Friday, May 30, 2014
Contact: Jenny Kellner
vkellner@nyrainc.com
MEDIA ADVISORY
2014 Belmont Stakes Week Events for Credentialed Media
What: Media Luncheon 12 noon - 2:30 p.m. (program begins at 1 p.m.)
Where: 620 Loft & Garden at Rockefeller Center (enter at 50th Street)
Who: Connections of Belmont Stakes contenders including Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome, NYRA CEO & President Chris Kay, and other participants
(Round-trip transportation available from Belmont Park clubhouse entrance at 10:45 a.m.)
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When: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
9:30 a.m. breakfast, 10:15 a.m. draw for Grade 1 races on the undercard
11 a.m. draw for Belmont Stakes
What: Post position draws for the Grade 1, $750,000 TVG Acorn, the Grade 1, $750,000 Longines Just a Game, the Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps, the Grade 1, $ million Knob Creek Manhattan, the Grade 1, $1.25 Metropolitan Handicap and the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes
Where: Belmont Park's Garden Terrace, 4th floor
Who: Connections of Belmont Stakes contenders, including California Chrome, and select representatives from other Grade 1 races
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When: Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6, 8 a.m.
What: Alan and Art Sherman media session
Where: Outside Belmont Café, east end of grandstand
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When: Friday, June 6, 6-9 p.m.
What: Belmont Stakes Press Party
Gourmet food selections, deluxe open bar
Where: Garden City Hotel Societe Suite
45 Seventh Ave., Garden City, NY 11530
Casual attire
