The 157th Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Saratoga Race Course—a change from its usual location at Belmont Park due to renovations. This year’s Belmont concludes a dramatic Triple Crown season, as fans and bettors anticipate the decisive showdown between Kentucky Der...
The 157th Belmont Stakes is set for Saturday, June 7, 2025 with post time scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET, at Saratoga Race Course. While the Belmont traditionally takes place at Belmont Park in New York, this year’s edition will unfold at Saratoga due to renovations. For horse racing fans in North Car...
Three horses share the shortest margin of victory in Belmont Stakes history, winning by a nose – Granville beat Mr. Bones in 1936; Jaipur beat Admiral’s Voyage in 1962; Victory Gallop beat Real Quiet in 1998, and Creator prevailed over Destin in 2016. There have been a number of head decisions, ...
The 157th Belmont Stakes takes place on Saturday, June 7, 2025; Post time is set for 6:45 p.m. ET at Saratoga Race Course, wrapping up this year’s Triple Crown journey with a mile-and-a-half battle that promises fireworks. Traditionally held at Belmont Park, this year’s relocation to Saratoga ad...
The 157th Belmont Stakes is set for Saturday, June 7, 2025, with a post time scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET at Saratoga Race Course, marking the dramatic conclusion to this year’s Triple Crown season. Horse racing has a strong foothold in Florida, thanks to tracks like Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Do...
Of the leading trainers in Belmont Stakes history, only one has previously saddled a winner, Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher. Of his four previous winners, one was Rags to Riches, who is one of only three fillies in history to have ever captured the third Jewel of the Triple Crown. This year, Pletcher w...
The first running of the Belmont Stakes was in 1867 and took place at Jerome Park on a Thursday. The first Belmont Stakes was 1 5/8 miles long, a distance not typically contested anymore in North America, and the conditions included: “$200 each; half forfeit, and $ 1,500 added. The second to...
It’s Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course! Let the races begin with rain in the forecast, and perhaps letting up by the time the 157th Belmont Stakes (G1) rolls around at about 7 p.m. ET. And don’t forget to bring your rain ponchos if you’re headed to the track, with the first post ...
As usual, storylines for a Triple Crown race are plentiful and the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) is no exception, even without a chance at racing immortality on the line. Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby (G1), the first leg of the Triple Crown, then skipped the second leg, the Preakness Stakes (G...
The racing world is still processing the recent death of Christophe Clement, one of the sport’s outstanding trainers of turf horses. The news of his passing was stunning in that his battle with cancer was a tightly-held secret among family and closest friends. The Frenchman carved quite a legacy, ...
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