NYRA Releases Post Times for Belmont Stakes Festival

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Horses break from the gate for the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

The New York Racing Association has announced post times for the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at historic Saratoga Race Course from Wednesday, June 4 through Sunday, June 8.

Highlighted by the 157th edition of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 7, the five-day 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will include 27 stakes races with purses totaling $11,275,000, the richest purses and highest number of stakes offered since the launch of the multi-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in 2014.

Post time for the 10-race programs on Wednesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 5 as well as Sunday, June 8 is 12:40 p.m. Eastern with admission gates open to the public at 11 a.m.

The 14-race program on Friday, June 6 will feature a post time of 11:40 a.m. with admission gates open to the public at 10 a.m.

On Saturday, June 7, post time for the 14-race Belmont Stakes Day program is 10:45 a.m. with admission gates open to the public at 9 a.m

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FOX will present live, on-site broadcast coverage of the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 7. America's Day at the Races will provide daily television coverage and analysis across the FOX Sports family of networks throughout the five-day Festival.

For additional information, and the complete Belmont Stakes Racing Festival stakes schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont-stakes/.