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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Off-Air
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$110,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
1 1/16M
Turf
Good
8:04p at
Belmont Stakes
(UP TO $19,140 NYSBFOA) FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD 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 $50,000. 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 $50,000 (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).
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
10 - 16 - 14 - 15
Talking Horses
Sara Elbadwi | @OutrunTheOdds
16 - 14
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
16 - 10
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
14 - 16 - 10
Owners
1 -
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Searles, Peter and Searles, Patty
2 -
Amo Racing USA
3 -
Sackatoga Stable
4 -
Stuart S. Janney III
5 -
Lindy Farms and Greathorse Racing
6 -
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
7 -
Edward A. Childs
8 -
Joseph A. Hinkhouse
9 -
Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B.
10 -
CHC, Inc.
11 -
Glen Hill Farm
12 -
Funbelly Stables, LLC
13 -
AJ Suited Racing Stable, LLC, Blieden, Mark and Taste of Victory Stables LLC
14 -
Final Turn Racing Stable LLC and PlayingTheField Racing
15 -
Novak Stable, Inc.
16 -
Paterpop Racing and Penn, John B.
Breeders
1 -
Ronald L. Bowden Living Trust
2 -
Springbank Way Stud
3 -
Camas Park Stud
4 -
Stuart S. Janney, III LLC
5 -
Woods Edge Farm, LLC
6 -
Peter Lamantia & Greg Ramsby
7 -
Grassroots Training and Sales LLC
8 -
Joseph Hinkhouse
9 -
Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider
10 -
Saintsbury Farms Inc.
11 -
Glen Hill Farm
12 -
Joe Parker
13 -
PTK, LLC
14 -
Frank Fletcher
15 -
Springhouse Farm & Ben McElroy
16 -
Marshall Gramm & Clay Sanders
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)
