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Belmont Park Racetrack
Main Course: 1 1/2 Miles
Last Turn to Finish on Main Track: 1,097 feet
Widener Turf Course: 1 5/16 Miles
Inner Turf Course: 1 3/16 Miles
Attendance Capacity: 85,000 – 90,000
Parking Capacity: 18,500 Cars
Trackside Dining: 2,300
Total Seating Capacity: 32,941
| Spring/Summer 2017-18 Meet | ||||||
| Date | Race | Grade | Purse | Restrictions | Surface | Distance |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Empire Classic (NYB) | $300,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 1 1/8 | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Empire Distaff (NYB) | $250,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 1 1/16 | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Hudson (NYB) | $150,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 6 1/2 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Iroquois (NYB) | $150,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 6 1/2 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Maid of the Mist (NYB) | $250,000 | F2YO | Dirt | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Mohawk (NYB) | $200,000 | 3&UP | Turf | 1 1/16 | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Sleepy Hollow (NYB) | $250,000 | 2YO | Dirt | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Oct 21 | Ticonderoga (NYB) | $200,000 | F&M 3&UP | Turf | 1 1/16 | |
| Sunday, Oct 22 | English Channel | $100,000 | 3YO | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Oct 28 | Athenia | III | $200,000 | F&M 3&UP | Turf | 1 1/16 |
| Saturday, Oct 28 | Awad | $100,000 | 2YO | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Oct 28 | Bold Ruler | III | $200,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 7 Furlongs |
| Saturday, Oct 28 | Turnback the Alarm | III | $200,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 1 1/16 |
| Sunday, Oct 29 | Chelsey Flower | $100,000 | F2YO | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Sunday, Oct 29 | Pumpkin Pie | $100,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Friday, Apr 28 | Affirmed Success (NYB) | $100,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, Apr 29 | Elusive Quality | $150,000 | 4&UP | Turf |
7 Furlongs Turf
| |
| Sunday, Apr 30 | License Fee | $150,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 6 Furlongs | |
| Friday, May 05 | Vagrancy Handicap | III | $200,000 | F&M 4&UP | Dirt | 6 1/2 Furlongs |
| Saturday, May 06 | Fort Marcy | III | $150,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 1 1/8 |
| Saturday, May 06 | Sheepshead Bay | II | $200,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 3/8 |
| Saturday, May 06 | Westchester | III | $200,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 Mile |
| Sunday, May 07 | Diablo | $100,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Sunday, May 07 | Flat Out | $100,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 3/8 | |
| Saturday, May 13 | Beaugay | III | $150,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 1/16 |
| Saturday, May 13 | Man o’ War | I | $400,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 1 3/8 |
| Saturday, May 13 | Peter Pan | III | $200,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 1 1/8 |
| Saturday, May 13 | Ruffian | II | $250,000 | F&M 4&UP | Dirt | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, May 20 | Soaring Softly | $100,000 | F3YO | Turf | 7 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, May 27 | Paradise Creek | $100,000 | 3YO | Turf | 7 Furlongs | |
| Monday, May 29 | Bouwerie (NYB) | $125,000 | F3YO | Dirt | 7 Furlongs | |
| Monday, May 29 | Commentator (NYB)* | $200,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 1 Mile | |
| Monday, May 29 | Critical Eye (NYB) | $200,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 1 Mile | |
| Monday, May 29 | Kingston (NYB) | $125,000 | 3&UP | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Monday, May 29 | Mike Lee (NYB) | $125,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 7 Furlongs | |
| Monday, May 29 | Mount Vernon (NYB) | $125,000 | F&M 3&UP | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Jun 03 | Pennine Ridge | III | $200,000 | 3YO | Turf | 1 1/8 |
| Thursday, Jun 08 | Astoria | $150,000 | F2YO | Dirt | 5 1/2 | |
| Thursday, Jun 08 | Intercontinental | III | $250,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 7 Furlongs |
| Thursday, Jun 08 | Wonder Again | III | $200,000 | F3YO | Turf | 1 1/8 |
