NEW YORK -- Tabasco Cat took the lead from Go For Gin down the stretch after running second for most of the race and pulled away for a two-length victory in the Belmont Stakes. Go For Gin, the Kentucky Derby winner, took the lead out of the gate on Saturday and after entering the first turn wide, stayed in front by a slight margin around most of the 1 1/2 miles. Tabasco Cat, the Preakness Stakes winner, stayed within a few lengths before coming up along the outside on the final turn, and after a short nose-to-nose battle, pulled away to become the ninth 3-year-old to win both the Preakness and Belmont. Go for Gin was 3 1/2 lengths in front of Strodes Creek with Signal Tap, Amathos and Ulises completing the order of finish. The winner completed the distance in 2:26 4/5, the fifth fastest running in the 126-year history of the race. The victory was a sweet one for trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who had gone from October 1991 until the Preakness without having won a Grade I stakes. Now he has won two straight.
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