A visual look at the field for the 2023 Belmont Stakes in post position order.

After 2024, the New York Racing Association will have to find a temporary home for the Belmont Stakes (G1) while construction continues at Belmont Park.

This year the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes (G1) will have seven horses in the field of nine make a bid for victory who previously passed through the sales ring as younger stock, hammered down to their respective connections.

Racing fans of all ages are probably familiar with the sight of Secretariat rocketing through the stretch of the 1973 Belmont Stakes (G1), wrapping up a Triple Crown sweep with a lopsided 31-length victory.

The third of six under tack shows went off June 7 at Ocala Breeders’ Sales for the June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale, with one juvenile breezing a bullet furlong in :09 4/5.

Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, Delaware Park, and Penn National Race Course all cancelled live racing for Wednesday, June 7. HISA and NYRA officials monitoring air quality ahead of racing scheduled for June 8.

Castellano, 45, now stares down what he hopes is another first: A win in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1). If successful aboard Arcangelo, the four-time Eclipse Award winner and Hall of Famer can complete a personal sweep of the Triple Crown races. 

As much as the 155th Belmont Stakes (G1) serves as the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown sweep, it is also the 31st anniversary of an edition that bears some striking similarities to the June 10 race at Belmont Park.

Central Kentucky Riding for Hope, a 42-year-old nonprofit that offers a variety of equine-assisted therapies and activities for people of all ages, is holding its 20th annual gala fundraiser, NIGHT OF THE STARS, June 17 at Fasig-Tipton.

Saying the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) presents “perhaps a one-in-a-lifetime chance and I love to gamble,” owner Eduardo Soto expressed excitement to start longshot Il Miracolo after the race’s draw for post positions at Belmont Park June 6.