The New York Racing Association Jan. 10 released its stakes schedule for the 2018 spring/summer meet at Belmont Park, which features 62 stakes races worth $19.3 million for the 54-day meet.
Live racing will begin at Belmont April 27 and is anchored by the 150th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) June 9. The longest leg of the Triple Crown will serve as the centerpiece of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, from June 7-9, that has 18 stakes worth more than $9.4 million.
The 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes will bring down the curtain on three days of top-class racing. The "Test of the Champion" will be supported by eight additional graded stakes June 9, including five grade 1 events: the $1.2 million Metropolitan Handicap at a mile, the $1 million Woodford Reserve Manhattan at 1 1/4 miles on turf, the $750,000 Ogden Phipps for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles, the $700,000 Longines Just A Game for turf fillies and mares, and the $700,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies at a mile.
Contributing to the Belmont Stakes day undercard will be the $400,000 Woody Stephens (G2) for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs, the $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational (G2) for 4-year-olds and up older 1 1/2 miles, the $400,000 Jaipur Invitational (G2T) for 4-years-old and older at six furlongs, and the $150,000 Easy Goer for sophomores at 1 1/16 miles.
The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will begin June 7, with a trio of stakes for fillies and mares: the $200,000 Intercontinental (G3T) going seven furlongs; the $200,000 Wonder Again (G3T) for sophomores at 1 1/8 miles, and the $150,000 Astoria for 2-year-olds going 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track.
The festival continues June 8 with five more stakes, topped by the $600,000 New York (G2T) for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles, the $250,000 True North (G2) for older sprinters, and the $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational (G2T) at two miles.
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DATE |
RACE |
GR. |
'18 PURSE |
AGE |
DISTANCE |
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Fri., Apr. 27 |
Affirmed Success (NYB) |
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$100,000 |
4&UP |
6 Furlongs |
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Sat., Apr. 28 |
Elusive Quality |
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$125,000 |
4&UP |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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Sun., Apr. 29 |
License Fee |
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$125,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
6 Furlongs (T) |
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Fri., May 4 |
Flat Out |
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$100,000 |
4&UP |
1 3/8 |
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Kentucky Derby Day |
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Sat., May 5 |
Sheepshead Bay |
II |
$200,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 3/8 (Turf) |
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Sat., May 5 |
Westchester |
III |
$200,000 |
4&UP |
1 Mile |
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Sat., May 5 |
Fort Marcy |
III |
$150,000 |
4 & UP |
1 1/8 (Turf) |
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Sun., May 6 |
Ruffian |
II |
$250,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 Mile |
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Man o' War Stakes Festival |
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Sat., May 12 |
Man o' War |
I |
$700,000 |
4&UP |
1 3/8 (Turf) |
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Sat., May 12 |
Peter Pan |
III |
$350,000 |
3YO |
1 1/8 |
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Sat., May 12 |
Beaugay |
III |
$200,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 1/16 (Turf) |
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Sat., May 12 |
Vagrancy |
III |
$200,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
6 1/2 Furlongs |
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Sat., May 12 |
Runhappy |
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$150,000 |
4&UP |
6 Furlongs |
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Sun., May 13 |
Gold Fever |
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$100,000 |
3YO |
6 Furlongs |
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Preakness Day |
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Sat., May 19 |
Soaring Softly |
III |
$100,000 |
F3YO |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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Sat., May 26 |
Paradise Creek |
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$100,000 |
3YO |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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New York Showcase Day |
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Mon., May 28 |
Commentator (NYB) |
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$200,000 |
3&UP |
1 Mile |
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Mon., May 28 |
Critical Eye (NYB) |
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$200,000 |
F&M 3&UP |
1 Mile |
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Mon., May 28 |
Kingston (NYB) |
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$125,000 |
3&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Mon., May 28 |
Mount Vernon (NYB) |
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$125,000 |
F&M 3&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Mon., May 28 |
Mike Lee (NYB) |
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$125,000 |
3YO |
7 Furlongs |
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Mon., May 28 |
Bouwerie (NYB) |
