stakes top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing run at 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs; 2,414 m) on dirt for three-year-olds at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Starters
2025 BS	Sovereignty	Journalism	Baeza	8
2024 BS	Dornoch	Mindframe	Sierra Leone	10
2023 BS	Arcangelo	Forte	Tapit Trice	9
2022 BS	Mo Donegal	Nest	Skippylongstocking	8
2021 BS	Essential Quality	Hot Rod Charlie	Rombauer	8
2020 BS	Tiz the Law	Dr, Post	Max Player	10
2019 BS	Sir Winston	Tacitus	Joevia	10
2018 BS	Justify†	Gronkowski	Hofburg	10
2017 BS	Tapwrit	Irish War Cry	Patch	11
2016 BS	Creator	Destin	Lani	13
2015 BS	American Pharoah†	Frosted	Keen Ice	8
2014 BS	Tonalist	Commissioner	Medal Count	11
2013 BS	Palace Malice	Oxbow	Orb	14
2012 BS	Union Rags	Paynter	Atigun	11
2011 BS	Ruler on Ice	Stay Thirsty	Brilliant Speed	12
2010 BS	Drosselmeyer	Fly Down	First Dude	12
2009 BS	Summer Bird	Dunkirk	Mine That Bird	13
2008 BS	Da'Tara	Denis of Cork	Anak Nakal	9
2007 BS	Rags To Riches ‡	Curlin	Tiago	7
2006 BS	Jazil	Bluegrass Cat	Sunriver	12
2005 BS [1]	Afleet Alex	Andromeda's Hero	Nolan's Cat	11
2004 BS [1]	Birdstone	Smarty Jones	Royal Assault	9
2003 BS [1]	Empire Maker	Ten Most Wanted	Funny Cide	6
2002 BS [1]	Sarava	Medaglia d'Oro	Sunday Break	11
2001 BS [1]	Point Given	A P Valentine	Monarchos	9
2000 BS [1]	Commendable	Aptitude	Unshaded	11
1999 BS [1]	Lemon Drop Kid	Vision and Verse	Charismatic	12
1998 BS [1]	Victory Gallop	Real Quiet	Thomas Jo	11
1997 BS [1]	Touch Gold	Silver Charm	Free House	7
1996 [1]	Editor's Note	Skip Away	My Flag ‡	14
1995 [1]	Thunder Gulch	Star Standard	Citadeed	11
1994 [1]	Tabasco Cat	Go for Gin	Strodes Creek	6
1993 [1]	Colonial Affair	Kissin Kris	Wild Gale	13
1992 [1]	A. P. Indy	My Memoirs	Pine Bluff	11
1991 BS [1]	Hansel	Strike the Gold	Mane Minister	11
1990 [1]	Go And Go	Thirty Six Red	Baron de Vaux	9
1989 [1]	Easy Goer	Sunday Silence	Le Voyageur	10
1988 [1]	Risen Star	Kingpost	Brian's Time	6
1987 [1]	Bet Twice	Cryptoclearance	Gulch	9
1986 [1]	Danzig Connection	Johns Treasure	Ferdinand	10
1985 [1]	Creme Fraiche	Stephan's Odyssey	Chief's Crown	11
1984 [1]	Swale	Pine Circle	Morning Bob	11
1983 [1]	Caveat	Slew o' Gold	Barberstown	15
1982 [1]	Conquistador Cielo	Gato Del Sol	Illuminate	11
1981 [1]	Summing	Highland Blade	Pleasant Colony	11
1980 [1]	Temperence Hill	Genuine Risk ‡	Rockhill Native	10
1979 [1]	Coastal	Golden Act	Spectacular Bid	8
1978 BS [1]	Affirmed †	Alydar	Darby Creek Road	5
1977 BS [1]	Seattle Slew †	Run Dusty Run	Sanhedrin	8
