The pinnacle of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is today with the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes. It’s the second year in a row that Saratoga is hosting Belmont week, due to the massive ongoing renovation project at Belmont Park on Long Island.

Sunday marked the culmination of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in the Spa City. While the hustle and bustle of out-of-town visitors may have decreased, many

Sovereignty, trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, won the 2025 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.