How to watch: Belmont Stakes TV, live stream and radio details

Preakness Stakes winner War of Will and morning line favorite Tacitus headline the 151st Belmont Stakes with NBC coverage beginning at 5 p.m. ET Saturday.

National broadcasts from New York's Belmont Park begins at 5 p.m. ET Friday on NBCSN.In addition, NBCSN will present Belmont Prep on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

The Belmont Stakes is referred to as the “Test of the Champion” for its 1.5-mile distance, the longest of the three Triple Crown races. War of Will, the only horse to race in all three legs of the 2019 Triple Crown, is aiming to become the first horse since Afleet Alex in 2005 to win the Preakness and Belmont after competing in, but not winning, the Kentucky Derby.

Highlights of NBC Sports Group’s Belmont Stakes coverage include:

• Sports Illustrated writer Tim Layden presents an essay on the unusual nature of this year’s Triple Crown.

• A feature on Luis Saez, the jockey who rode disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security and will ride Preakness runner up Everfast in the Belmont Stakes.

• Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss go “around the barns” to meet the contenders of the 151st Belmont Stakes.

• A feature on trainer Bill Mott, who won the Kentucky Derby with Country House and will run Tacitus in the Belmont Stakes.

• Jockey John Velazquez, who was thrown off Bodexpress at the start of the Preakness Stakes, joins the broadcast to recap the incident.

• A feature on Preakness-winning jockey Tyler Gafflione, who will ride War of Will this weekend in the Belmont Stakes.

On Saturday, NBC Sports will also present all three Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races on the undercard: the Jaipur Invitational (G1), the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) and the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1).

NBC Sports’ coverage of the Belmont Stakes features host Mike Tirico; analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Belmont Stakes winner; reporter/handicapper Eddie Olczyk; reporters Donna Brothers (also on horseback),Britney Eurton, Laffit Pincay III, Kenny Rice, Ahmed Fareed, who makes his Belmont Stakes debut; and race caller Larry Collmus.

The coordinating producer of NBC’s horse racing coverage is Rob Hyland, who has been a part of the network’s horse racing coverage since 2001 and serves as the lead producer on his 24th Triple Crown race. The Belmont Stakes is directed by Drew Esocoff. The coverage on NBCSN is produced by Billy Matthews and directed by Kaare Numme. Executive producer and president, production, NBC Sports and NBCSN is Sam Flood.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will stream coverage via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service. The NBC Sports app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

Additionally, most, if not all horse races can be viewed via track feeds through advanced deposit wagering services such as TVG and NYRABets.

NBC Sports Radio will present two-plus hours of live Belmont Stakes coverage beginning Saturday, June 8 at 5 p.m. ET. NBC Sports Radio’s The Daily Line will present a two hour pre-race show from 3-5 p.m. ET on Saturday.