Two-day Pick 6 added to Belmont Stakes wagering menu

NYRA Press Office
Photo: Dan Heary / Eclipse Sportswire

The New York Racing Association announced Friday a special two-day Pick 6 wager with a $0.20 base minimum featuring stakes races slated for Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, concluding with the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes.

Now in its fifth year as a three-day event, the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will take place at Belmont Park beginning Thursday, June 6, and will include 18 stakes races.

The two-day Belmont Stakes Festival Pick 6 wager features a low 15% takeout and mandatory payout. It adds to a number of rich multi-race sequences available on the wagering menu:

Guaranteed Wagers - Friday, June 7th

$500,000 Guaranteed Late Pick 4 begins on Race 8

Guaranteed Wagers - Saturday, June 8th

$500,000 Guaranteed Pick 5 begins on Race 1

$500,000 Guaranteed Pick 6 begins on Race 6

$1.5 million Guaranteed Pick 4 begins on Race 8

Two-day Daily Double Guaranteed Wagers (June 7-8)

$100,000 Guaranteed New York Stakes - Runhappy Metropolitan

$300,000 Guaranteed Belmont Gold Cup - Belmont Stakes

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