First female trainer wins Belmont Stakes as horse Arcangelo triumphs
- Smoke from Canadian wildfires threatened to cancel the Belmont Stakes but the race went on as scheduled.
- Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes, giving trainer Jena Antonucci her first Triple Crown victory and making her the first female trainer to win one of the races.
- Arcangelo beat favored Forte down the stretch to capture the $800,000 first-place prize.
- The victory provided a bright moment for horse racing after a series of horse deaths at tracks across the U.S. and failed drug tests by top trainers.
- Jockey Javier Castellano won his second Triple Crown race this year, having ridden Mage to victory at the Kentucky Derby.
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