Saratoga will expand public access to Oklahoma training track

The Oklahoma training track at Saratoga will open for the 2025 season on Saturday, April 19. The Oklahoma barn area will open to licensed trainers and staff beginning Tuesday, April 15.

The New York Racing Association will expand public access to the Oklahoma training track this year. Beginning April 19 and continuing until the Belmont Stakes racing festival, the Whitney viewing stand will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. EDT. In previous years, the training track and viewing stand were accessible to the public on weekends only prior to the start of the Saratoga summer meet.

NYRA will provide updated operating hours for the viewing stand before the Belmont Stakes racing festival, June 4-8. Beginning June 9 and continuing through Labor Day, the viewing stand will be open to the public daily from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Pedestrians may access the Oklahoma training track by entering the property via Gate 21 off East Avenue, but fans are reminded that vehicles are not permitted on the property at this time.

In advance of the Belmont Stakes racing Ffstival, the main track at Saratoga will open on Wednesday, May 7, with timed workouts permitted beginning Saturday, May 10.

Highlighted by the 157th edition of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7, the five-day Belmont Stakes racing festival will be held at Saratoga from Wednesday, June 4, through Sunday, June 8, and include 27 stakes races worth over $11.2 million in total purses.

After the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, NYRA will host a July 4th racing festival at Saratoga from Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6. Traditionally held at Belmont Park, the July 4th racing festival at Saratoga will serve as the conclusion of the 2025 Belmont at the Big A spring-summer meet and the prelude to the 40-day summer meet.

The 40-day summer meet will open Thursday, July 10, and continue through Monday, Sept. 1. After the four-day opening week, racing will be conducted five days a week, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from closing week, when the 2025 summer meet will conclude on Labor Day.

Downstate, the Belmont Park training track, synthetic pony track and a jogging barn will be open for daily training throughout the spring and summer. The main track, both turf courses and the new all-weather Tapeta surface remain under construction.