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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$82,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
1 1/16M
Turf
Muddy
2:13p at
Belmont Stakes
FOR FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD 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 9 feet).
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
1 - 11 - 10 - 2
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
11 - 10 - 2 - 1
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
1 - 10 - 11
Talking Horses
Greg Wolf | @RealGregWolf
11 - 1 - 10 - 2
Owners
1 -
Next Level Stables
2 -
Bella Cavello Stables, LLC
3 -
Hilly Fields Stable
4 -
Brockley, Thomas and Brockley, Daryn A.
5 -
Jan Durrschmidt
6 -
Crist, Steven, deRegt, Ken and Gleaves, Philip A.
7 -
NY Final Furlong Racing Stable, SunsetRidge Racing Stable and Sportsmen Stable
8 -
Alex Kazdan
9 -
Windylea Farm LLC
10 -
Winning Move Stable
11 -
Witte, John J. and Kernan, Jr., Morris E.
Breeders
1 -
Mina Equivest LLC
2 -
War Dancer LLC, Team Penney Racing &Carem Stables
3 -
Hilly Fields Stable
4 -
Thirty Year Farm
5 -
Janet Durrschmidt
6 -
Michelle Nevin & Godolphin
7 -
McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC
8 -
Carl Bennett
9 -
Windylea Farm-NY, LLC
10 -
Stonewall Farm
11 -
TLC Thoroughbreds 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)
