Belmont set for June 20 without fans, leads off Triple Crown

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FILE - In this June 8, 2019, file photo, Sir Winston (7), with jockey Joel Rosario up, crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes horse race in Elmont, N.Y. New York will allow horse racing tracks and Watkins Glen International car track to reopen with the easing of the coronavirus outbreak. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday, May 16, 2020, was quick to add a caveat: No crowds. No fans." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer

The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 on Long Island in front of no fans as the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.

This is the first year the Belmont will take place before the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.

The New York Racing Association unveiled the new Belmont date Tuesday morning.

The Derby was moved to Sept. 5 and the Preakness to Oct. 3.

The rescheduled Belmont will be contested at distance of a mile and an eighth instead of the race’s trademark mile and a half that has been in place since 1926.

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