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.

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2026 Schedule of Stakes Races VIEW SCHEDULE

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The live stream will be available here during the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.

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America's Day at the Race

Channel 2

May 2025

Race 3

$82,000 Allowance Optional Claiming

1 1/16M

Turf

Muddy

2:13p at Belmont Stakes

Exacta ($1), Trifecta (.50), Super (.10), Double ($1) 3 & 4, Pick 3 ($1) (3-5), Pick 6 ($1) (3-8)

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).