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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Off-Air
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$115,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
5 1/2F
Turf
Firm
12:56p at
Belmont Stakes
(UP TO $20,010 NYSBFOA) FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $20,000 TWICE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING, STARTER OR STATE BRED ALLOWANCE OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON THREE RACES OR OPTIONAL CLAIMING PRICE OF $75,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 125 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Other Than Claiming Or Starter In 2025 Allowed 2 lbs. Claiming Price $75,000 (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 Five and One Half Furlongs on the Main Track). (Rail at 18 feet).
Talking Horses
Jonathon Kinchen | @UTBigHair
7,3,1,8
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
6 - 3 - 4 - 8
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
3
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
Turf 1 - 3 - 5 - 8 Dirt 2 - 5 - 3 - 10
Owners
1 -
LC Racing LLC, Bonner, James and Reid, Jr., Robert E.
2 -
Flying P Stable
3 -
KatieRich Stables LLC, Connors, Christopher G. and Appel, Lawrence J.
4 -
Caruso, Michael J. and Dubb, Michael
5 -
Morplay Racing LLC, Rosedown Racing Stables LLC and Radcliffe, Kerri
6 -
R. Lee Lewis
7 -
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC
8 -
Mogauro, Jr., Patrick and Mogauro, James
9 -
Gary Barber
10 -
Alpha Phi Delta Racing
11 -
Gatsas Stables and Schoenfeld, Steven
Breeders
1 -
St. Omer's Farm
2 -
Overbrook Farm
3 -
KatieRich Farms, Chris Connors & LarryAppel
4 -
Larry Goichman
5 -
Spendthrift Farm LLC
6 -
Parks Investment Group, LLC
7 -
Spendthrift Farm LLC
8 -
Harold L. Queen
9 -
Endeavor Farm
10 -
Barry R. Ostrager
11 -
Highclere, Inc.
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)