| Friday, Jun 09 | Bed O’ Roses Invitational | III | $250,000 | F&M 4&UP | Dirt | 7 Furlongs |
| Friday, Jun 09 | Belmont Gold Cup Invitational | III | $400,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 2 Miles |
| Friday, Jun 09 | New York Presented by NYRA Bets | II | $500,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 1/4 |
| Friday, Jun 09 | Tremont | $150,000 | 2YO | Dirt | 5 1/2 | |
| Friday, Jun 09 | True North | II | $250,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 6 Furlongs |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Acorn | I | $700,000 | F3YO | Dirt | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets | I | $1,500,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 1 1/2 |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Brooklyn Invitational | II | $400,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 1/2 |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Easy Goer | $150,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 1 1/16 | |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Jaipur Invitational | III | $300,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 6 Furlongs |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Longines Just a Game | I | $700,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap | I | $1,200,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Ogden Phipps | I | $750,000 | F&M 4&UP | Dirt | 1 1/16 |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Woodford Reserve Manhattan | I | $1,000,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 1 1/4 |
| Saturday, Jun 10 | Woody Stephens | II | $500,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 7 Furlongs |
| Sunday, Jun 11 | Jersey Girl | $150,000 | F3YO | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, Jun 17 | Dancin Renee (NYB) | $100,000 | F&M 3&UP | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Sunday, Jun 18 | Poker | III | $300,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, Jun 24 | Wild Applause | $100,000 | F3YO | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Sunday, Jun 25 | NYSS Cupecoy’s Joy | $100,000 | F3YO | Turf | 7 Furlongs | |
| Sunday, Jun 25 | NYSS Spectacular Bid | $100,000 | 3YO | Turf | 7 Furlongs | |
| Saturday, Jul 01 | Mother Goose | II | $250,000 | F3YO | Dirt | 1 1/16 |
| Saturday, Jul 01 | Perfect Sting | $100,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Sunday, Jul 02 | Saginaw (NYB) | $100,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 1/16 | |
| Monday, Jul 03 | State Dinner | $100,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 1/16 | |
| Tuesday, Jul 04 | Manila | $100,000 | 3YO | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Jul 08 | Belmont Derby Invitational | I | $1,200,000 | 3YO | Turf | 1 1/4 |
| Saturday, Jul 08 | Belmont Oaks Invitational | I | $1,000,000 | F3YO | Turf | 1 1/4 |
| Saturday, Jul 08 | Belmont Sprint Championship | II | $350,000 | 3&UP | Dirt | 7 Furlongs |
| Saturday, Jul 08 | Dwyer | III | $400,000 | 3YO | Dirt | 1 Mile |
| Saturday, Jul 08 | Suburban Handicap | II | $750,000 | 4&UP | Dirt | 1 1/4 |
| Sunday, Jul 09 | River Memories | $100,000 | F&M 4&UP | Turf | 1 1/2 | |
| Sunday, Jul 09 | Victory Ride | III | $150,000 | F3YO | Dirt | 6 1/2 Furlongs |
| Saturday, Jul 15 | Forbidden Apple | $150,000 | 4&UP | Turf | 1 Mile | |
| Saturday, Jul 15 | Rockville Centre (NYB) | $100,000 | 2YO | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
| Sunday, Jul 16 | Lynbrook (NYB) | $100,000 | F2YO | Dirt | 6 Furlongs | |
About Belmont Park Racetrack:
Where is Belmont Park – is a 430-acre racetrack in Elmont, N.Y. There are two race meetings at Belmont Park in 2012: the 56-day Spring/Summer meeting will be from April 27 to July 15; and the 37-day Fall Championship meeting will be from Sept. 8 to Oct. 28. Belmont Park is the home of the 144th Running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday June 9, 2012.
The $1,000,000 Belmont Stakes is the longest and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown series. And, as the third jewel in the Triple Crown, it can make or break a Triple Crown champion. History has proven that most three-year-olds are unaccustomed to the distance at Belmont Park, making it difficult for horses to maintain a winning speed for the duration of the race. Therefore, the positioning of the horse and the timing of the move to chase for the lead can be critical.
