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Traditionally held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, the famed track’s meet was relocated to the iconic Saratoga Race Course due to a $455 million renovation at Belmont Park. The distance of ...
The 2024 Belmont Stakes was the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes and the first time the event took place at Saratoga Race Course, due to renovations at Belmont Park. [1] The 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres) race was won by upset Dornoch (17-1) with a time of 2:01.64.
Belmont Park is run at the marathon 1 ½-mile distance around the largest racing oval in America. Saratoga Race Course, by comparison, is a shorter distance at 1 ¼ miles, the same as the Kentucky ...
Rumors of the race coming to Saratoga emerged when the New York Racing Association scheduled $455 million renovations for Belmont Park in 2024-25 and needed a new place to host the final leg of ...
Before the 2024 reconstruction, racing at Belmont Park was conducted in two annual installments, or "meetings". The "spring-summer meeting" usually began on the Thursday or Friday of the week before the Kentucky Derby in April and lasts through the first or second Sunday in July, depending on the start of the Saratoga meet that follows.
The 156th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes is Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... New Jerseyan and horse racing commentator with 14,000 followers on X. 9.
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. [2] It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), [3] Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).
The shortened distance that will come with this venue change — going from the traditional 1 1/2 miles at Belmont Park to 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga — marks the first time the Belmont Stakes will ...