The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has announced that the 2026 Belmont Stakes Races will take place right here in Saratoga, NY on Saturday, June 6th, 2026! The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will be held, with Opening Day beginning on June 3rd, and the race taking place on June 6th, 2026, and the last day of the festival occurring on June 7th, 2026.
As in 2025, NYRA will raise the curtain on the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with an Opening Day dedicated to New York-breds on Wednesday, June 3. The special New York Showcase Day program will offer six $200,000 events exclusively for horses foaled in the Empire State, including the Mike Lee, the Bouwerie, the Commentator, the Critical Eye, the Kingston and the Mount Vernon.
A blockbuster Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga awaits fans on Saturday, June 6, with a program to include six Grade 1 events among seven graded stakes headlined by the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets and featuring the Grade 1, $1 million Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap; the Grade 1, $1 million Resorts World Casino Manhattan; the Grade 1, $500,000 Jaipur; the Grade 1, $500,000 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun; the Grade 1 $500,000 Just a Game presented by Resolute Racing and the Grade 3, $400,000 True North.
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