The 158th Belmont Stakes (G1) day June 6—contested at Saratoga Race Course for a 3rd consecutive 12 months and the ultimate time earlier than Belmont Park ‘s reopening—noticed $116,077,378 in all-sources deal with on its 14-race card.
That determine was up 14% from the $101,861,883 wagered final 12 months on a shortened 12-race program, which noticed two of its marquee turf races, the Jaipur (G1T) and Manhattan (G1T) stakes, moved to the next day due to heavy rain.Â
The primary 12 months (2023) the third leg of the Triple Crown was contested on the upstate New York observe, all-sources deal with reached $125.7 million on the 14-race card.
Regardless of some showery climate to start out the cardboard and a short burst of rain earlier than the horses reached the beginning gate for the Belmont Stakes, the skies have been usually partly cloudy all through the day, however the humidity was excessive.Â
This 12 months’s attendance of 46,128 was solely barely beneath final 12 months’s introduced crowd of 46,243. The preliminary 12 months the Belmont Stakes was run at Saratoga, 50,000 have been in attendance.Â
On-track deal with for the Belmont Stakes day card, which included six grade 1 races amongst seven graded stakes, was $13,416,742, up 29% from the $10,440,740 in 2025. All-sources deal with for the Belmont Stakes itself, which was carded as race 13 of 14, was $50,876,383, a dip of 8% from final 12 months’s $55,456,793.
The Belmont Stakes will return to Lengthy Island subsequent 12 months on the reimagined Belmont Park, which is able to open its doorways for the primary time Sept. 18.
The Belmont Stakes Racing Pageant concludes June 7 with an 11-race card, highlighted by a pair of graded races, the Poker Stakes (G3T) and Hovering Softly Stakes (G3T). First put up is 12:05 p.m. ET.
