With the Triple Crown on the line this day had become just as big as a Breeders’ Cup day! Belmont did a great job in moving all their big stakes to this day last year, and will now be rewarded two years in a row for doing it! Here is a quick look at the stakes that will be run on Belmont Stakes day on June 6th:
Belmont Stakes (Grade 1)
Purse: $1,500,000
Distance: 1 1/2 miles
Surface: Dirt
Conditions: 3 Year Olds
Probables: American Pharoah, Materiality, Frosted, Carpe Diem, Madefromlucky, Conquest Curlanite, Frammento, Tale of Verve, Keen Ice, Mubtaahij
The Met Mile (Grade 1)
Purse: $1,250,000
Distance: One Mile
Surface: Dirt
Conditions: 3 year olds and upward
Probables: Kobe’s Back, Social Inclusion, Noble Moon, Wicked Strong, Sahara Sky, Tonalist, Tamarkuz, Bayern, Private Zone, Honor Code
Manhattan Stakes (Grade 1)
Purse: $1,000,000
Distance: 1 1/4 miles
Surface: Turf
Conditions: 4 year olds and upward
Probables: Seek Again, Il Campione, Biz the Nurse, Jack Milton, Imagining, Umigyo, Slumber, Big Blue Kitten, Hyper, General A Rod, Twilight Eclipse, War Dancer, Finnegans Wake
Ogden Phipps (Grade 1)
Purse: $1,000,000
Distance: 1 1/16 miles
Surface: Dirt
Conditions: 4 year old and upward; filly and mares
Probables: Stopchargingmaria, My Miss Sophia, Molly Morgan, Princess Violet, Shayjolie, Sheer Drama, House Rules, Rosalind, Dame Dorothy, Wedding Toast, Untapable
Easy Goer
Purse: $150,000
Distance: 1 1/16 miles
Surface: Dirt
Conditions: 3 Year Olds
Probables: Whiskey Ticket, Tiz Shea D, Japan, Itsaknockout, Gold Shield, Classy Class, Chipit, Blofeld, Standford
