The horse's name is Super Saver, and his jockey was Calvin Borel.
A male thoroughbred is classified as a horse by the jockey club at 4+ years of age. Horse is just another term for a stallion by their classification system.
the triple crown
AP probably means AP McCoy (Tony McCoy) Champion jockey for the last 19 years.
Calvin Borel was born on November 7, 1966. At the time of this post, he is 45 years old.
There is no height limit, most horse jockeys range from 5'1''-5'5'', the tallest horse jockey was 6'1''. The qualifications to be a jockey depends on their weight and the discipline or type of racing the horse is used for.
This years race marks the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes.
Thoroughbreds have to be a minimum of two years old to race. All races have their own age requirements. There are races for two-year-olds, three-year-olds (which are the more widely known ones like the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont), three-year-olds and up, and four-year-olds and up.
It is quite possible if another great horse comes along. No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. That's 33 years ago.
Alva Belmont was born on January 17, 1853 and died on January 26, 1933. Alva Belmont would have been 80 years old at the time of death or 162 years old today.
The highest paid horse racing jockey is Javier Castellano who earns approximately 1,834,945 dollars per year. The second highest paid jockey is Joel Rosario.
Harry Bentley the jockey is 18 years old, he was born in June 1992.