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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$110,000
Allowance Optional Claiming
5 1/2F
Turf
Fast
6:04p 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, 125 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 Five and One Half Furlongs on the Main Track). (Rail at 18 feet).
TimeformUS
David Aragona | @HorseToWatch
6 - 15 - 16 - 4
Talking Horses
Andy Serling | @AndySerling
16 - 6 - 4 - 15
Talking Horses
Maggie Wolfendale | @MaggieWolfndale
6 - 16 - 4 - 3
Hablan Los Caballos
Darwin Vizcaya | @DarwinVizcaya_
13 - 14 - 15 - 16
Owners
1 -
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
2 -
Donna Wright
3 -
Patrick O' Sullivan
4 -
Rice, Linda and Celebration Thoroughbreds
5 -
GMP Stables LLC
6 -
A. Bianco Holding Limited
7 -
America's Pastime Stables and Kantarmaci, Ilkay
8 -
Penn and Bradley Racing
9 -
Commonwealth Stable and Weaver, George
10 -
Staudacher, David and Paradise Farms Corp.
11 -
Frank Fiumera
12 -
John C. Oxley
13 -
Flying P Stable
14 -
WellSpring Stables
15 -
Heart of a Warrior Racing
16 -
Goldfarb, Sanford J., Final Turn Racing Stable LLC and Kahn, Alan
Breeders
1 -
Tami Bobo & Milan Kosanovich
2 -
Parks Investment Group, LLC
3 -
Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
4 -
James D. Spry
5 -
Three Chimneys Farm, LLC
6 -
Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman
7 -
Siena Farms LLC
8 -
Barry Becker & Judith Becker
9 -
Lambholm South & Distorted HumorSyndicate
10 -
Barronstown Stud
11 -
Frank G. Fiumera
12 -
Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
13 -
Brenda K. Jones
14 -
Dark Hollow Farm
15 -
Twin Creeks Farm
16 -
Gage Hill Stables, LLC & W. S. Farish
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)
