Mo Donegal, owned by an Iowa group, won the grueling 1-1/2 mile race at the 2022 Belmont Stakes, the oldest and longest triple crown race.
The « Riders Up » call has been given. « New York, New York » has been sung. And the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes is now in the books. Mo Donegal, majority owned by Iowa’s Donegal Racing, won the grueling 1-1/2 mile race at the 2022 Belmont Stakes, the oldest and longest Triple Crown race, in front of about 46,000 people on a 73-degree, cloudy Saturday in Elmont, New York. Mo Donegal entered the eight-horse field as the frontrunner with 5/2 odds, followed by We the People (4-1) and Rich Strike (4-1). Des Moines attorney Jerry Crawford, the head of Donegal Racing, purchased Mo Donegal for $250,000 at the 2020 Keeneland September Sale.
