Arcangelo's win Belmont, first for female trainer in 155-year history

Female Trainer Jena Antonucci makes history as Arcangelo wins 155th Belmont Stakes 2023..

On the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's spectacular run to complete the Triple Crown-clinching Belmont Stakes victory, it was Antonucci making history Now, under the the high-fi roars in horse racing breaking was mingled with the noise of the Belmont Park crowd early on Saturday evening.


Jena Antonucci, the horse's trainer, became the first woman to ever win the Belmont Stakes and the first to win a Triple Crown event when Arcangelo snuck through on the rail and passed pace-setting Preakness victor National Treasure to cross the finish line first.



She is just the 11th woman in the 155-year history of the event to saddle a Belmont runner.

Arcangelo finished 112 lengths ahead of Forte, the favourite, with Tapit-Trice approaching to finish third. Arcangelo qualified for the field by winning the Grade-3 Peter-Pan at Belmont-Park last month.



There was no Triple Crown winner this year 2023, with different horses capturing each of the three legs -- National Treasure taking the 2023 Preakness Stakes and Mage clinched the Kentucky Derby 2023 Race in Churchills Down.



The 47-year-old Antonucci pulled off the upset even though she has only been training thoroughbreds for 13 years.

Sent off at 8-1, Arcangelo paid $17.80 to win on a $2 bet, $7.20 to place and $4.90 to show. Forte paid $4.30 and $3.30, while Tapit Trice paid $4.10.

The lightly-raced son of Arrogate didn’t break his maiden until March 18 at Gulfstream Park in his third career start, before his game victory in the Peter Pan on May 13.




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