In 2006, Jazil won the Belmont Stakes.

One year later, his half-sister, Rags to Riches, became one of only three fillies and the first in 102 years to win the 1 ½-mile “Test of the Champion,” the longest and oldest Triple Crown race.

Now, with only one race to his credit, another sibling, Casino Drive, is expected to take his shot at history to uphold the family honor in the 140th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. The Belmont Stakes is the showcase event of Belmont Park’s 59-day Spring/Summer Meet, which opens on Wednesday, April 30.

Fans in attendance on Opening Day will receive free general parking and free grandstand admission. First race post is 1 p.m., and the feature race will be the Grade 3, $100,000-added Westchester Handicap for three-year-olds and up at a mile.

Opening Day is just the start of what promises to be an exciting season of racing at Belmont Park.

In a three-year-old picture that is far from clear -- fans will be able to watch and wager on the televised first and second legs of the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, respectively, on May 3 and May 17 at Belmont Park – the possible addition of Casino Drive makes the Belmont Stakes intriguing. Jazil, Rags to Riches and Casino Drive are all out of the same Deputy Minister mare, Better Than Honour, and their respective sires are Seeking the Gold, 1992 Horse of the Year and Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy, and 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft

Casino Drive’s lone race was in February at Kyoto in Japan. He won that event, at approximately nine furlongs, by 11 ½ lengths in 1:54 2/5. He is expected to prep for the Belmont Stakes in the Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan for three-year-olds at nine furlongs on Sunday, May 10.

Casino Drive, bought for $950,000, is scheduled to arrive at Aqueduct for quarantine on April 30. He will be arriving with stablemate Spark Candle, a son of A.P. Indy-Serena’s Song. A $1.5 million purchase, Spark Candle is a son A.P. Indy – A. P. Indy’s sire, Seattle Slew, was the 1977 Triple Crown winner -- and Serena’s Song, who retired in 1996 with 11 Grade 1 victories and record earnings for an American filly or mare ($3,286,388).

The Belmont Stakes, with or without Casino Drive and Spark Candle, will be the centerpiece of a huge day at Belmont Park, North America’s largest racetrack. The Belmont Stakes will top a day of six graded stakes races.

With the upgrade of the $400,000 Just A Game for fillies and mares at a mile on the turf, the day features four Grade 1s (including the $400,000 Manhattan Handicap on the turf and the $250,000 Acorn for three-year-old fillies) and two Grade 2 races: the $250,000 Woody Stephens and the $250,000 True North Handicap. These races will be part of a guaranteed $1 million all-stakes Pick 6 and a guaranteed $1 million all-stakes Pick 4.

ABC Sports and ESPN will be televising the action on Belmont Stakes Day, and the 13-race card begins at noon.

Additionally, the Belmont Stakes Festival will be held on track on June 7. Adults can participate in backyard games such as boxing, speed pitch, jousting and even a chance to drop someone in the dunk tank. Kids will have their own Fun Zone, featuring face painters, carnival games, craft booths and mini golf. All events will run from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Music will also be a big part of Belmont Stakes Day, with the Movin Out Band, from the Broadway musical, playing in the concert area from 10 a.m. – noon. Rockjunky follows with it performance from noon to 6 p.m.

Racing remains the heart of Belmont Park, and one of New York’s more historic races, the Brooklyn Handicap, is once again a mile and a half race and this year part of the Spring/Summer Meet. The 120th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Brooklyn Handicap moves from Belmont Park’s Fall Championship Meet and will be run the day before the Belmont Stakes on Friday, June 6.

Also moving from the Fall Championship Meet to the Spring/Summer meet is the Grade 1, $500,000 Man o’ War for three-olds and up at 11 furlongs on the turf on Saturday, July 12. The Man o’War will replace the Grade 2 Bowling Green on the 2008 Spring/Summer schedule.

One other change for the Spring/Summer meet is the upgrade to Grade 2 status for the $150,000 Sands Point for three-year-old fillies at nine furlongs on the turf on Saturday, May 31.

Of course, Belmont Park’s great races will be back, among them, the Grade 1, $600,000 Metropolitan Handicap. The Met Mile will be the Memorial Day feature on Monday, May 26, while the Grade 1, $400,000 Suburban Handicap, presented by Shadwell Farm, will be run on Saturday, June 28, along with the Grade 1, $250,000 Mother Goose for three-year-old fillies at nine furlongs.

Belmont Park will again hold Sunset Friday racing every Friday from June 13-July 18. First race post on Sunset Fridays is 3 p.m.