The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a selection of special wagers to be offered during the four-day 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to be held from Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9 at Saratoga Race Course.
Highlighted by the 156th edition of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 8, the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will include 24 stakes races with purses totaling $10.25 million, the highest purse levels and number of stakes offered since the launch of the multi-day Festival in 2014.
An array of two-day wagers is highlighted by the “All Dirt” Pick 6, which will open on Friday, June 7 and concludes with the 156th running of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 8. The “All Dirt” Pick 6 will feature a $1 base and low 15 percent takeout.
The “All Turf” two-day Pick 5 will offer a $0.50 base and 15 percent takeout, while the two-day Pick 4 will see a $2 base with 24 percent takeout.
Two-day “All Dirt” Pick 6
The two-day Pick 6 opens on Friday and continues Saturday, ending with a mandatory force out in the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets.
The sequence begins on Friday in Race 12 with the Grade 1, $500,000 DK Horse Acorn and continues Saturday with the Grade 2, $350,000 True North presented by F. W. Webb in Race 4; the Grade 2, $350,000 Suburban in Race 6; the Grade 1, $500,000 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun in Race 8; and the Grade 1, $1 million Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap in Race 10 before concluding with the Belmont Stakes in Race 12.
Two-day “All Turf” Pick 5
The two-day “All Turf” Pick 5 opens with a pair of Grade 1 races on Friday in the $500,000 Just a Game in Race 10 and $750,000 New York presented by Rivers Casino in Race 11 and concludes Saturday with the Grade 3, $350,000 Poker in Race 5; the Grade 1, $500,000 Jaipur presented by Resolute Racing in Race 9; and the Grade 1, $1 million Resorts World Casino Manhattan in Race 11.
Two-day Pick 4
The two-day Pick 4 opens Thursday with the Grade 2, $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup in Race 10 and concludes Friday with the Grade 2, $200,000 Intercontinental presented by MTV Solutions in Race 9; the Grade 1 New York [Race 11]; and the Grade 1 DK Horse Acorn in Race 12.
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Each day of the four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will feature an “All-Turf Triple Play” Pick 3 wager with a $3 base, 19 percent takeout and mandatory payout.
There will also be six special “Double” wagers on offer, each with a $5 base and 18.5 percent takeout beginning Thursday with the “Gold Cup – New York” Double along with five Double wagers concluding on the Belmont Stakes that begin with either the New York, Acorn, Intercontinental, Just a Game or Met Mile.
The traditional $1 Pick 6 will also be offered on each day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, including a $44,200 carryover on Opening Day Thursday that kicks off in Race 5 with a post time of 3:01 p.m. Eastern.
The Pick 6 on Saturday, June 8 will feature six Grade 1 events [Races 7 – 12], concluding with the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets.
Belmont Stakes Day will feature five Pick 5 wagers with all but the opening and late Pick 5 offering a mandatory payout. An additional middle Pick 5 wager with a mandatory payout will be offered on June 6 [Races 3-7], while the June 7 card will include two additional middle Pick 5s [Races 3-7 and Races [5-9] with mandatory payouts. Sunday’s 12-race card will feature a middle Pick 5 [Races 5-9] on Closing Day of the four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
For additional information and details on hospitality offerings, ticket packages and pricing, visit BelmontStakes.com.
America’s Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.belmontstakes.com/event-info/tv-schedule.
NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and the best way to bet every race of the four-day meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.