Lovely Haunting Article About Belmont Park During the Pandemic

[PeteyPie]

I just read an article about Belmont on the New York Times (NYT) written by Joe Drape. It was published in June but I haven’t seen it referred to on the forum although I did a search. The NYT does have a paywall but I thought I would post it anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/sports/horse-racing/belmont-park-backstretch.html

Here is another version with a slightly different format; to see the photos you have to click through on the photo shown rather than scrolling down and seeing larger photos (as shown on the NYT site), but you can read the same article free:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eM-EH3xQFBAJ:https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/national-sports/sns-nyt-belmont-park-horse-racing-backstretch-20200606-en3e35rirbf2zfugntl4i4er2a-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[Rackonteur]

I watched the Belmont with no spectators. It was eerie.

[skydy]

It’s so sad that Martin Zapata, Tom Morely’s foreman, died with no friend or relative there to comfort him.

I’m happy that the PPP helped to keep at least some trainers afloat financially.