2004 Belmont - (Full NBC Coverage)

Birdstone, 2004, 36-1 odds. Trainer Nick Zito is good at turning longshots into Belmont winners. He did so with Da' Tara in 2008, but he first did it with Birdstone in '04. Birdstone broke the hearts of many Americans who were hoping for the popular and dominant Smarty Jones to win the Triple Crown. Although Smarty Jones led in the stretch, he finished a nail-biting second by a length. Birdstone's time of 2:27.50 is the fastest since 2002, when they began counting to hundredths of a second.