4RacingTV to show $1.5 million Belmont Stakes live on Racing 240 and on dedicated pop up channel

4RacingTV has secured the rights to broadcast this weekend’s prestigious Grade 1 $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Long Island.

One of the world’s biggest racing events, the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at the historic Belmont Park racetrack will be broadcast live on DStv on Racing 240 this Saturday 10 June, as well as on a dedicated pop up channel on www.4racing.tv.

The pop up channel will start at 16h50 SA time on Saturday, with the first race off at 17h20 and the main race, the 154th G1 Belmont Stakes, will start at 00h44.

Sensational Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, bookies favourite We The People and Mo Donegal are some of the headline horses who will square off in the showpiece Belmont Stakes, presented by NYRA Bets.

To accommodate this special event, provision has been made for the TAB tote to remain open for betting beyond midnight until after the Belmont Stakes main race has concluded.

The main race, Race 11 on the card, will be the last race shown on Racing 240, while the last race on the 4racing.tv pop up channel is Race 13 which is scheduled to start at 02h05.