Looking at those same 10 most-recent Belmonts , we see that only two horses who won the Preakness came back to win the Belmont , the most physically demanding of the three races . Over the same period , four Kentucky Derby also-rans collected the carnations ( the least known Triple Crown flower ) in New York after sitting out the Preakness , as did a Kentucky Oaks winner . Three other horses won the Belmont after capturing a stakes on the Preakness undercard , as did one winner of the Peter Pan stakes at Belmont the week before the Preakness .