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The 148th running of the $1,500,000 Belmont Stakes (Grade I), is the third jewel of the Triple Crown, set for Saturday, June 11, 2016 at historic Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

What is the Belmont Stakes?

The 148th running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes comes our way on Saturday, June 11, 2016. The Belmont Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). It is the second leg of the US Triple Crown, with the Kentucky Derby preceding it and the Belmont Stakes following it. The horse must win all three races to win the Triple Crown.

The Belmont Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta, the state flower of Maryland) is traditionally placed around the winner's neck. With the exception of the Kentucky Derby, the attendance at the Belmont Stakes usually surpasses the attendance of all other North American stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the Kentucky Oaks.

When is the 2016 Belmont Stakes?

The 2016 Belmont Stakes is on Saturday, June 11

Where is the 2016 Belmont Stakes?

The 2016 Belmont Stakes is raced at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

Can I watch the 2016 Belmont Stakes?

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148th Running of the Belmont Stakes (GI)

Everybody is getting ready for Saturday, June 11th. Like last year, attendance has been capped at 90,000 for the 2016 Belmont Stakes. In 2015, history was made when we witnessed a Triple Crown victory by American Pharoah and Victor Espinoza.

The race, nicknamed The Test of the Champion & The Run for the Carnations, is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes, on a Saturday between June 5 and June 11.

The Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes will be the anchor of this year's three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, featuring 19 stakes races and nearly $10 million in purses.

The 2015 Belmont Stakes, which saw American Pharoah become just the 12th winner of horse racing's vaunted "Triple Crown" and the first in 37 years, was the highlight of the inaugural three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Generating more than $165 million in total wagering and attracting 100,749 fans during the three-day period, the festival was the most successful event in New York's long-storied history of thoroughbred horse racing.

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