Belmont Stakes

But, after Saturday’s 157th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes, it certainly has a rivalry, if only for one year.

The Belmont Stakes, considered the test of champions because of its normal 1 1/2-mile distance, is being run at the less interesting distance of 1 1/4 miles.

Instead, they believed the horse would be better served waiting for the Belmont Stakes.

It would have meant that the Belmont Stakes would also have to move at least a week.

In the Kentucky Derby, Journalism ran a very solid second, beaten down the stretch by Sovereignty, whose connections elected to pass on the Preakness and wait for the Belmont Stakes on June 7.