18-Year-Old Jockey Wins Belmont
by Maria Starr | June 10th, 2006 | Comments Off
Jazil wins Belmont Stakes by one and a quarter length
18-year-old jockey Fernando Jara won the Belmont Stakes Saturday riding Jazil, capping the final leg in thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown.
Favorite Bluegrass Cat finished second, with Sunriver coming in third in the 12-horse field.
“You don’t know how I feel right now,” Jara told reporters. “This is amazing.”
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