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1948 Belmont Stakes

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Belmont Stakes
Grade I stakes race
Belmont ParkElmont, New York, U.S.
June 12, 1948
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Citation
2:28 1⁄5
Eddie Arcaro
Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones
Calumet Farm
Fast
Dirt

The 1948 Belmont Stakes was the 80th running of the Belmont Stakes. It was the 42nd Belmont Stakes held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York and was run on June 12, 1948. With a field of eight horses, after Coaltown was scratched, eight runners remained. Citation, the winner of that year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes won the 1 1⁄2–mile race (12 f; 2.4 km) by 8 lengths over Better Self.

With the win, Citation became the eighth Triple Crown champion.

Finish	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}PP	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Final odds
1	Citation	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	.20	$77,000
8	Better Self	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	12.50	$20,000
3	Escadru	Arnold Kirkland	Edward A. Christmas	William L. Brann	6.85	$10,000
5	Vulcan's Forge	Douglas Dodson	Sylvester Veitch	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney	15.10	$5,000
7	Gasparilla	Ruperto Donoso	Max Hirsch	Arthur J. Sackett	12.50
6	Salmagundi	Eric Guerin	Willie Booth	William G. Helis Sr.	22.45
4	Golden Light	Nick Combest	James E. Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	82.50
2	Faraway	Ted Atkinson	Clay Sutphin	Glen Riddle Farm	28.10

Winning breeder: Calumet Farm (KY)

Horse	Straight	Place
$2.40	$2.30	$2.10
–	$3.70	$2.10
–	–	$2.10

Based on a $2 wager.
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