The 2025 Belmont Stakes took place on Saturday, June 7, 2025. For this year, it was held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY, instead of the usual Belmont Park, due to ongoing construction at Belmont Park. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival spanned from June 4 to June 8, 2025. The race day gates opened at 9:00 a.m., and the first post time was at 10:45 a.m. The purse for the race was $2 million. The race distance was shortened to 1.25 miles because of the smaller size of the Saratoga dirt track.
