2002 Belmont Stakes (G1)

Date/Track:
6/8/2002, Belmont Park
Distance:
1 1/2m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
2:29.71

What the Nation is saying about the 2002 Belmont Stakes (G1)...

It was a shock. All I can remember or shall I say,...the most memorable part of that race past the win of Sarava was a NYFD firefighter screaming in front of me at the Top of his lungs, "F*ck WAR EMBLEM!!! F*ck WAR EMBLEM!!!!" on account that he was owned by and Arab contingent.
  • travel_vic · racism is alive and well. As a child I was shicked arriving in New Orleans and seeing segregation. My mother and I went to a diner and all the black people had to order from the street and were not allowed to sit down....Carthage, Rwanda, Aremenia, Nazi Germany...Goons never go out of style it seems · 110 days ago ·
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June 8, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) -- War Emblem's remarkable run for a Triple Crown ended shockingly Saturday, along with his trainer's hope to avenge two close calls, when the colt was badly beaten by 70-1 shot Sarava in the Belmont Stakes. Read More