MEDIA ADVISORY: Deadline for Belmont Stakes Racing Festival media credential applications extended until May 22

Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the lucrative purse schedule for the four-day 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course, slated for Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9.

Pat McKenna

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced it is providing 25 local nonprofit organizations with a reserved picnic table for each day of the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course from June 6-9.

Brian Bouyea

Throughout its remarkable history, the Belmont Stakes has been defined in large part by the celebrated traditions of its distance, location, and stature. At 1 1/2-miles on the dirt at the iconic Belmont Park, the race matured into an American institution as the third jewel in the famed Triple Crown series. A deep dive into the Belmont’s archives, however, reveals an event with a legacy that has experienced significant changes to many of its characteristics since the inaugural edition in 1867.

Pat McKenna

​The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the addition of the Grade 1, $150,000 Beverly R. Steinman, a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase event for older horses to be contested Sunday, June 9 as part of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.

Pat McKenna, Mark Bardack

​The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that reserved tables in the Saratoga Race Course picnic paddock will be sold exclusively through a random drawing for Belmont Stakes Day on Saturday, June 8.

Pat McKenna, Mark Bardack

​The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today highlighted ticket opportunities for the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course in June to allow for the uninterrupted construction of a new Belmont Park.