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2024 Belmont Stakes odds, futures, horses
Prg #HorseOdds
1Seize the Grey8-1
2Resilience10-1
3Mystik Dan5-1
4Wine Steward15-1
6 more rows
Jun 8, 2024
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New York Racing Association
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Where Is the Belmont Stakes? This Year's Location and the Race's History (2024)

Even though the Belmont Stakes has become the flagship race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, the race has been run at multiple venues around the state of New York, mostly in or near New York City.

However, that will change for 2024 and 2025. The New York Racing Association is rebuilding Belmont, meaning they cannot race at the track. So, for these two years, the Belmont Stakes will be run upstate at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

But, did you know that this is not the first time the Belmont has been run somewhere other than its namesake racetrack? Let's learn the history of the tracks that have hosted the Belmont Stakes over the years.

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Belmont Stakes Venue History

Though it is now a mid-June feature and the final leg of the series, the Belmont Stakes predates the concept of an American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing. In fact, it is the oldest of the Triple Crown races. It was first run in 1867: six years before the first Preakness Stakes, eight years before the first Kentucky Derby, and 30 years before the opening of Belmont Park.

Jerome Park

Jerome Park was a racetrack that opened in 1866 in a section of Westchester County, New York, land that has since been annexed as part of the Bronx. The Belmont Stakes was first run the next year, in 1867. It makes sense that a feature race at Jerome would have taken its name from Thoroughbred owner and financier August Belmont, Sr.: after all, Belmont founded Jerome Park along with Leonard Walter Jerome, the grandfather of Winston Churchill.

That very first Belmont Stakes was won by the great filly Ruthless, still one of only three fillies to win the race. Other Hall of Fame inductees to win the Belmont Stakes during its Jerome Park days include Harry Bassett (1871), Duke of Magenta (1878), and Hanover (1887).

The last running of the Belmont Stakes at Jerome Park happened in 1889. The property was condemned by New York City in order to build the Jerome Park Reservoir, which was necessary to hold enough water to support the area’s burgeoning population.

Morris Park

The end of Jerome Park was not the end of the Belmont Stakes, however. Starting with the 1890 edition, it was contested at Morris Park. Like Jerome Park, Morris Park was on Westchester County land that is part of the present-day Bronx. The racetrack, opened in 1889 to cover for the planned closure of Jerome Park, hosted the Belmont Stakes from 1890 through 1904.

Morris Park has the distinction of being the only racetrack to host two of what are now considered the American Triple Crown races in the same year. In 1890, the Preakness and the Belmont were run on the same day.

The 1890 Preakness Stakes was the only time a race recognized as one of the American three-year-old classics allowed older horses: that race was a handicap for ages three and up. Four horses between ages four and eight ran, with five-year-old Montague prevailing in dominant fashion. The 1890 Belmont, run on the same day, was limited to sophomores and was won by Burlington.

Two horses who are now in the Hall of Fame won the Belmont Stakes during its Morris Park days: Henry of Navarre (1894) and Commando (1901).

Into the early 1900s, Morris Park became a less fashionable place for high society. Attendance was falling, and excitement was shifting to a new racetrack being built further down Long Island. The final edition of the Belmont Stakes at Morris Park was run in 1904.

Belmont Park

August Belmont, Jr., son of the co-founder of Jerome Park, co-founded Belmont with William C. Whitney, another scion of a New York family famous for its involvement in Thoroughbred racing. The track in Elmont, New York, which opened in 1905, has been one of America’s showpiece tracks for almost 120 years.

The first-ever edition of the Belmont Stakes at the new Belmont course turned out to be one of the most historically significant ones. In 1905, Tanya, who had been bred by William C. Whitney, became only the second filly to win the race.

Many of the horses synonymous with the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown raced here. All 13 Triple Crown champions, starting with Sir Barton in 1919 all the way through Justify in 2018, completed their sweeps at Belmont. Other highlights among Belmont winners at its longest-running home include the great Man O’ War (1920), fan favorite and important sire Northern Dancer (1953), modern-day super-sire A. P. Indy (1992), and the filly Rags to Riches (2007), who nosed out the great Curlin.

Belmont remains the traditional home of the Belmont Stakes. Even though it has occasionally been contested at other tracks during this phase of its history due to construction projects, the third jewel of the Triple Crown has always made it back home to the track that shares its name.

Aqueduct Racetrack

The brief stint of the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs will not be its first move to another track due to renovations. From 1963 through 1967, during a rebuilding of the grandstand at Belmont, the third jewel of the Triple Crown was held at Aqueduct, in the heart of Queens.

