Belmont Stakes Day

Date: June 8, 2024
Time: 4:18 pm  to  8:18 pm
The third leg of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown — the Belmont Stakes — is scheduled for Saturday, June 8 at Saratoga Racecourse! The 156th running of the Belmont stakes will be for $2,000,000 up from $1,500,000 last year. Also new in 2024, the race will be held at Saratoga while Belmont is under construction. The race will be held at a distance of a mile and a quarter instead of a mile and a half.
The Chesapeake OTB is located inside Buckets Bar & Grill in the Great Bridge section of town.
Saratoga Racecourse is presenting an amazing 6 Grade I stakes for horseplayers that afternoon. In addition to the Belmont itself, fans can wager the $1 million Hill “N” Dale Metropolitan, the $1,000,000 Resorts World Casino Manhattan, $500,000 Ogden Phipps, $500,000 Woody Stephens, and the $500,000 Jaipur
Horseplayers can bet the Belmont at any of the 7 Rosie’s Gaming Emporiums, including the newest one in Emporia.
Post time for the Belmont is 6:50 PM and FOX will provide coverage starting at 4 PM.    Betting is available at VA-Horseplay Off Track Betting Centers in Henrico (Breakers) and Chesapeake (Buckets), at any Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in Richmond, New Kent, Vinton, Hampton, Collinsville, Dumfries, and Emporia and online via TVG.com, Xpressbet.com, Twinspires.com and NYRABets.com.