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.
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Channel 2
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$82,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
1 1/16M
Turf
Good
4:57p at
Belmont Stakes
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD FOALED IN NEW YORK STATE AND APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE-BRED REGISTRY WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $20,000 TWICE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING OR STARTER OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON THREE RACES OR OPTIONAL CLAIMING PRICE OF $45,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Other Than Claiming Or Starter In 2025 Allowed 2 lbs. Claiming Price $45,000 (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).
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
7 - 3 - 9 - 5
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
3 - 7 - 9 - 8
Talking Horses
Maggie Wolfendale | @MaggieWolfndale
9 - 6 - 7 - 5
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
7
Owners
1 -
Kantarmaci, Ilkay, Zilla Racing Stables and Black Jack Racing, LLC
1A -
Kantarmaci, Ilkay, Sport of Kings Racing Partners LLC and Five Horsemen Stables
2 -
Niall J. Brennan
3 -
Goodman, Gerald and Pregman, Jr., John S.
4 -
Anton Sylvester Racing and Parker, Joseph G.
5 -
Pantofel Stable LLC, Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary
6 -
Dixon, Linda K. and Alejandro, Hector M.
7 -
Adelphi Racing Club, Hume, Shelly, Hume, Russell and Cutair Racing
8 -
Sackatoga Stable
9 -
Saratoga Ten General Partner
10 -
Team Penney Racing
11 -
Anthony, George, Roman, Lawrence P., CT Racing and Greenberg, Michael F.
Breeders
1 -
Sequel Stallions New York LLC
1A -
Milfer Farm Inc.
2 -
Niall Brennan Stables
3 -
Lawrence Goichman
4 -
Sequel Stallions New York, Twin Creeks& Eisaman Farms NY, LLC
5 -
Alan Quartucci & Sebastian Varney
6 -
Wasabi Ventures Stables LLC, MichaelSlezak, Bruce Wells, Karla Wells, et al.
7 -
Team Millennium Stable
8 -
SF Bloodstock, LLC
9 -
Anne Morgan & Cheavaux Racing
10 -
Moni Market Breeders & M & M Equine
11 -
Hidden Lake Farm LLC
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)
