6/8 (BEL) 145th Belmont Stakes: Field at 14 as 'Tiz' passes

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cardus

The Easy Goer is a like a successor to the Colin Stakes.

Three-year-olds used to run in a 1 1/8 stakes race (the Colin) on Belmont Stakes Day. It was nice when a quality horse like Fly So Free -- clearly not cut out for 12 furlongs -- could race in (and win, if memory serves) on Belmont Stakes Day.

Fly So Free won the Riva Ridge, now called the Woody Stephens ( they finally smartened up and turned him back ).