Jerome Park Racetrack

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Jerome Park Racetrack was a historic 19th-century thoroughbred horse racing venue in the Bronx, New York, known as the original home of the Belmont Stakes.

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Jerome Park Racetrack canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports venue
horse racing track
sports venue
borough Bronx
linked to: The Bronx
category Defunct horse racing venues in New York (state)
Sports venues in the Bronx
closed 1894
closedInDecade 1890s
coFounder August Belmont Sr.
Leonard W. Jerome
linked to: Leonard Jerome
country United States
demolishedFor Jerome Park Reservoir
era 19th century
geonamesClass P (populated place feature class – facility)
hasHeritage historic racetrack
historicalPeriod Gilded Age
hostedRace Belmont Stakes
Champagne Stakes
Travers Stakes
locatedIn Bronx
linked to: The Bronx

New York City
New York State
United States
locationType outdoor sports facility
racetrack
namedAfter Leonard W. Jerome
linked to: Leonard Jerome
near Fordham
Kingsbridge
notableFor being the original home of the Belmont Stakes
early American thoroughbred racing
opened 1866
openedInDecade 1860s
originalHomeOf Belmont Stakes
owner Jerome Park Association
partOf history of horse racing in the United States
sports history of New York City
region The Bronx
replacedBy Jerome Park Reservoir
significance major 19th-century American racing venue
sport thoroughbred horse racing
state New York
status defunct
demolished
terrain oval dirt track
transportConnection New York and Harlem Railroad
usedFor horse racing
spectator sports

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Belmont Stakes firstRunningLocation Jerome Park Racetrack
Leonard Jerome owned Jerome Park Racetrack