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Belmont Stakes Day Crowd of 52,861 Wagers $9,021,196 on Track
A crowd of 52,861 wagered $9,021,196 on Belmont Stakes Day races, a 2 percent increase over $8,843,720 in 2007, the most recent year when a Triple Crown was not on the line. With an additional $615,895 wagered at Belmont on incoming simulcasts, ... Read the full article

$1 Million guaranteed Pick 4, Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. ­– The New York Racing Association, Inc. will offer both a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 6 and a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 4 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. The $1 million Pick 6, in which the player must ... Read the full article

Mine that Bird arrives for Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – After a smooth and uneventful flight from Louisville, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird arrived at Belmont Park just before 4 p.m. for his engagement in Saturday’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes. Trainer ... Read the full article

Belmont Stakes at Morton's Philanthropy Week
ELMONT, N.Y. – Enjoy great steak, fine wine, and make a difference at Morton’s, The Steakhouse, in Great Neck for the Belmont Stakes at Morton’s Philanthropy Week, June 1 through June 5. In celebration of the 141st running of the $1 million Belmo ... Read the full article

"Rachel" out of Belmont Stakes; Borel to ride "Bird"
ELMONT, N.Y. – Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra will skip the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, freeing jockey Calvin Borel to ride Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the 1½-mile “Test of the Champio ... Read the full article

Belmont Jockeys to visit Ronald McDonald House
ELMONT, N.Y. – As part of an annual tradition before Saturday’s 141st running of the Belmont Stakes, eight of the best-known riders in New York will visit the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island Thursday morning to mingle with children and their fam ... Read the full article

Brunch with the Brits on Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Racing fans at Belmont Park will be able to watch and wager on Europe's richest and most famous Classic, the Epsom Derby, as part of an outstanding morning card from the United Kingdom on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. Simul ... Read the full article

NYRA offers Transportation Option for Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. – On Thursday, May 4, 1905, Belmont Park opened. It was an historic day for another reason – the opening of the “Taj Mahal of Racing” also created the first traffic jam in Long Island’s history. But on Saturday, June 6, 2009, racing f ... Read the full article

2007 Belmont Stakes Entries
A field of only seven has been entered for the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday June 9. Although Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense won't be there, both Hard Spun and Curlin are back from the Derby and Preakness along with Kentucky Oak ... Read the full article

Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. -- William K. Warren’s Charitable Man, winner of the Grade 2 Peter Pan, will start in the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin confirmed Wednesday. “I spoke with Mr. Wa ... Read the full article

Jockeys across North America to recognize Rene Douglas, PDJF on Belmont Stakes Day
On Saturday, riders at racetracks across the U.S. and Canada will take part in a unified show of support for recently injured jockey Rene Douglas and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). Riders at Belmont Park and other racetracks will pa ... Read the full article

Free Admission for Women, Bracelet Giveaway for 'Rachel's' Belmont Debut
ELMONT, N.Y. – In honor of Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra’s Belmont Park debut in the 53rd renewal of the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes on Saturday, June 27, the New York Racing Association, Inc. will give away pink bracelets emboss ... Read the full article

Zito Pair works for Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Robert V. LaPenta’s Brave Victory and Miner’s Escape breezed a half-mile in company on the main track at Belmont Park Thursday morning as they prepped for a start in the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Satu ... Read the full article

2007 Belmont Stakes Contenders
There won't be a Triple Crown winner this year and it looks like Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will be absent, but Preakness winner and Derby third Curlin will again take on Derby runner-up and Preakness third Hard Spun. Several of the Derby hor ... Read the full article

Belmont Day Pick 6 Ticket pays nearly $1 Million
ELMONT, N.Y. – There was only one person who correctly selected the winners of all six graded stakes races for the Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6, resulting in a payout of $969,345. The lone winning ticket was put together by a Yo ... Read the full article

Rachel Alexandra arrives at Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – Following an uneventful flight from Louisville, Ky., Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra arrived safely at Belmont Park late Tuesday afternoon for her next start, Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. ... Read the full article

Calvin Borel Autograph signing Saturday at Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Calvin Borel, regular rider of Preakness and Mother Goose winner Rachel Alexandra, will autograph photos at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 4 from 2-2:45 p.m. Borel will sign 8x10 glossy, color copies of Rachel Alexandra from ... Read the full article

Charitable Man, Summer Bird, Dunkirk work for Belmont
ELMONT, N.Y. – It was a busy morning at Belmont Park for contenders for the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, with Charitable Man, Summer Bird, and Dunkirk all breezing on Belmont Park’s main track. Chari ... Read the full article

All Aboard MTA LIRR Trains to Belmont Park starting today!
They’re off! MTA Long Island Rail Road is running train service to Belmont Park for the rest of the thoroughbred-racing season at New York’s most famous racetrack, including the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes. Starting today, “Belmont Special ... Read the full article

World of Horses returns to Belmont May 24
ELMONT, N.Y. --One of the highlights of the Memorial Day weekend at Belmont Park is the return of the popular World of Horses on Sunday, May 24, which kicks off at 11:30 a.m. with a Parade of Breeds led by the Nassau County mounted police unit. Sh ... Read the full article