Quotes About Belmont Park

Racetracks seem to reward innocence. If babies were permitted to wager, they'd ultimately win so much money that management everywhere would bar them. NO BABIES ALLOWED, says a big sign at Hialeah. At Belmont Park, it reads, BEAT IT, BABIES.

FRANK HAYES IS THE only jockey to win a race after death. No, really! It was 1923, and poor Frank suffered a fatal heart attack in the middle of a race at Belmont Park in New York. However, his horse, Sweet Kiss, didn't know this and carried on to win the race with the lifeless jockey still on board.