SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The gates are open, and the 2025 Belmont Racing Festival has officially begun at the Saratoga Race Course. This will be the second year the Spa City has hosted the third leg ...

The Belmont Stakes hosted a rematch Saturday in New York of the top three finishing horses from the Kentucky Derby to close out horse racing's Triple Crown for 2025. Five weeks after Sovereignty won ...

It started like any other Monday at Long Island’s Belmont Park outside New York City. The weather was warming up as the annual spring horse racing season was winding down, tempting many workers to ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — The Belmont Stakes is set to be run at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York for a third consecutive year in 2026. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York Racing ...

The 2025 Belmont Stakes is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, which will be hosted at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York on Saturday. Nicknamed the "Test of the Champion", ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — It’s official. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will return to Saratoga Springs Race Course in 2026. In a press release, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York Racing ...

The five weeks of rest for Sovereignty ahead of the Belmont is in line with today's typical approach ahead of a stakes race for 3-year-olds or older horses. Mott said trainers have developed a comfort ...

The 2007 champion 3-year-old filly died due to the infirmities of old age. She became the first filly in 102 years to win the Belmont Stakes and was Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher's first American ...