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 Derby won this race in 1952, finished first again but was disqualified. Belmont Derby The Belmont Derby is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horse run over a distance of miles on the turf at Belmont Park in July. The purse for the event is US$1,200,000. In 2014, the race became a feature portion of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival at Belmont Park. The race was renamed from the Jamaica Handicap, moved from October to July, increased in distance from miles to miles, and had the purse increased from $500,000 to $1,250,000. The original race name