Belmont Stakes Racing Guide
The 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga features 25 stakes races across five days of action, headlined by the 158th Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2026! Official post time for the 2026 Belmont Stakes is 7:04pm ET.
The live stream will be available here during the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
*NYRA Bets login required to watch. Streaming blackout restrictions may apply.
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Channel 2
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Off-Air
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$88,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
1 1/16M
Turf
Sloppy
2:38p at
Belmont Stakes
(UP TO $15,312 NYSBFOA) FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $20,000 OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING, STARTER OR STATE BRED ALLOWANCE OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON TWO RACES OR OPTIONAL CLAIMING PRICE OF $100,000. Weight, 122 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Other Than Claiming Or Starter In 2025 Allowed 2 lbs. Claiming Price $100,000 (Allowance Horses Preferred)(1.5% Aftercare Assessment Due At Time Of Claim Otherwise Claim Will Be Void). (If the Stewards consider it inadvisable to run this race on the turf course, this race will be run at One Mile on the Main Track.) (Rail at 27 feet).
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
2 - 8
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
2 - 8
Talking Horses
Acacia Clement | @Acacia_Clement
8 - 2
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
2
Owners
1 -
Flanagan Racing
2 -
NK Racing and LNJ Foxwoods
3 -
VinLaur Racing Stables, LLC and West Paces Racing LLC
4 -
Wertheimer and Frere
5 -
Bridlewood Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
6 -
Woodford Racing, LLC and Team D
7 -
Peter M. Brant
8 -
Lewis, R. Lee, Lewis, Ryan and Lewis, Anthony
Breeders
1 -
SF Bloodstock LLC & Claiborne Farm
2 -
Scott Clarke, Reynard Bloodstock, NickyDrion, S. Murat & Michael B.
3 -
Brookdale Farm LLC, J. R. Ward Stables& Gary Chervenell
4 -
Wertheimer et Frere
5 -
Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
6 -
Ralph Ebert
7 -
White Birch Farm, Inc.
8 -
Machmer Hall
Racing Schedule
Five days of world-class racing at Saratoga, with superstars both equine & human taking the track.
Wed
June 3
7 Stakes Races
New York Showcase Day
- 6 NY-bred stakes
- Beverly R. Steinman (G1) Steeplechase
Thu
June 4
4 Stakes Races
- Belmont Gold Cup (G2)
- Intercontinental (G2)
- Pennine Ridge (G3)
- Jersey Girl
Fri
June 5
5 Stakes Races
- New York (G1)
- DK Horse Acorn (G1)
- Ogden Phipps (G1) pres. by Ford
- Bed o' Roses (G2) pres. by Boldyn Networks
- Wonder Again (G2) pres. by Shift4
Sat
June 6
7 Stakes Races
Belmont Stakes Day
- Belmont Stakes (G1) pres. by NYRA Bets (7:04pm ET)
- Resorts World Casino Manhattan (G1)
- Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap (G1)
Sun
June 7
2 Stakes Races
- Poker (G3)
- Soaring Softly (G3)