One Hall of Fame inductee won the Belmont during its stint at Aqueduct: the great Damascus, who won in 1967. The first winner during the Aqueduct years, Chateaugay (1963), went on to be named three-year-old champion.

The Belmont Stakes returned to its traditional home at Belmont in 1968, when the facility had been rebuilt.

Saratoga Race Course

The 2024 Belmont Stakes will be the first edition of the race that will be held outside of the New York City metropolitan area. Though most of the racing at Belmont has been relocated to Aqueduct during the current grandstand renovation project, NYRA has moved the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs for 2024 and 2025. Instead of being near New York City, Saratoga Springs is upstate, about a 40-minute drive north of Albany.

Because of the configuration of the Saratoga dirt course, the Belmont Stakes cannot be run at its traditional 1 ½-mile distance in 2024 or 2025. Instead, the race will be contested at 1 ¼ miles, a distance the Saratoga dirt track can support without placing the starting gate on a turn.

The Belmont grandstand project is expected to be finished in time for the final race of the Triple Crown to move back south to its traditional Belmont Park home in 2026.

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Where Is the Belmont Stakes? This Year's Location and the Race's History (2024)

FAQs

Where Is the Belmont Stakes? This Year's Location and the Race's History? ›

The Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown, has been moved to Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, because of renovations underway at Belmont Park. Saratoga Springs is about 200 miles north of Belmont Park.

Where are the Belmont Stakes located? ›

Why is Saratoga hosting the Belmont? ›

The move was necessitated by a $455 million makeover and modernization of Belmont Park, a grand old racetrack on Long Island, which is scheduled to reopen in 2026. But it also offers the opportunity to end what has been an exciting and casualty-free Triple Crown series on a graceful note.

Where are the 2024 Belmont Stakes being held? ›

The 2024 Belmont Stakes was the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes and the first time the event took place at Saratoga Race Course, due to renovations at Belmont Park. The 11⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres) race was won by upset Dornoch (17-1) with a time of 2:01.64.

Where in the US is the race course Belmont Park located? ›

Belmont Park Racetrack | Elmont, NY 11003.

What were the odds of the winning horse in the Belmont Stakes 2024? ›

2024 Belmont Stakes odds, futures, horses
Prg #HorseOdds
1Seize the Grey8-1
2Resilience10-1
3Mystik Dan5-1
4Wine Steward15-1
6 more rows
Jun 8, 2024

Where is the Preakness race held? ›

The Preakness Stakes are the Middle Jewel — aka the second race — of the Triple Crown series of horse racing in America. The race is held in Baltimore, Maryland on the third Saturday of every May at the Pimlico Race course.

What is the payout for the Belmont Stakes in 2024? ›

The 2024 Preakness Stakes, meanwhile, featured the same purse ($2 million) and first-place prize ($1.2 million) as this year's Belmont.

Who won the Belmont Stakes 2024 today? ›

Dornoch wins 2024 Belmont Stakes – NBC10 Philadelphia.

How old are the horses that run in the Belmont Stakes? ›

By the time the race is run, the three-year-old Thoroughbred horses that compete in it have fully matured, and the field of competitors has been weeded out so that only the very best of the crop compete, which is why the field is usually the smallest of the three Triple Crown races.

How much does it cost to go to the Belmont race? ›

You can find the various pricing options available through the Belmont Stakes website, which then redirects to Ticketmaster. There, general admission tickets are currently going for $64.35, or $55 before fees.

Who owns the Belmont race Track? ›

New York Racing Association

Where is the oldest horse racing track in USA? ›

The oldest racetrack in the United States is Freehold Raceway in New Jersey. It opened in the 1830s but races harness horses (standard breds) not Thoroughbreds. For many the answer to this question would be Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.

What is the distance of the preakness? ›

How long is the Preakness Stakes? The Preakness Stakes race is 1 3/16 miles (9.5 furlongs) long. This distance was established in 1925.

Is there a horse buried at Belmont? ›

At around 9 p.m. on July 7, 1975, after the day's races concluded at Belmont Park, Ruffian's remains were buried in a private ceremony in the infield.

Why is the Belmont shorter this year? ›

The race has been moved because of renovations at Belmont Park. It has been shortened from 1½ miles to 1¼ miles because of the difference in track circumference.

What is the prize money for the Belmont Stakes? ›

2024 Belmont Stakes prize money

The total purse for the 2024 Belmont Stakes is $2 million. The Preakness Stakes also had a $2 million purse, while the Kentucky Derby's was set at $5 million.

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