The colt cantered most of the way and won by six lengths with ease, reflected in the slow time of 2:22 flat for the 1 3⁄8 miles on dirt.
[1] At age two, Sweep had won the Belmont Futurity Stakes and his performances in 1909 earned him American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse.
[2] For another future Hall of Fame inductee, trainer James Rowe won the seventh of his record eight career wins in the Belmont Stakes.
[3] Owner James R. Keene's win marked his third Belmont Stakes triumph in four years and a record sixth overall.
[4] As a result of New York State's Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation, which contained penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison, racing ended in 1910.