<P> The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held on the first or second Saturday in June at Belmont Park in Elmont , New York . It is a 1.5 - mile - long ( 2.4 km ) horse race , open to three - year - old Thoroughbreds . Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ( 57 kg ) ; fillies carry 121 pounds ( 55 kg ) . The race , nicknamed The Test of the Champion , and The Run for the Carnations , is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes . The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the mile and a half stakes record ( which is also a track and world record on dirt ) of 2 : 24 . </P>
<P> The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held on the first or second Saturday in June at Belmont Park in Elmont , New York . It is a 1.5 - mile - long ( 2.4 km ) horse race , open to three - year - old Thoroughbreds . Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ( 57 kg ) ; fillies carry 121 pounds ( 55 kg ) . The race , nicknamed The Test of the Champion , and The Run for the Carnations , is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and is held five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes . The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the mile and a half stakes record ( which is also a track and world record on dirt ) of 2 : 24 . </P>
belmont stakes 2018 how long is the track
belmont stakes 2018 how long is the track
1.5 - mile - long ( 2.4 km )
1.5 - mile - long ( 2.4 km )