Belmont Park

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Belmont Park is a historic thoroughbred horse racing track on Long Island best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the U.S. Triple Crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horse race
horse racing track
sports venue
tourist attraction
bestKnownFor hosting the Belmont Stakes
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Nassau County, New York
surface form: Nassau County
distance 1.5 miles
hasClubhouse yes
hasExpandedCapacityOnBigDays over 90,000
hasFamousNicknameForBelmontStakes The Test of the Champion
hasGrandstand yes
hasGrandstandCapacity approximately 33,000
hasInfield yes
hasInnerTurfCourse yes
hasWidelyKnownFeature one of the largest dirt tracks in North America
historicalRole major venue in American thoroughbred racing
historicalSignificance site of many U.S. Triple Crown attempts
hosts Belmont Stakes
inaugurated 1867
legNumberInTripleCrown third
locatedOn Long Island
location Elmont, New York
namedAfter August Belmont Jr.
nearbyLandmark Belmont Park station
surface form: Belmont Park station (Long Island Rail Road)
nickname The Championship Track
notableRaceHosted Acorn Stakes
Jockey Club Gold Cup
Man o’ War Stakes
Metropolitan Handicap
opened 1905
operatedBy New York Racing Association
ownedBy New York Racing Association
partOf U.S. Triple Crown
primaryUse thoroughbred horse racing
raceType Thoroughbred – flat racing
regionServed New York metropolitan area
season fall meet
spring-summer meet
state New York
surface dirt
trackDirection left-handed
left-handed
trackSurface dirt
transportAccess Cross Island Parkway
Long Island Rail Road
usualSchedule early June

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Nassau County, New York contains Belmont Park
UBS Arena near Belmont Park
Elmont, New York hasVenue Belmont Park
Elmont, New York knownFor Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racetrack
Elmont, New York locatedNear Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racetrack
Belmont Stakes locatedIn Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes movedToTrack Belmont Park
August Belmont Jr. boardMemberOf Belmont Park
August Belmont Jr. owned Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racetrack
Floral Park, New York locatedNear Belmont Park
Belmont Park station serves Belmont Park
Belmont Park station serves Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racetrack
Belmont Park station servesArea Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park area
Belmont Park station locatedNear Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racetrack grandstand
Cross Island Parkway passesNear Belmont Park
Empire Central hasPart Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont (track)
Burswood Peninsula contains Belmont Park
this entity surface form: Belmont Park racecourse site