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Trainer Danny Gargan won his first career Grade 1 as Dornoch, who also earned his first score at the level, gamely fought back along the rail to capture Saturday’s Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.

Dornoch, 17-1 at post time, wins the 156th renewal of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

Mary Eddy

​For the first time in 156 years, the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets saw the quest for glory in the final leg of racing’s Triple Crown take place at Saratoga Race Course. Dornoch, under jockey Luis Saez, rose to the historic occasion and filed their names in the history books with a tenacious score in Saturday’s prestigious $2 million test for sophomores.

Pat McKenna

​Saturday's blockbuster Belmont Stakes Day card, highlighted by Dornoch’s victory in the 156th running of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, generated all-sources handle of $125,748,941 which is a New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) record for a non-Triple Crown year.

Keith McCalmont

Godolphin’s British homebred Measured Time utilized a prominent trip under William Buick to best his Charlie Appleby-trained stablemate Nations Pride by two lengths in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Resorts World Casino Manhattan, a 1 3/16-mile Mellon turf test for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course.

Brian Bohl

National Treasure put in a performance worthy of preservation in the National Archives on Saturday, surging to the front and drawing away in the stretch for a dominant 6 1/4-length gate-to-wire victory in the Grade 1, $1 million Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap for 3-year-olds and up on the Saratoga Race Course main track.