Belmont Futurity Stakes champions, Affirmed, Secretariat, and Citation. In 2001, the race had been scheduled to be run on September 16 but was canceled following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Over the years the race has been contested at various distances: Time record: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Belmont Futurity Stakes The Futurity Stakes, commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity, is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September or October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, United States. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on turf over a
Belmont Stakes the mile and a half stakes record (which is also a track and world record on dirt) of 2:24. The attendance at the Belmont Stakes is among the American thoroughbred racing top-attended events. The 2004 Belmont Stakes drew a television audience of 21.9 million viewers, and had the highest household viewing rate since 1977 when Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown. The 150th Belmont Stakes took place on Saturday, June 9, 2018. Justify won the race and became the second horse in four years to win the Triple Crown. The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in