Workers walk inside Belmont Park wearing masks ahead of the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York, U.S. June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Amy Tennery
ELMONT, New York (Reuters) - Betting counters were closed and an eerie silence settled over the ivy-coated plaza inside Belmont Park on Saturday as jockeys and horses gathered for the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes, which will be contested in front of empty stands.
The Belmont, traditionally the third leg in the Triple Crown, will be raced first this year after the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes were postponed until later in the year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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