Belmont Stakes Festival Week
The third leg of the Triple Crown offers Long Island’s local communities an opportunity to celebrate!
This year’s week long celebration begins with the Elmont Belmont Stakes parade on Saturday, June 4th. A number of local charities will benefit through the following events which are open to the public:
June 4
Elmont 2011 Belmont Festival
Parade
11 a.m.
Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, NY
Elmont Community Day at Belmont Park
Noon
Featuring the running of The Elmont
BEST BETS sponsored by NYRA for Elmont residents
Admission sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union for Elmont residents
June 9
Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration to benefit The Jockey Club Foundation and the Backstretch Employee Services Team (“B.E.S.T.”)
7pm – 10 pm
The New York Public Library
Cocktails and Hors d’ oeuvres
Business Attire
212-521-5305 Nancy Kelly (The Jockey Club)
June 10
Floral Park Belmont Festival
5pm – 9 pm
Tulip Avenue, Floral Park
Garden City Belmont Festival
6pm – 10 pm
Seventh Street, Garden City
June 11
143rd Running of the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Park
Elmont, NY
Floral Park Art League
10 am – 4 pm
Exhibit to Celebrate Horse Racing
Memorial Park
Floral Park, NY
June 12
Jeremy Iron’s 190 Mile WALK from Belmont Park to Saratoga Race Course to Benefit the Belmont Child Care Association and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
10 am
Belmont Park
Elmont, NY
Floral Park Art League
10am – 4pm
Exhibit to Celebrate Horse Racing
Memorial Park
Floral Park, NY
Awards ceremony at 1 pm (Joanne K. Adams, NYRA’s Director of Community Relations, to present the award to the winner)
