2012 Belmont Stakes

Jockey John Velazquez, right, drives Union Rags past Paynter and jockey Mike Smith, left, to the finish line for victory in the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Eventual winner Union Rags, third from right, and the rest of the field leave the starting gate during the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Union Rags, right, with jockey John Velazquez, holds off Paynter, with jockey Mike Smith, to win the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Trainer Michael Matz, left, tries to hoist the Belmont Stakes trophy with jockey John Velazquez, right, after Union Rags captured the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park n Elmont, N.Y., Saturday, June 9, 2012.

I'll Have Another (11) is walked through the paddock past a statue of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat prior to his retirement ceremony and the running of the Belmont Stakes horse race on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. I'll Have Another was scratched from the Belmont Stakes, Friday, preventing him from contending for the Triple Crown.

I'll Have Another walks in the barn after a morning workout at Belmont Park, June 8, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended June 8 with the shocking news that the colt was out of the Belmont Stakes because of a swollen left front tendon.

I'll Have Another walks in the barn with groom Benjamin Perez after a morning workout at Belmont Park, Friday, June 8, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. The Triple Crown hopeful runs Saturday in the Belmont Stakes. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended Friday morning with the shocking news that the chestnut colt was out of the Belmont Stakes because of a swollen left front tendon.

An exercise rider guides a horse through morning mist at Belmont Park, June 8, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. The Belmont Stakes is Saturday.

Horses walk onto the track at sunrise for a workout at Belmont Park, June 8, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. The Belmont Stakes is Saturday.

Groom Ignocenzio Diaz washes I'll Have Another following a workout at Belmont Park, June 8, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. The winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness was scratched from the Belmont on June 8 with a swollen left front tendon.

A horse enters the track at sunrise for training at Belmont Park, June 7, 2012, in Elmont, N.Y. Belmont Park hosts the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Union Rags grazes outside Barn 2 with groom Cesar Zarco at Belmont Park, June 7, 2012, in Elmont, N.Y. Union Rags is entered in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

I'll Have Another, with exercise rider Jonny Garcia up, trains at Belmont Park, June 6, 2012, in Elmont, N.Y. The winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness was scratched from the Belmont on June 8 with a swollen left front tendon.

Horses train at Belmont Park, June 6, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. The Belmont Stakes horse race is Saturday.

Exercise rider Richard Johnson guides Street Life around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, June 6, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. Street Life is entered in the Belmont Stakes Saturday.

Exercise rider Junior Alvarez guides Unstoppable U around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, June 6, 2012 in Elmont, N.Y. Unstoppable U is entered in Saturday's Belmont Stakes horse race.

I'll Have Another gallops with exercise rider Jonny Garcia up during a morning workout at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York. The winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness was scratched from the Belmont on June 8 with a swollen left front tendon.

Sam "Sam the Bugler" Grossman announces the fourth horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., June 6, 2012. The Belmont Stakes horse race is Saturday.

A horse leaves the track after a morning workout at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York.

Five Sixteen gallops during a morning workout at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York.

Dullahan gallops with Faustino Aguilar up during a morning workout at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York.

Exercise rider Faustino Aguilar gallops Dullahan over the track in preparation for the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York.

Security and barn personnel stand in the shed row after all of the Belmont horses moved into the detention barn in preparation for the 144th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 6, 2012 in Elmont, New York.