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2011 Belmont Stakes

American horse race

Field	Value
surface	Dirt
name	143rd Belmont Stakes
horse race	Belmont Stakes
image	2011 Belmont Stakes logo.jpg
caption	"The Test of the Champion"
location	Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, U.S.
distance	1+1/2 mi
date	June 11, 2011
winning horse	Ruler on Ice
winning time	2:30.88
final odds	24.75 (to 1)
winning jockey	Jose Valdivia, Jr.
winning trainer	Kelly J. Breen
winning owner	George and Lori Hall
conditions	Sloppy
previous	2010
next	2012

Elmont, New York, U.S. The 2011 Belmont Stakes was the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes and was won by Ruler on Ice. The race was run on June 11, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time was 6:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 p.m. UTC). As in the previous year, the Belmont (the final jewel in the Triple Crown) was run without the elusive championship at stake as 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom lost in the Preakness.

Favorite Animal Kingdom lost his footing at the start and could only muster sixth; Ruler On Ice, with jockey Jose Valdivia Jr., sprinted to the finish ahead of Stay Thirsty.

Race

Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Preakness winner Shackleford both competed in the race, which was the first clash at the Belmont between winners of the first two classics since Afleet Alex scored over Giacomo in 2005.

Animal Kingdom attempted to become the 12th horse to complete a Derby-Belmont double, last accomplished by Thunder Gulch in 1995. Animal Kingdom suffered from a bad start and clipped heels with another horse (not identified by his jockey) and was the last horse for the first quarter of the race, but was able to recover and finished in 6th place. Shackleford finished in 5th place after leading for most of the race before the final stretch.

Other starters were Kentucky Derby second-place finisher Nehro and Mucho Macho Man, 3rd in the Derby and 6th in the Preakness. Other Derby contenders Master of Hounds (5th) and Santiva (6th) also ran.

Field

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom was installed as the 2–1 early line favorite. For the first time, the first seven finishers from the Derby ran in the Belmont.

Finish	Post	Horse name	Trainer	Jockey	Opening odds (to 1)	Final odds	Stakes
1	3	Ruler on Ice	Kelly J. Breen	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	20–1	24	$600,000
2	2	Stay Thirsty	Todd Pletcher	Javier Castellano	20–1	15	$200,000
3	5	Brilliant Speed	Thomas Albertrani	Joel Rosario	15–1	10	$110,000
4	6	Nehro	Steve Asmussen	Corey Nakatani	4–1	9–2	$60,000
5	12	Shackleford	Dale Romans	Jesus Castanon	9–2	10	$30,000
6	9	Animal Kingdom	H. Graham Motion	John R. Velazquez	2–1	5–2
7	10	Mucho Macho Man	Katherine Ritvo	Ramon Dominguez	10–1	7
8	4	Santiva	Eddie Kenneally	Shaun Bridgmohan	15–1	13
9	7	Monzon	Ignacio Correas IV	Jose Lezcano	30–1	26
10	1	Master of Hounds	Aidan O'Brien	Garrett K. Gomez	10–1	5
11	8	Prime Cut	Neil J. Howard	Edgar Prado	15–1	20
12	11	Isn't He Perfect	Doodnauth Shivmangal	Rajiv Maragh	30–1	28

Margins – length, lengths
Time – 2:30:88
Track – Sloppy (sealed)

Payout

The Belmont Stakes Payout Schedule

Program
Number	Horse Name
Win
Place
Show
3	Ruler on Ice	$51.50	$26.00	$13.60
2	Stay Thirsty	-	$19.40	$10.80
5	Brilliant Speed	-	-	$7.90

$2 Exacta: 3-2 paid $928.00{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113073345/http://www1.drf.com/tc/belmont/2011/profile-assets/2011-belmont-stakes-chart.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |url-status=dead
$2 Trifecta: 3-2-5 paid $8,268.00
$2 Superfecta: 3-2-5-6 paid $74,052.00

References

Lowe, Jeff. (May 26, 2011). "Road to the Triple Crown: Another big bunch for Belmont". Thoroughbred Times.
(June 11, 2011). "Belmont Stakes longshot Ruler on Ice pulls the upset as favorites falter in final stretch". NY Daily News.
(May 27, 2011). "Animal Kingdom will race Belmont, hoping to add to Kentucky Derby victory". NJ Times..
Rosenblatt, Richard. (June 8, 2011). "Derby winner Animal Kingdom favorite for Belmont". [[yahoo]].

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