1976 [1]	Bold Forbes	McKenzie Bridge	Great Contractor	10
1975 [1]	Avatar	Foolish Pleasure	Master Derby	9
1974 [1]	Little Current	Jolly Johu	Cannonade	9
1973 BS [1]	Secretariat †	Twice a Prince	My Gallant	5
1972 [1]	Riva Ridge	Ruritania	Cloudy Dawn	10
1971 [1]	Pass Catcher	Jim French	Bold Reason	13
1970 [1]	High Echelon	Needles n Pines	Naskra	10
1969 [1]	Arts and Letters	Majestic Prince	Dike	6
1968 [1]	Stage Door Johnny	Forward Pass	Call Me Prince	9
1967 [1]	Damascus	Cool Reception	Gentleman James	9
1966 [1]	Amberoid	Buffle	Advocator	11
1965 [1]	Hail To All	Tom Rolfe	First Family	8
1964 [1]	Quadrangle	Roman Brother	Northern Dancer	8
1963 [1]	Chateaugay	Candy Spots	Choker	7
1962 [1]	Jaipur	Admiral's Voyage	Crimson Satan	8
1961 [1]	Sherluck	Globemaster	Guadalcanal	9
1960 [1]	Celtic Ash	Venetian Way	Disperse	7
1959 [1]	Sword Dancer	Bagdad	Royal Orbit	9
1958 [1]	Cavan	Tim Tam	Flamingo	8
1957 [1]	Gallant Man	Inside Tract	Bold Ruler	6
1956 [1]	Needles	Career Boy	Fabius	8
1955 [1]	Nashua	Blazing Count	Portersville	8
1954 [1]	High Gun	Fisherman	Limelight	13
1953 [1]	Native Dancer	Jamie K.	Royal Bay Gem	6
1952 [1]	One Count	Blue Man	Armageddon	6
1951 [1]	Counterpoint	Battlefield	Battle Morn	9
1950 [1]	Middleground	Lights Up	Mr. Trouble	9
1949 BS [1]	Capot	Ponder	Palestinian	9
1948 BS [1]	Citation †	Better Self	Escadru	8
1947 [1]	Phalanx	Tide Rips	Tailspin	9
1946 BS [1]	Assault †	Natchez	Cable	7
1945 [1]	Pavot	Wildlife	Jeep	8
1944 [1]	Bounding Home	Pensive	Bull Dandy	7
1943 BS [1]	Count Fleet †	Fairy Manhurst	Deseronto	3
1942 [1]	Shut Out	Alsab	Lochinvar	7
1941 BS [1]	Whirlaway †	Robert Morris	Yankee Chance	4
1940 [1]	Bimelech	Your Chance	Andy K.	6
1939 [1]	Johnstown	Belay	Gilded Knight	6
1938 [1]	Pasteurized	Dauber	Cravat	6
1937 BS [1]	War Admiral †	Sceneshifter	Vamoose	8
1936 [2]	Granville	Mr. Bones	Hollyrood	10
1935 BS [2]	Omaha †	Firethorn	Rosemont	5
1934 [2]	Peace Chance	High Quest	Good Goods	8
1933 [2]	Hurryoff	Nimbus	Union	9
1932 [2]	Faireno	Osculator	Flag Pole	11
1931 [2]	Twenty Grand	Sun Meadow	Jamestown	3
1930 BS [2]	Gallant Fox †	Whichone	Questionnaire	4
1929 [2]	Blue Larkspur	African	Jack High	8
1928 [2]	Vito	Genie	Diavolo	6
1927 [2]	Chance Shot	Bois de Rose	Flambino ‡	6
1926 [2]	Crusader	Espino	Haste	9
1925 [2]	American Flag	Dangerous	Swope	7
1924 [2]	Mad Play	Mr. Mutt	Modest	11
1923 [2]	Zev	Chickvale	Rialto	8
1922 [2]	Pillory	Snob II	Hea	4
1921 [2]	Grey Lag	Sporting Blood	Leonardo II	4
1920 BS [2]	Man o' War	Donnacona	none	2
