“It is very particular, in truth,” Ortiz mentioned after the race. “We (have been) very certain.”
Racing in entrance of greater than 46,000 other folks on the one-and-a-half mile monitor, Mo Donegal was once a 5-2 favourite coming into the race.
The pony raced across the monitor in 2 mins and 28.28 seconds, conveniently beating out Nest, who completed in 2nd and Skippylongstocking who completed in 3rd.
With the victory, Corridor of Popularity instructor Todd Pletcher claimed his fourth Belmont Stakes victory.
After receiving the trophy from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Jerry Crawford, the founding father of Donegal Racing, mentioned Saturday’s victory “displays the game is extra out there to oldsters than they’ll understand.”
“You would not have to spend tens of millions and tens of millions on horses,” Crawford added.
