Belmont Park Cathedral of Racing

Step into the glamorous and scandalous world of late nineteenth-century American racing! Host Marty Sinclair explores how the Belmont Stakes flourished during the Gilded Age alongside the establishment of its sister races—the Preakness Stakes in eighteen seventy-three and the Kentucky Derby in eighteen seventy-five. Witness how industrial titans like the Dwyer Brothers, James R. Keene, and Pierre Lorillard poured their fortunes into creating premier racing stables, transforming thoroughbred racing from regional pastime into a sophisticated national sport. Experience the spectacular crowds, elaborate fashions, enormous betting, and growing professionalism that defined this era, while also confronting the darker side of corruption, race-fixing, and gambling addiction that plagued the sport during this transformative period in American racing history. https://amzn.to/4l0AYOS This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.