Hot, dry weather is on tap for attendees at Saratoga Race Course June 5, the third day of the Belmont Stakes Festival. The main track is fast, and the turf is firm.
The high temperature Friday is expected to reach 88 degrees under sunny skies and relatively low humidity. A large weekday crowd is expected.
Conditions are expected to turn cloudy Saturday with the possibility of rain in the afternoon when the Belmont Stakes (G1) is contested.
Customary during Triple Crown season, fillies and mares are spotlighted for Friday racing. Several elite racehorses are in action June 5, such as Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Always a Runner in the Acorn Stakes (G1), 2025 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) winner Gezora in the New York Stakes (G1T), and last year's champion 3-year-old filly Nitrogen in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1).
Here are the scratches on the card:
Race 3
#10 Dark Moon
Race 5
#2 Shore War
#9 Triskelion
#12 Coach Albert Lady
#13 Mila Candy
#14 Kadena
#15 Sheer Will
Race 6
#1 Isadora Duncan
#14 Fango Creek
#15 Amicable Farce
#16 Majestic Moonlight
Race 7
#2 Bramito
#4 Warp Nine
#6 Kinetic
#9 Gould's Gold
Race 8
#13 Commuted
#14 Paradise Valley
#15 Mischievous M
Race 9
Race 9
#2 Bellezza
Race 13
#3 Princess Wadadli
#9 Sabby Sunset
#11 Top of the Table
Race 14
#1 Mount Sopris
#13 Alley Oop
#14 Quiet Power
#15 Franklin Delano
#16 C J Star
