Special Wagers for Belmont Stakes Racing Festival

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a selection of special wagers to be offered during the five-day 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to be held from Wednesday, June 4 through Sunday, June 8 at Saratoga Race Course. Highlighted by the 157th edition of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 7, the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will include 27 stakes races with purses totaling $11,275,000, the richest purses and highest number of stakes offered since the launch of the multi-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in 2014. An array of two-day wagers is highlighted by the "All Dirt" Pick 6, which will open on Friday, June 6 and concludes with the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 7. The "All Dirt" Pick 6 will feature a $0.20 base wager and low 15 percent takeout. The two-day "All Turf" Pick 5 will offer a $0.50 base and 15 percent takeout, featuring grass racing in all legs beginning Friday and continuing on Belmont Stakes Day. There will also be various two-day Pick 4s and special Doubles across the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Two-day "All-Dirt" Pick 6 The two-day "All-Dirt" Pick 6 opens on Friday and continues Saturday, ending with a mandatory payout in the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets. The sequence begins on Friday with the Grade 2 Bed o' Roses (Race 6) and Grade 1 Ogden Phipps presented by Ford (Race 9), continuing Saturday with the Grade 3 True North (Race 7), Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap (Race 8) and Grade 1 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun (Race 11), before concluding with the Belmont Stakes in Race 13. Two-day "All-Turf" Pick 5 The two-day "All Turf" Pick 5 opens on Friday with the Grade 1 New York presented by Rivers Casino (Race 12) and the Grade 1 Just a Game presented by Resolute Racing (Race 13), resuming on Saturday with the Grade 1 Jaipur (Race 9), the Grade 3 Pennine Ridge (Race 10) and ending with the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan in Race 12. Additional Belmont Stakes Racing Festival wagers on offer include: Two-day Pick 4 There will be three two-day Pick 4s across the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, starting on Wednesday with Race 9 (Mount Vernon) and Race 10, ending on Thursday with Race 1 (Listed Tremont) and Race 2. The same set-up is offered back up on Thursday with a Pick 4 that begins with the final two races, Race 9 (Grade 3 Poker) and Race 10, the sequence concluding with Friday's first two events Races 1-2. Friday will feature a similar format with a two-day Pick 4 starting in Race 13 (Grade 1 Just a Game presented by Resolute Racing) and Race 14, finishing with Belmont Stakes Day's Races 1-2. The above two-day Pick 4 sequences include a $0.50 minimum, 24% takeout and a mandatory payout. Doubles There are four special "Double" wagers on offer that conclude with the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets offering a $5 minimum and 18.5% takeout. These wagers begin with the Grade 1 DK Horse Acorn (Race 11) and Grade 1 New York presented by Rivers Casino (Race 12) on Friday, and Saturday's offerings start with the Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap (Race 8) and the Grade 1 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun (Race 11). Epsom-Belmont Double There will be one additional special "Double" with overseas action from the Group 1 Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse (Race 5 on June 7) and the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, offered at a $2 minimum with 18.5% takeout. The traditional $1 Pick 6 will be offered on each day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. On Saturday, it includes five Grade 1s among six graded events (Races 8-13), concluding with the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets. Belmont Stakes Day will feature six Pick 5 wagers with all but the opening and late Pick 5 offering a mandatory payout. In addition to the traditional early and late Pick 5s, there will be sequences from Races 3-7, 5-9, 7-11 and 9-13. An additional middle Pick 5 wager with a mandatory payout will be offered on Wednesday, June 4 (Races 4-8) and Thursday, June 5 (Races 3-7). While the June 6 Friday card will include three additional middle Pick 5s (Races 3-7, 5-9, and 7-11) with mandatory payouts. Sunday's nine-race card will feature a middle Pick 5 (Races 3-7) on Closing Day of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Television coverage of Belmont Stakes Day will air across the FOX Sports family of networks beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern (FS1) prior to national broadcast coverage on FOX beginning at 2:30 p.m. For the complete Belmont Stakes Racing Festival television schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont-stakes/event-info/tv-schedule/. NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and the best way to bet every race of the four-day meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.