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Alex Trautwig, Getty Images Union Rags used a late surge to win the 144th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday. With jockey John Velazquez aboard, Union Rags came from behind to beat Paynter, who had led the field from the mile-and-a-half race’s start. Atigun finished third in the final leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.