Palace Malice took charge on the home turn to win the Belmont Stakes, holding off Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby champion Orb.
The win gave Todd Pletcher his second Belmont winner in six years and vindicated the trainer’s support of the three-year-old who came into the final leg of the Triple Crown with only one win.
Palace Malice, who finished 12th in the Derby and skipped the Preakness, went into the race on Saturday (Sunday AEST) without blinkers which jockey Mike Smith was the key.
“The blinkers off made the difference,” Smith said.
“The key was getting into a rhythm. He is bred to run all day.”
It means there have been three different winners of this year’s Triple Crown races.
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