Also new to the Belmont Stakes Day lineup are the Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps; the Grade 1, $750,000 Acorn; the Grade 2, $500,000 Brooklyn Invitational; and the Grade 3, $300,000 Jaipur Invitational. This year's renewal of the Brooklyn will include the “Brooklyn Bonus” whereby any horse that previously won a graded stakes at 1 3/16 miles or longer will receive a bonus of $175,000 if he or she captures the Brooklyn.

The Metropolitan Handicap and the Ogden Phipps will also serve in 2014 as Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" races offering the winners fees-paid starting berths to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and Breeders' Cup Distaff, respectively.

“This is the premier day of racing at Belmont Park, anchored by the historic Belmont Stakes,” said Martin Panza, NYRA's Senior Vice President of Racing Operations. “I see June 7 as a summer time Breeders' Cup-type event. Fans and New York horsemen deserve a day like this.”

Also scheduled as part of the 13-race Belmont Stakes Day card are three overnight allowance events - two on dirt, one on turf - offering a total of $300,000 in purses.

Highlighting Friday's card on June 6 are the Grade 2 True North and a new race, the $200,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational to be run at two miles on the turf. On Sunday, June 8, Belmont will host another new contest, the $100,000 Intercontinental, to be run at 7 furlongs on turf.