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2021 Belmont Stakes at a Glance

The 2021 Triple Crown will come to an end Saturday, back in its familiar setting of the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets.

2021 Metropolitan Handicap at a Glance

While the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets is the headliner of the Saturday card at Belmont Park, the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap commands plenty of attention by itself.

NBC Sports’ Britney Eurton Analyzes the Belmont Stakes Field

After being contested as the opening leg of the Triple Crown last year and run at a mile and an eighth due to the pandemic, the 153rd Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets returns to its customary place on the racing calendar as the last of the spring classics, run at a mile and a half on the first Saturday in June.

America's Best Horses for June 1

Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. The poll will run weekly through June 5. Find out the latest 2021 top 3-year-old rankings below.

AMERICA’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS FOR JUNE 1, 2021

Smooth Like Strait Earns Breeders’ Cup Berth in Shoemaker Mile

It appeared on paper that Smooth Like Strait might have an easy time on the front end in the $300,500 Shoemaker Mile Stakes.

As it turned out, not one, but two rivals in the field of six pressed the Cannon Thoroughbreds' homebred from the start – but it didn't matter.

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