Belmont Derby

Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes
Grade I race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated1929 (as Jamaica Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com
Race information
Distance1+14 miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightNorthern Hemisphere:
Colts & Geldings 122 lbs.
Fillies 119 lbs.
Southern Hemisphere:
Colts and Geldings 126 lbs.
Fillies 123 lbs.
PurseUS$750,000 (2023)

The Belmont Derby is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horse run over a distance of 1+14 miles on the turf at Belmont Park in July.[1] The purse for the 2023 race is US$750,000.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Belmont Derby". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.