Belmont Park Facts:
The original Belmont track opened on May 4, 1905 but following two separate engineering surveys, Belmont’s grandstand/clubhouse were deemed unsafe and a new grandstand had to be built. In 1968 a new grandstand was built at the steep cost of $30.7 million, but considering it holds more racing fans than any other venue the price was right.
Belmont Park can hold 90,000 people and has a seating capacity of 32,941. Home to the elegant Garden Terrace Restaurant, a luxurious five-star restaurant with a seating size of 2,300, Belmont visitors can also treat themselves to some fine dining while taking in their favorite races. Belmont Park is often called one of the best-landscaped venues in American sports because of its stately backyard park (situated behind the grandstand) that includes a paddock where horses are saddled before each race.
Despite its beauty, its rich championship history is what makes Belmont Park one of the most important tracks in horse racing.
Secretariat’s 31-length victory at the 1973 Belmont Stakes still stands as the largest in the history of American Grade 1 stakes races. The win also set a world record (2:24 flat) not only for the winner of Belmont Stakes, but for the mile and a half (2.4 km) on dirt.
A 1950s advertisement for Belmont Park referred to its product as “America’s Greatest Racing,” a claim that wasn’t far off the mark then or now. Quite simply, Belmont’s importance in the American racing landscape is inestimable.
Located in Elmont, New York, a Long Island community on the border with the New York City borough of Queens, Belmont Park opened in 1905. From birth it was already one of the nation’s leading tracks, having inherited many of the great races introduced in the late 19th century at defunct New York tracks such as Jerome Park and Morris Park.
One of these was the Belmont Stakes which, like the track, was named in honor of the family of noted financier and sportsman August Belmont. Then as now, the Belmont was one of the most important events for three-year-olds in the country.
Today, the Belmont serves as the final leg of the American Triple Crown and is run every June, five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness. It’s slightly anachronistic distance of 1 1/2 miles is just one lap around Belmont Park’s main oval, which is the largest in the country.
With some exceptions, particularly in the mid-1960s when the track was closed for five years due to the reconstruction of its grandstand, Belmont Park has attracted virtually every Hall of Fame-worthy Thoroughbred at one time or another.
Early in its history, Belmont Park was routinely graced by the presence of Man o’ War, who many still consider as the last century’s best Thoroughbred. “Big Red” raced in an era when the track still conducted racing in a clockwise fashion, much like the great courses of Europe it was patterned after.
A half-century after Man o’ War came the second incarnation of “Big Red” – Secretariat – who turned in arguably the greatest performance in track history with a 31-length victory in the Belmont Stakes in the blazing time of 2:24.
Until the 1950s Belmont Park hosted races on the Widener chute, a straight 6 1/2-furlong course that ran diagonally across the main track. Racing ceased over that strip of ground when the popularity of grass racing instigated the laying out of two turf courses, both of which are larger than most of the nation’s dirt tracks.
When a Triple Crown sweep is on the line in the Belmont, crowds numbering in the six figures are common. Without a Triple Crown at stake, the size of the Belmont Day crowd can vary between 40,000 and 70,000, but remains the largest of the season. Due to the proliferation of off-track wagering and other factors, crowds on other major race days rarely exceed 10,000.
Belmont runs two meets a year: the spring/summer meet is highlighted by the Belmont Stakes, while the fall meet features a number of the sport’s most prestigious races that once served as championship deciders prior to the advent of the Breeders’ Cup.
Belmont Park was the host site for the Breeders’ Cup in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2005.
Belmont Stakes Players Pools of past Belmont events
Congratulations to all participants of Saturday`s TwinSpires Players` Pool. The total contributions for Saturday`s Players` Pool totaled $50,010 and the total return (after automatic tax witholdings) was $57,717.00. Winning returns will soon be applied to participant accounts. In addition, since there were no winning 6-of-6 Pick-6 tickets, there will be a $934,595.44 carryover for Wednesday`s Belmont racecard!
*** TwinSpires Players` Pool for next Wednesday`s Belmont racecard!!! ***
TwinSpires will once again have another Players Pool for the big $934,595.44 carryover at Belmont on Wednesday. This will be a serious wagering opportunity you will not want to miss. Stay tuned for upcoming details!
