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Belmont Gold Cup Stakes
Grade II race
Location	Belmont Park; Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	2014 (as Belmont Gold Cup Invitational Stakes)
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing - Widener Turf
Website	nyra.com
Race information
Distance	2 miles
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Four years old and older
Weight	124 lbs with allowances
Purse	$250,000 (2023)
Bonuses	Automatic entry to Melbourne Cup

The Belmont Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over two miles on the turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.

History

The race was inaugurated in 2014^[1] with a stakes purse of $200,000.^[2]

In 2017 the event was classified as Grade III^[3] and was reclassified as Grade II for 2018.

The event is longest graded event in North America and attracts many entrants from Europe where long distance staying races on the turf are more numerous.^[3]

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA did not schedule the event in their updated and shortened spring-summer meeting.^[4]

In 2024 the event was moved to Saratoga Racetrack as part of the Belmont Stakes carnival due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.. The Irish-bred winner The Grey Wizard set a new track record for the two-mile journey.^[5]

Records

Speed record:

3:16.68 - Loft (GER) (2022)

Largest margin of victory:

2+3⁄4 length - Baron Samedi (GB) (2021)

Most wins by a jockey:

3 – John R. Velazquez (2014, 2021, 2024)

Most wins by a trainer:

No trainer has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
At Saratoga – Belmont Gold Cup Stakes
2024	The Grey Wizard (IRE)	5	John R. Velazquez	H. Graham Motion	Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and The Estate of Albert Frassetto	2 miles	3:18.35	$250,000	II	^[6]
At Belmont Park
2023	Siskany (GB)	5	William Buick	Charles Appleby	Godolphin	2 miles	3:23.94	$250,000	II	^[7]
2022	Loft (GER)	4	Andrasch Starke	Marcel Weiss	Manfred Ostermann	2 miles	3:16.68	$400,000	II	^[8]
2021	Baron Samedi (GB)	4	John R. Velazquez	Joseph O'Brien	LECH Racing	2 miles	3:27.30	$400,000	II	^[9]
2020	Race not held
Belmont Gold Cup Invitational Stakes
2019	Amade (IRE)	5	Flavien Prat	Alessandro Botti	OTI Racing, Laurent Dassault & Elisa Berte	2 miles	3:19.95	$400,000	II	^[10]
2018	Call To Mind (GB)	4	Javier Castellano	William Haggas	Queen Elizabeth II	2 miles	3:16.78	$400,000	II	^[11]
2017	Red Cardinal (IRE)	5	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wohler	Australian Bloodstock	2 miles	3:18.79	$400,000	III	^[12]
2016	Da Big Hoss	5	Florent Geroux	Michael J. Maker	Phillips Racing Partnership	2 miles	3:17.29	$300,000	Listed	^[13]
2015	Innovation Economy	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Chad C. Brown	Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence	2 miles	3:22.17	$250,000	Listed	^[14]
2014	Charming Kitten	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey	2 miles	3:21.52	$200,000		^[15]