At odds of 13-1, Louis and Patrice Wolfson's two-year-old colt
Affirmed won his maiden race by 4 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park, ridden by jockey Bernie Gonzalez. ~
1977
Harry Payne Whitney's
Tanya became the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes.
Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867, and
Rags to Riches accomplished the feat in 2007. Whitney also won the Kentucky Derby with a filly,
Regret, in 1915. ~
1905