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, May 29th. A number of local charities will benefit through the following events which are open to the public:
May 29
Elmont 2010 Belmont Stakes Festival
Parade
10:00am
Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont
Family Fun Day sponsored by the Elmont Chamber of Commerce
Noon
Alva T. Stanforth Recreation Center
700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont
516-354-5280
Northeast Equine Expo at Belmont Park on May 29 and 30
10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Click here for more information on this event
May 30
Elmont Community Day at Belmont Park
Noon
Festival Tent
Featuring the running of The Elmont
Admission sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Northeast Equine Expo at Belmont Park on May 29 and 30
10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Click here for more information on this event
June 3
Queens Go Red For Women Luncheon to benefit the American Heart Association
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Russo's On The Bay
Howard Beach, NY
718-843-5055
June 3
Belmont Bash to benefit The Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation and The Backstretch Employee Services Team of New York, Inc. (B.E.S.T.)
7 pm – 11pm Cocktails, Dinner, Dancing and Auction
The Garden City Hotel
45 Seventh Street
Garden City, NY
212-521-5305 Nancy Kelly (The Jockey Club)
718-659-2262 Joanne Adams (NYRA)
Walt Whitman Benefit Gala to benefit Walt Whitman Birthplace Association’s Champions of Literacy Awards
7 pm – 11 pm
Oheka Castle
Huntington, NY
631-427-5240
June 4
Floral Park Belmont Festival
5-9pm
Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, NY
Garden City Belmont Festival
6-10pm
Seventh Street, Garden City, NY
June 5
142nd Running of the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Park
Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, NY
Floral Park Art League
10am – 4pm
Exhibit to Celebrate Horse Racing
Memorial Park
Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, NY
June 6
Floral Park Art League
10am – 4pm
Exhibit to Celebrate Horse Racing
Memorial Park
Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, NY
1pm
Awards Ceremony (Joanne K. Adams, NYRA’s Director of Community Relations, to present the award to the winner)