This Day in History: 2014-06-07

California Chrome’s quest to win the Triple Crown fell short when he dead-heated fourth in the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes before a crowd of 102,199 – third highest in Belmont Stakes history – hoping to witness history while Robert Evans’s Tonalist rallied to just get his nose in front of pacesetting Commissioner at the wire. 20.6 million viewers watched the NBC coverage, the second-highest Belmont Stakes viewership on record, trailing only the 21.9 million viewers of NBC’s telecast of Smarty Jones’ Triple Crown attempt in 2004. Belmont Stakes handled an on-track record of $19,105,877 and achieved an all-sources handle record of $150,249,399.