Belmont Stakes Day Preview

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