Listed below are Saturday`s Players Pool tickets:
BELMONT PICK-6 (Race#6 – #11)
Ticket Number 1
$2 Pick-6
# 1,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.40 to WIN
# 1,3,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.20 to WIN
# 3,6,8,9 : #3 Horse Paid $7.50 to WIN
# 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13 : #12 Horse Paid $81.00 to WIN
# 1,2,5,6,8,9
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 : #7 Horse Paid $28.00 to WIN
$23,040.00 : Six (6) 5-of-6 Consolation tickets RETURNED $19,080.00 total
Ticket Number 2
$2 Pick-6
# 1,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.40 to WIN
# 2,4
# 3,6,8,9 : #3 Horse Paid $7.50 to WIN
# 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13 : #12 Horse Paid $81.00 to WIN
# 1,9
# 5,6,9,10,11
$3,200.00
Ticket Number 3
$2 Pick-6
# 1,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.40 to WIN
# 1,3,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.20 to WIN
# 5,7,10
# 2,5,6,10,13
# 1,5,6,9
# 5,6,7,9,10,11 : #7 Horse Paid $28.00 to WIN
$4,320.00
Ticket Number 4
$2 Pick-6
# 2,3
# 1,3,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.20 to WIN
# 3,6,8,9 : #3 Horse Paid $7.50 to WIN
# 5,6,10,13
# 1,5,6,9
# 5,6,11
$2,304.00
Ticket Number 5
$2 Pick-6
#5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.40 to WIN
# 3,5 : #5 Horse Paid $4.20 to WIN
# 3,6,8,9 : #3 Horse Paid $7.50 to WIN
# 5,6,10,13
# 1,5,6,9
# 5,6,11
$768.00
BELMONT PICK-4 (Race#8 – #11)
Ticket Number 1
$1 Pick-4
# 3,5,6,7,8,9 : #3 Horse Paid $7.50 to WIN
# 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13 : #12 Horse Paid $81.50 to WIN
# 4,7,11 : #4 Horse Paid $44.80 to WIN
# 5,11
$360.00
BELMONT SUPERFECTA (Race #11)
Ticket Number 1
Ten 0.10 Superfectas ($1.00 total)
# 7,8,9,10,12
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 :
5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$1890.00: Each of 10 winning 0.10 tickets RETURNED $532.90 ($5,329.00 total)
Ticket Number 2
Ten 0.10 Superfectas ($1.00 total)
# 7,8,9,10,12
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 :
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$1890.00: Each of 10 winning tickets RETURNED $532.90 ($5,329.00 total)
Ticket Number 3
$3.00 Superfecta
# 11
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 :
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$2,160.00
Ticket Number 4
$1.00 Superfecta
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 :
# 11
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$720.00
Ticket Number 5
$1.00 Superfecta
# 11
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 :
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$720.00
Ticket Number 6
$5.00 Superfecta
# 5,11
# 5,6,11
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$1800.00: One winning $5.00 ticket RETURNED $19,985.00
Ticket Number 7
$5.00 Superfecta
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
# 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
$4,200.00
Ticket Number 8
$1.00 Superfecta
# 5,6,8,9,10,11,12
# 5,6,8,9,10,11,12
# 5,6,8,9,10,11,12
# 5,6,8,9,10,11,12
$840.00
Ticket Number 9
$1.00 Superfecta
# 4,6,7,9,10,11,12
# 4,6,7,9,10,11,12
# 4,6,7,9,10,11,12
# 4,6,7,9,10,11,12
$840.00
Ticket Number 9
$1.00 Superfecta
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,11
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,11
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,11
# 3,5,6,7,8,9,11
$840.00: One winning $1.00 ticketRETURNED $3,997.00
Ticket Number 10
$1.00 Superfecta
# 7
# 5,6,11
# 4,5,6,7,10,11
# 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
$108.00: One winning $1.00 ticket RETURNED $3,997.00
Ticket Number 11
$5.00 Superfecta
# 6
# 5,11
# 5,11
# 10
$10.00
The Final Players` Pool bankroll for Saturday`s Belmont (after automatic tax witholdings): $57,717.00