The track became notable as the original home of 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes champion Smarty Jones, who placed second in the Belmont Stakes, narrowly missing the Triple Crown.

The largest crowd was in 2004 when 120, 139 witnessed the Belmont Stakes as Smarty Jones was seeking the Triple Crown but was upset by Birdstone.

Belmont, CA: Thomson Learning, Inc., 2004.

He finished second in the Belmont Stakes that took place on June 5, 2004.

However, on June 5, 2004, Smarty Jones finished second in the Belmont Stakes, upset by a late charge by 36-1 long shot Birdstone.

* 2nd-Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, June 5, 2004

***** Birdstone ( 2001 ) 2004 Belmont Stakes

The track became famous as the original home of 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes champion Smarty Jones, who placed second in the Belmont Stakes, narrowly missing the Triple Crown.

Birdstone ( foaled May 16, 2001 in Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2004 Belmont Stakes and has become a successful sire.

Other racing accomplishments include victories in the 2002 and 2004 Belmont Stakes, in each case aboard a longshot depriving a favorite of the United States Triple Crown.

In 2004 Prado rode Birdstone to victory in the Belmont, denying heavy favorite Smarty Jones the Triple Crown.

Belmont, CA: Thomson / Wadsworth, 2004, ISBN 978-0-534-61974-9.

In late 2004, it was revealed that the Belmont was the most stolen car in the United Kingdom in terms of ratio stolen, with 1, 978 vehicles stolen in 2003, which amounted to around 1 out of every 10 Belmonts registered.

His first 2004 start came on July 4 at Belmont Park in the Tom Fool Handicap.

* 1st-Woodward Stakes G1, Belmont Park, September 11, 2004

Some of his best horses include Squirtle Squirt, his first Breeders ' Cup winner ; Skimming, two-time winner of the Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes ; Sightseek, winner of the Humana Distaff Handicap ( Gr. I ) and Ogden Phipps Handicap ( Gr. I ); triple Grade I winner Empire Maker, winner of the Belmont Stakes ( Gr. I ); multiple Grade I winning Peace Rules ; two-time Santa Anita Handicap ( Gr. I ) winner Milwaukee Brew ; Breeders ' Cup Filly & Mare Turf ( Gr. I ) winner Starine, whom he also owned ; and Ghostzapper, the Breeders ' Cup Classic ( Gr. I ) winner who was voted the 2004 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year.

The curse was also said to include Bensalem-Township-based thoroughbred racehorse Smarty Jones, who saw his bid for horse racing's Triple Crown disappear when he finished second in the 2004 Belmont Stakes after victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

* The 136th Belmont Stakes was won by Birdstone on June 5, 2004

She also contributed to ESPN's long extensive coverage of the Triple Crown afternoon shows ( 2004 – 2006 ) including the Belmont Stakes.

Today, Whitney family members remain involved with horse racing, notably in 2004 when Marylou Whitney apologized on national television for denying Smarty Jones the U. S. Triple Crown after her colt Birdstone won the Belmont Stakes.

For her acclaimed exposé on Colonel Parker, Alanna Nash was voted one of the " Heavy 100 of Country Music " by Esquire magazine and earned the 2004 CMA Media Achievement Award and the 2004 Belmont Book Award.

One of Grindstone's foals, Birdstone, would upset Smarty Jones to win the 2004 Belmont Stakes.

Bailey is also known for his controversial run in the 2004 Belmont Stakes atop Eddington.

This has now stopped since the Queen Anne Stakes was elevated to Group 1 status in 2004 and therefore the Coventry Stakes is the first race on the first day of Royal Ascot.

As a four year old he won the Group 1 Mudgway Stakes in New Zealand before been beaten into third place in the 2004 Cox Plate after starting one of the favourites.

Smarty Jones ( February 28, 2001 ) is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

In January 2004, now racing as a three-year old, Smarty Jones was given his first major test against a quality field of horses in the Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.

On May 15, after appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated, Smarty Jones won the second leg of the Triple Crown with a victory at the 2004 Preakness Stakes by a record margin of 11½ lengths.

* 1st-Count Fleet Stakes, Aqueduct, January 3, 2004

* 1st-Southwest Stakes, Oaklawn Park, February 28, 2004

* 1st-Rebel Stakes, Oaklawn Park, March 20, 2004

* 1st-Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 15, 2004

* Smarty Jones-Champion 3 Year Old and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes

**** Smarty Jones ( 2001 ) 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes

*** Curlin ( 2004 ) 2007 Preakness Stakes

* Lockinge Stakes – ( 3 ) – Medicean ( 2001 ), Russian Rhythm ( 2004 ), Peeress ( 2006 )

He drew the strip until 2011, when he stopped to concentrate on Dennis and Gnasher, though Trevor Metcalfe drew a few strips in 2003 and 2004, and there have also been some Robert Nixon reprints during 2005 and 2006.

This reunion led to a U. S. tour — the acclaimed " Old Friends " concert series — followed by a 2004 international encore, which culminated in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome that drew 600, 000 people.

The Y2K4 International Live Looping Festival in October 2004 in San Francisco and Santa Cruz drew 50 loopers from 5 different countries over four days.

He was " de-arrested " on 31 August 2004, but kept in prison whilst a U. S. extradition case was developed and British authorities drew up further criminal charges of their own.

With Desperate Dan's revamp when the Dandy got a facelift in September 2004, both were drawn in the same style ( as opposed to the ' old ' Desperate Dan where Ken drew things more detailed ).

A new article by Adrian Humphreys on March 30, 2004, also in the National Post, entitled " Danes summon envoy over Arctic fight — the solution of the dispute is not going to be military ", drew even more attention to the issue.

* In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about polygamy during a game against Brigham Young University.

Gavin Woods, one of the party's most respected MPs, drew up a highly critical 11 page internal discussion document at the request of the parliamentary caucus after a discussion in October 2004.

Following criticism from some sections of the media over some questionable nominations in previous years, in 2004 FIFA drew up a short list of 35 men and 21 women from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from FIFPro ( the worldwide representative organisation for professional players ) could vote.

The 2003 – 2004 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1 – 1 with world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.

Their first UEFA Cup match since defeat against FH Hafnarfjörður in 2004 came against Swedish Superettan team BK Häcken at home where they drew one all.

The duo drew their highest viewing figures to date while presenting the series in February 2004, with nearly 15 million tuning in to watch the climax of the third series.

Once these had run out, Keith Reynolds drew it up to 2004 when the strip was dropped.

However, Trevor Metcalfe drew several strips during 2003 and 2004, in which Ivy was given a noticeably more childlike and less malicious personality, although again the strip's style was based on Nixon's.

Eventually, though, it returned to the comic drawn by Trevor Metcalfe, who drew it for about a year between 2004 and 2005, though Steve Bright also drew a few episodes in early 2004.

On February 27, 2004, West drew national attention to New Paltz when he announced that he would be performing same-sex marriages.

In the first month of the 2004 baseball season, Bonds drew 43 walks, 22 of them intentional.

As negotiations finalizing the text of the proposed constitution drew to a close in early 2004, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, had consistently denied the need for a referendum on its ratification.

The Cardinals drew a league-leading 142, 417 fans in their inaugural season, following that up with 157, 557 in 1995, but 115, 342 in 2004.

In recent years, Wasps have played their season opener in the London Double Header at Twickenham, in 2006 this drew a crowd of 51, 950, breaking the record set in 2004.