Essential Quality won the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday in Elmont, New York, closing out the last of the Triple Crown contests for the year.
Essential Quality, whose trainer was Brad Cox and whose jockey was Luis Saez, was considered a favorite in the race, with morning line odds of 2-1.
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