Jerome Park Racetrack

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Jerome Park Racetrack was a historic 19th-century thoroughbred horse racing venue in the Bronx, New York, known as the original home of the Belmont Stakes.

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Jerome Park Racetrack canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports venue
horse racing track
sports venue
borough Bronx NERFINISHED
category Defunct horse racing venues in New York (state)
Sports venues in the Bronx
closed 1894
closedInDecade 1890s
coFounder August Belmont Sr. NERFINISHED
Leonard W. Jerome NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demolishedFor Jerome Park Reservoir NERFINISHED
era 19th century
geonamesClass P (populated place feature class – facility)
hasHeritage historic racetrack
historicalPeriod Gilded Age NERFINISHED
hostedRace Belmont Stakes NERFINISHED
Champagne Stakes NERFINISHED
Travers Stakes NERFINISHED
locatedIn The Bronx
surface form: Bronx

New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locationType outdoor sports facility
racetrack
namedAfter Leonard W. Jerome NERFINISHED
near Fordham NERFINISHED
Kingsbridge NERFINISHED
notableFor being the original home of the Belmont Stakes
early American thoroughbred racing
opened 1866
openedInDecade 1860s
originalHomeOf Belmont Stakes NERFINISHED
owner Jerome Park Association NERFINISHED
partOf history of horse racing in the United States
sports history of New York City
region The Bronx NERFINISHED
replacedBy Jerome Park Reservoir NERFINISHED
significance major 19th-century American racing venue
sport thoroughbred horse racing
state New York
status defunct
demolished
terrain oval dirt track
transportConnection New York and Harlem Railroad NERFINISHED
usedFor horse racing
spectator sports

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Belmont Stakes firstRunningLocation Jerome Park Racetrack
Leonard Jerome owned Jerome Park Racetrack