New York Racing Association

Approximately 175 Stewart's Shops throughout the greater Capital Region will offer special Belmont Stakes Racing Festival three-day admission passes under a continuing partnership with New York Racing Association. The $99 pass--a 15% savings based on individual day pricing--includes general admission for three days of the final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course from June 4-6. "Our long-standing partnership with Stewart's Shops once again includes three-day passes for the final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga, providing fans with the opportunity to secure multi-day general admission at a discounted...

Ticket and hospitality on-sale dates for the 2026 summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which will open on Friday, July 3, and continue through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, were announced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) Wednesday. Season tickets will go on sale on Thursday, Mar. 12, for the 46-day summer meet and include reserved seating in the Clubhouse, Grandstand and Michelob Ultra Stretch. A season pass, which provides general admission for all 46 days, is available as a mobile ticket for $94 or a traditional physical...

The Belmont Park membership program, a new hospitality offering, will be available to fans when the new Belmont Park opens later this year, the New York Racing Association announced Wednesday. Created to provide guests with an elevated race day experience, the membership combines the traditional ambience of box seats with a variety of benefits and amenities, including access to The Overlook, complimentary food and beverage options, preferred parking, priority entrances and personalized concierge services. Located on Belmont's second floor, The Overlook is a year-round dining and social space providing expansive...

Trainer Kevin Bond, whose Facebook page sported an antisemitic comment regarding Rob Reiner, has been charged with conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing and to the New York Racing Association's Business Operations, as well as a breach of his stall application, NYRA revealed Friday. NYRA has issued a notice of hearing and Statement of Charges to Bond. The hearing has been set for Friday, March 6. Bond, who has made 75 starts in his career, but just one in 2026, will be allowed to continue training pending final...

The Belmont Stakes Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course for the third and final time from June 3 to 7, will feature 25 stakes races worth $11,075,000. Anchoring the festival is the $2-million GI Belmont Stakes, one of 10 Grade I events over the five days of racing in upstate New York. Also on the Belmont's June 6 card is the $1-million GI Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap; $1-million GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan; the $500,000 GI Jaipur Stakes; the $500,000 GI Woody Stephens Stakes; the $500,000...

The Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet, which will open Apr. 30 and conclude June 28, will feature 16 stakes races worth $2.475 million in purses and will mark the final days of racing at Aqueduct Racetrack. Highlighting the stakes schedule is the $200,000 GIII Peter Pan Stakes, the New York prep for the GI Belmont Stakes, which will be held May 9. The New York Racing Association will waive entry and starting fees to the Belmont Stakes for the first three finishers of the Peter Pan. The GII...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled Saturday's live racing program at Aqueduct Racetrack due to arctic temperatures and sub-zero wind chill values forecast to impact the metropolitan area throughout the day, the association said in a press release on Friday morning. Additionally, Laurel Park in Maryland has also canceled their 10-race Saturday card due to the expected frigid temperatures. As previously reported, NYRA has also shifted Sunday's live racing program to Wednesday due to a powerful winter storm expected to bring heavy snowfall to the region. Saturday's...

Tickets and hospitality offerings for the final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at historic Saratoga Race Course will go on sale to the public Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. at BelmontStakes.com/tickets. Fans also have the opportunity to sign up for a presale drawing featuring various ticket packages. Beginning Wednesday and continuing through next Tuesday, fans may enter the drawing at NYRA.com/belmont-stakes/presale/ for the chance to purchase reserved seating and hospitality packages in advance of the general public on-sale. Highlighted by the 158th running of the GI Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled the remainder of Saturday's nine-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack following Race 4 due to inclement weather in the New York City area affecting track conditions. The $135,000 Ladies S., which was slated as Race 8 on Saturday, will be brought back on Friday, Jan. 30 with entries to be taken on Saturday, Jan. 24. Live racing will resume Sunday at Aqueduct with an eight-race card. First post is 12:40 p.m. ET.

Bob Duncan, whose career spans better than 50 years at the tracks of the New York Racing Association (NYRA), will be honored with a Special Eclipse Award for Career Excellence during the Resolute Racing Eclipse Award ceremonies at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, Jan. 22. The award recognizes Duncan's horsemanship and his work to foster the human-equine relationship at the starting gate. Duncan, who grew up in Elmont, NY, began working at the NYRA tracks in 1967-1968 and returned from a stint in the U.S. Army in...

The stakes schedule for the 2026 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack will include 20 stakes races worth more than $3.1 million in total purses, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced Wednesday. The 2026 Aqueduct winter meet will open Wednesday, Jan. 1 and continue through Sunday, Mar. 30. The winter meet will offer 45 live race days in total. The centerpiece of the winter meet stakes calendar is the Saturday, Feb. 28 card offering four stakes, led by the one-mile Grade III, $300,000 Gotham, providing 50-25-15-10-5 Kentucky Derby qualifying...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is opening an investigation into antisemitic comments allegedly made on social media by young trainer Kevin Bond, son of long-time New York-based trainer H. James Bond and his wife, Tina, who is the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA). The aggressively antisemitic remarks allegedly attributed to Bond were in response to a Facebook post regarding the murder of Hollywood producer, director, screenwriter, and actor Rob Reiner and his wife over the weekend. Kevin Bond reached out to TDN, saying his...