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$125,000 |
F3YO |
7 Furlongs |
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Sat., June 2 |
Pennine Ridge |
III |
$200,000 |
3YO |
1 1/8 (Turf) |
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival |
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Thurs., June 7 |
Intercontinental |
III |
$200,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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Thurs., June 7 |
Wonder Again |
III |
$200,000 |
F3YO |
1 1/8 (Turf) |
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Thurs., June 7 |
Astoria |
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$150,000 |
F2YO |
5 1/2 Furlongs |
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Fri., June 8 |
New York |
II |
$600,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 1/4 (Turf) |
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Fri., June 8 |
Belmont Gold Cup Invitational |
II |
$400,000 |
4&UP |
2 Miles (Turf) |
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Fri., June 8 |
True North |
II |
$250,000 |
4&UP |
6 1/2 Furlongs |
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Fri., June 8 |
Bed o' Roses Invitational |
III |
$250,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
7 Furlongs |
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Fri., June 8 |
Tremont |
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$150,000 |
2YO |
5 1/2 Furlongs |
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Sat., June 9 |
Belmont Stakes |
I |
$1,500,000 |
3YO |
1 1/2 |
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Sat., June 9 |
Metropolitan Handicap |
I |
$1,200,000 |
3&UP |
1 Mile |
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Sat., June 9 |
Woodford Reserve Manhattan |
I |
$1,000,000 |
4&UP |
1 1/4 (Turf) |
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Sat., June 9 |
Ogden Phipps |
I |
$750,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 1/16 |
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Sat., June 9 |
Acorn |
I |
$700,000 |
F3YO |
1 Mile |
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Sat., June 9 |
Longines Just A Game |
I |
$700,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Sat., June 9 |
Woody Stephens |
II |
$400,000 |
3YO |
7 Furlongs |
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Sat., June 9 |
Brooklyn Invitational |
II |
$400,000 |
4&UP |
1 1/2 |
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Sat., June 9 |
Jaipur Invitational |
II |
$400,000 |
4&UP |
6 Furlongs (T) |
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Sat., June 9 |
Easy Goer |
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$150,000 |
3YO |
1 1/16 |
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Sun., June 10 |
Jersey Girl |
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$150,000 |
F3YO |
6 Furlongs |
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Sat., June 16 |
Dancin Renee (NYB) |
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$100,000 |
F&M 3&UP |
6 Furlongs |
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Sun., June 17 |
Poker |
III |
$300,000 |
4&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Sat., June 23 |
Wild Applause |
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$100,000 |
F3YO |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Sun., June 24 |
NYSS Cupecoy's Joy Division |
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$100,000 |
F3YO |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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Sun., June 24 |
NYSS Spectacular Bid Division |
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$100,000 |
3YO |
7 Furlongs (T) |
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Sat., June 30 |
Mother Goose |
II |
$250,000 |
F3YO |
1 1/16 |
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Sat., June 30 |
Perfect Sting |
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$100,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Sun., July 1 |
Saginaw (NYB) |
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$100,000 |
4&UP |
1 1/16 |
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Wed., July 4 |
Manila |
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$100,000 |
3YO |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Fri., July 6 |
State Dinner |
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$100,000 |
4&UP |
1 1/16 |
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Stars & Stripes Festival |
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Sat., July 7 |
Belmont Derby Invitational |
I |
$1,200,000 |
3YO |
1 1/4 (Turf) |
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Sat., July 7 |
Belmont Oaks Invitational |
I |
$1,000,000 |
F3YO |
1 1/4 (Turf) |
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Sat., July 7 |
Suburban |
II |
$700,000 |
4&UP |
1 1/4 |
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Sat., July 7 |
Belmont Sprint Championship |
II |
$350,000 |
3&UP |
7 Furlongs |
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Sat., July 7 |
Dwyer |
III |
$300,000 |
3YO |
1 Mile |
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Sun., July 8 |
Victory Ride |
III |
$150,000 |
F3YO |
6 1/2 Furlongs |
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Sun., July 8 |
River Memories |
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$100,000 |
F&M 4&UP |
1 1/2 (Turf) |
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Sat., July 14 |
Forbidden Apple |
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$150,000 |
4&UP |
1 Mile (Turf) |
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Sat., July 14 |
Rockville Centre (NYB) |
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$100,000 |
2YO |
6 Furlongs |
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Sun., July 15 |
Lynbrook (NYB) |
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$100,000 |
F2YO |
6 Furlongs |
