Horse racing returns to rebuilt Belmont Park after a $550 million overhaul

Horse racing is back at Belmont Park in New York for the first time in more than three years. The track on the border of Queens and Long Island reopened Friday following a half-billion-dollar reconstruction project that modernized the home of the Belmont Stakes. After New York Gov.

Kathy Hochul and officials from the New York Racing Association took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the new paddock, the facility welcomed a crowd of 6,000 for the first day of racing at Belmont Park since July 9, 2023.

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