1919 BS [2]	Sir Barton †	Sweep On	Natural Bridge	3
1918 [2]	Johren	War Cloud	Cum Sah	4
1917 [2]	Hourless	Skeptic	Wonderful	3
1916 [2]	Friar Rock	Spur	Churchill	4
1915 [2]	The Finn	Half Rock	Pebbles	6
1914 [2]	Luke McLuke	Gainer	Charlestonian	3
1913 [2]	Prince Eugene	Rock View	Flying Fairy ‡	4
1912	no race	no race	no race	0
1911	no race	no race	no race	0
1910 BS [2]	Sweep	Duke of Ormonde	none	2
1909 [2]	Joe Madden	Wise Mason	Donald MacDonald	5
1908 [2]	Colin	Fair Play	King James	4
1907 [2]	Peter Pan	Superman	Frank Gill	5
1906 [2]	Burgomaster	The Quail	Accountant	6
1905 [2]	Tanya ‡	Blandy	Hot Shot	7
1904 [2]	Delhi	Graziallo	Rapid Water	8
1903 [2]	Africander	Whorler	Red Knight	4
1902 [2]	Masterman	Ranald	King Hanover	6
1901 [2]	Commando	The Parader	All Green	3
1900 [2]	Ildrim	Petruchio	Missionary	7
1899 BS [2]	Jean Bereaud	Half Time	Glengar	4
1898 [2]	Bowling Brook	Previous	Hamburg	4
1897 [2]	Scottish Chieftain	On Deck	Octagon	6
1896 [2]	Hastings	Handspring	Hamilton II	4
1895 [2]	Belmar	Counter Tenor	Nanki Pooh	5
1894 [2]	Henry of Navarre	Prig	Assignee	3
1893 [2]	Commanche	Dr Rice	Rainbow	5
1892 [2]	Patron	Shellbark	none	2
1891 [2]	Foxford	Montana	Laurestan	6
1890 [2]	Burlington	Devotee	Padishah	9
1889 [2]	Eric	Diablo	Zephyrus	3
1888 BS [2]	Sir Dixon	Prince Royal	none	2
1887 [2]	Hanover	Oneko	none	2
1886 [2]	Inspector B	The Bard	Linden	5
1885 BS [2]	Tyrant	St. Augustine	Tecumseh	6
1884 [2]	Panique	Knight of Ellerslie	Himalaya	4
1883 [2]	George Kinney	Trombone	Renegade	4
1882 BS [2]	Forester	Babcock	Wyoming	3
1881 [2]	Saunterer	Eole	Baltic	6
1880 [2]	Grenada	Ferncliffe	Turenne	4
1879 [2]	Spendthrift	Monitor	Jericho	6
1878 [2]	Duke of Magenta	Bramble	Sparta	6
1877 [2]	Cloverbrook	Loiterer	Baden-Baden	13
1876	Algerine [3]	Fiddlesticks [4]	Barricade [4]	5 [4]
1875	Calvin [3]	Aristides [5]	Millner [5]	14 [5]
1874	Saxon [3]	Grinstead [6]	Aaron Pennington [6]	9 [6]
1873	Springbok [3]	Count d'Orsay [7]	Strachino [7]	10 [5]
1872	Joe Daniels [3]	Meteor [8]	Shylock [8]	9 [8]
1871	Harry Bassett [3]	Stockwood [9]	By The Sea [9]	11 [9]
1870	Kingfisher [3]	Foster [10]	Midday ‡ [10]	7 [10]
1869	Fenian [3]	Glenelg [11]	Invercauld ‡ [11]	8 [11]
1868	General Duke [3]	Northumberland [12]	Fanny Ludlow ‡ [12]	6 [12]
1867 BS	Ruthless ‡ [3]	DeCourcy [13]	Rivoli [13]	4 [13]

A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.
A ‡ designates a Filly.
Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.

References

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