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The 2025 Belmont Stakes will be held on Saturday, June 7, at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Established in 1867, the 2025 Belmont Stakes will be the 157th edition of the race. The race also features a lucrative prize purse of $2 million, which has been increased from $1.5 million.
Saratoga Race Course is hosting the event for the second consecutive year after the construction at Belmont Park. The race, this year, will feature eight horses. The race between Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Preakness Stakes winner Journalism is poised to be the most anticipated face-off of the race. Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby by 1 ½ lengths at Churchill Downs.
Weather forecast for the 2025 Belmont Stakes
The weather forecast for the 2025 edition is showing light rain on Saturday. Since heavy rain is expected on Friday, the track might be wet and muddy.
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Thursday
Skies - Partly Cloudy
Temperature - 88
Rain Chance - 15%
Friday
Skies - Thunderstorms
Temperature - 77
Rain Chance - 60%
Saturday (Belmont Stakes Day)
Skies - Light Rain
Temperature - 78
Rain Chance - 45%
Top horses at the 2025 Belmont Stakes
The position of the horses in order from 1 to 8, along with their trainers and jockeys, is as follows:
- Hill Road - Chad Brown and Irad Ortiz, Jr.
- Soverignty - Bill Mott and Junior Alvarado
- Rodriguez - Bob Baffert and Mike Smith
- Uncaged - Todd Pletcher and Luis Saez
- Crudo - Todd Pletcher and John Velazquez
- Baeza - John Shirreffs and Flavien Prat
- Journalism - Michael McCarthy and Umberto Rispoli
- Heart of Honor - Jamie Osborne and Saffie Osborne
Where to watch Belmont Stakes 2025?
The race is scheduled on Saturday, June 7, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, with the coverage starting at 10:30 a.m. ET on FS1 and 2:30 p.m. ET on Fox. The fans can also delight in the action on Fubo, which will start at 7 p.m. ET. The live coverage of the race is also available on SiriusXM channel 83 of the radio.
