Owner and trainer incentive program to be offered for 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a participation incentive program for owner and trainers at 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 five-day 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.
Owners will be eligible for a starter bonus for horses finishing fourth through last at the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga with $1,500 awarded for stakes starters and $1,000 awarded to owners of starters in overnight races.
Trainers whose horses start in stakes races at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will receive a $750 bonus, while a $500 bonus will be awarded to trainers for starters in all overnight races.
The incentive program is designed to assist owners and trainers in covering additional expenses incurred for shipping into Saratoga Race Course earlier than the typical start of the Saratoga summer meet.
Eligible horses must be declared an official starter and must not be placed on the poor performance list or veterinarian list. Trainers must comply with all NYRA, HISA and NYSGC racing and safety rules to remain eligible. NYRA reserves the right to determine eligibility for qualified starters. Steeplechase participants are not eligible.
For the condition book and complete purse schedule, please visit https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/horsemen/.
An American tradition inaugurated in 1867 at Jerome Park Racetrack and moved in 1905 to Belmont Park, the Belmont Stakes has provided fans with some of the most exciting moments in sports history. From Secretariat’s spellbinding 31-length victory in 1973 to American Pharoah successfully ending a 37-year Triple Crown drought in 2015, the Belmont Stakes is engrained in the consciousness of sports fans around the world.
For additional information on the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga, visit BelmontStakes.com.