Purse schedule announced for Belmont Racing Festival

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — The purse schedule for the 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival has been released. The festival will be held Thursday, June 6, through Sunday, June 9. The full condition book and complete purse schedule is available online .

The New York State Racing Association (NYRA) says open maiden special weights will feature a purse increase of $10,000 to $100,000, and New York-bred maiden special weights will see an increase from $10,000 to offer a purse of $85,000.

New York-bred non-winners of one category will increase from $10,000 to $90,000. Open non-winners of two category will jump from $13,000 to offer a purse of $115,000. The non-winners of one category will increase from $10,000 to a purse of $110,000.

The purse of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes will increase from $1.5M to $2M this year. Additionally, NYRA has increased the purse of the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan from $750,000 to $1 million and boosted the Grade 1 New York presented by Rivers Casino from $600,000 to $750,000.

Other graded events seeing purse increases are the Grade 3 Poker from $200,000 to $350,000, along with $100,000 increases to the purses of the Grade 1 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun, the Grade 1 Jaipur presented by Resolute Racing and the Grade 2 True North presented by F. W. Webb. The Woody Stephens and Jaipur will offer a purse of $500,000, with the True North rising to $350,000.

“The 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will offer purse levels commensurate with the stature and importance of this historic event,” said Andrew Offerman, NYRA Senior Vice President of Racing and Operations. “Beyond the appeal of Saratoga Race Course, these overnight purses should further incentivize participation in what is sure to be a thrilling edition of the Festival.”

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