Rarely in its 101-year history had the Belmont Stakes so thoroughly rated its billing as the "Test of the Champion." Never, in fact, had the classic race hosted the likes of Majestic Prince, the only horse in history to enter the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont undefeated. Going into last week's mile-and-a-half Belmont, the last and longest leg of racing's Triple Crown, the strapping chestnut colt had run and won nine races in a row. Had he won, he would have been the first thoroughbred to take the Triple Crown...
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