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Palace Malice wins Belmont Stakes
By Greg Botelho, CNN
June 10, 2013 -- Updated 1126 GMT (1926 HKT)
Palace Malice with jockey Mike Smith in the irons wins the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of horse racing's triple crown, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, June 8.
Jockey Mike Smith sits aboard Palace Malice in the winner's circle.
Jockey Mike E. Smith celebrates after riding Palace Malice to victory.
Palace Malice front and center during the race.
Palace Malace puts distance between himself and the rest of the field.
Palace Malice leads the pack.
The horses take to the track at the begining of the race.
The field leaves the starting gate.
A woman wearing a red hat attends the races on June 8.
A fan looks through binoculars.
A woman poses in her fashionable attire ahead of the running of the race.
Patrons place their bets.
A fan in an orange hat attends the races.
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
145th running of the Belmont Stakes
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- South Carolina-bred Palace Malice outduels Oxbow down the stretch to win
- Kentucky Derby winner Orb comes in third
- "It was really a sneaky good race," jockey Mike Smith says
- There were three different winners in the three Triple Crown races
(CNN) -- Palace Malice won the 2013 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, on Saturday.
The South Carolina-bred three-year-old outdueled Oxbow down the stretch to win the 1½ mile race. Oxbow, the Preakness Stakes victor, ended up in second.
Orb -- this year's Kentucky Derby winner and Saturday's pre-race favorite at 2-to-1 odds -- finished third.
"It was really a sneaky good race, never took a breather one time," Palace Malice's jockey Mike Smith told NBC, which broadcast the race. "He was just enjoying the trip."
Palace Malice had entered the 145th running of the Belmont as an underdog, at 15-to-1 odds. The colt's last race was a 12th place finish at the Kentucky Derby earlier this spring.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Palace Malice had one previous victory in seven starts, a pair of second-place finishes and a third.
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