“Start spreadin’ the news”! The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is making “a brand-new start of it” during the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at historic Saratoga Race Course with an Opening Day dedicated to New York-breds on Wednesday, June 4.
Admission gates open at 11 a.m. with first post scheduled for 12:40 p.m.
Highlighted by the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 7, the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will be conducted at Saratoga Race Course from Wednesday, June 4 through Sunday, June 8. The festival will include 27 stakes races with purses totaling $11,275,000, the richest purses and highest number of stakes offered since the launch of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in 2014…