Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Horse Racing, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes
Subjects
Horse Racing; Triple Crown (U.S. horse racing); Belmont Stakes
Introduction
A few decades ago when a powerful team played a very weak team in any sport and the result was lopsided there was a phrase to describe the event: "They beat the Little Sisters of the Poor." On Saturday the Little Sisters of the Poor got beat again but it was the powerful team, or in this case horse, that lost. "Smarty Jones" was supported by an entire nation, including the Philadelphia convent of The Little Sisters of the Poor where the sister of Smarty's jockey had parlayed the power of prayer and the two-dollar bets of the God Squad.
Publication Date
6-7-2004
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "The Belmont Stakes" (2004). On Sport and Society. 651.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/651
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