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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Statements (47)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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