The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga will kickoff on Thursday, June 6th with a ten race card and a scheduled Post Time of 12:50.

The four day festival which runs through Sunday June 9th will include 24 Stakes races with purses totaling $10.25 million dollars.

The highlight of the festival, of course, is the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 8th.

Four Stakes will be held Thursday, with the feature race being the GII Belmont Gold Cup. The day will also offer up the Jersey Girl Stakes, the Tremont Stakes as well as the Astoria Stakes.

The remaining schedule is as follows:

Friday, June 7th – Post time for the 12-race program is 12:20.

Stakes Action: $750,000 GI New York Stakes, the $500,000 GI Acorn Stakes, the $500,000 GI Just a Game Stakes and the $200,000 GII Intercontinental Stakes.

Saturday, June 8th – Post time for the 14-race Belmont Stakes Day program is 10:45.

Stakes Action: The day features three Breeders’ Cup Win And You’re In qualifiers: the $1-million GI Metropolitan Handicap. [Dirt Mile], the $500,000 GI Ogden Phipps [Distaff]; and the $500,000 GI Jaipur Stakes. [Turf Sprint]. In addition, Belmont Stakes Day will include the $1-million dollar, GI Manhattan, and the $500,000 GI Woody Stephens, GII True North, the GII Suburban and GIII Poker Stakes.

Sunday, June 9 – Post time for the 10-race New York Showcase Day program is 12:50 p.m.

Stakes Action: New York-breds take center stage for a special New York Showcase Day featuring six stakes for New York-breds including a quartet of $125,000 events: the Kingston Stakes, the Mount Vernon Stakes, the Mike Lee Stakes and the Bouwerie Stakes.

The day’s feature races are a pair of $200,000 Stakes- the Commentator Stakes for 3-year-olds and up and the Critical Eye Stakes for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up.

Also featured on Sunday’s card, the inaugural running of the $150,000 GI Beverly R. Steinman, a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase event.