Belmont Stakes - 1987

5 horses raced in all three Triple Crown races. Two of these won races between the Preakness and the Belmont - Gulch won the Met Mile and Avies Copy won the Jersey Derby. Four of them competed in the Travers Stakes and three in the BC Classic. Three won major stakes races later in the year - Bet Twice won the Haskell Invitational, Cryptoclearance won the Pegasus Handicap, Alysheba won the Super Derby. Gulch did not win a stakes race but did finish runner up in the Whitney, Woodward, and Jamaica.

Nafzger's excuses for skipping the Belmont ring hollow when looking at this bunch.

1st Bet Twice (9 starts, 5th Travers, Won Haskell Invitational)
 2nd Preakness (May 16)
 2nd Kentucky Derby (May 2)

2nd Cryptoclearance (15 starts, 2nd Travers, 5th BC Classic, Won Pegasus H)
 3rd Preakness (May 16)
 4th Kentucky Derby (May 2)

3rd Gulch (14 starts, 4th Travers, 9th BC Classic)
 1st Metropolitan Mile (May 25)
 4th Preakness (May 16)
 6th Kentucky Derby (May 2)

4th Alysheba (10 starts, 6th Travers, 2nd BC Classic, Won Super Derby)
 1st Preakness (May 16)
 1st Kentucky Derby (May 2)

5th Shawklit Won (7 starts)
 3rd Peter Pan (May 24)
 11th Kentucky Derby (May 2)

6th Gone West (13 starts, Won Dwyer)
 2nd Peter Pan (May 24)
 1st Withers (May 6)

7th Avies Copy (13 starts)
 1st Jersey Derby (May 25)
 5th Preakness (May 16)
 3rd Kentucky Derby (May 2)

8th Manassa Jack (5 starts)
 2nd at a race at Suffolk Downs
 ???

9th Leo Castelli (10 starts)
 1st Peter Pan (May 24)
 7th Kentucky Derby (May 2)

 
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