2012 Belmont Stakes: Post Time, TV Schedule, Post Positions Info

The 2012 Belmont Stakes is fast approaching and it could not be a more exciting time. Thanks to I’ll Have Another, we finally have a horse looking to win the first Triple Crown since Affirmed accomplished the amazing feat back in 1978.

You will definitely want to tune in to see if this incredible colt has what it takes to pull off what seemed to be an impossible task just a few weeks ago before the Kentucky Derby and extremely unlikely going into the Preakness.

Read on to find out exactly when and where to watch the 2012 Belmont Stakes, post positions for the race and a full television schedule of the event. 

When: Saturday, June 9

Where: Belmont Park, Elmont, New York

Watch: NBC

Estimated Post Time: 6:40 p.m. ET

Post Positions

The post position draw will be held Wednesday, June 6 from 11:00-11:30 a.m. ET and will be streamed live from the official Belmont Stakes website. MSG will carry it on television with an MSG Plus replaying the show at 1 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. ET.  We will update this following the drawing.

Full Television Coverage of Event

*All Times ET/PT

Day	Time	Network	Program
6-Jun	10:00pm/7:00pm	HRTV	"The Guys"
6-Jun	11:00am/8:00am	TVG	TVG Classic: The Best of the Belmont Stakes
6-Jun	12:00pm/9:00am	HRTV	Belmont Stakes Post Position Draw
6-Jun	8:00pm/5:00pm	HRTV	How to Win the Belmont (Mike Smith, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Gary Stevens)
6-Jun	8:30pm/5:30pm	HRTV	Triple Crown Memories
6-Jun	9:00pm/6:00pm	HRTV	2012 Triple Crown Moments
6-Jun	9:30pm/6:30pm	HRTV	Triple Crown Misses
7-Jun	12:00am/9:00pm	TVG	Racing Roundtable: The Triple Crown
7-Jun	8:00pm/5:00pm	HRTV	Remember a Champion
8-Jun	12:50pm/9:50am	HRTV/TVG	Belmont Park Simulcast
8-Jun	4:00pm/1:00pm	NBCSN	Belmont Classics: 2003, 2004 & 2011
8-Jun	5:00pm/2:00pm	NBCSN	Live From Belmont (Jaipur & Brooklyn)
8-Jun	7:00pm/4:00pm	NBCSN	I'll Have Another
9-Jun	11:35am/7:35am	HRTV/TVG	Belmont Stakes Undercard
9-Jun	3:00pm/12:00pm	NBCSN	Belmont Stakes Undercard
9-Jun	4:30pm/1:30pm	NBC	Belmont Stakes
9-Jun	7:00pm/4:00pm	NBCSN	Belmont Stakes Post-Race Show

2012 Possible Belmont Stakes Starters

*Via Official Belmont Website

Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
Atigun	K. McPeek	J. Leparoux	30-1
Dullahan	D. Romans	J. Castellano	5-1
Five Sixteen	D. Schettino	R. Napravnik	50-1
Guyana Star Dweej	D. Shivmangal	undecided	50-1
I'll Have Another	D. O'Neill	M. Gutierrez	3-5
Optimizer	D. Lukas	C. Nakatani	30-1
Paynter	B. Baffert	M. Smith	8-1
Ravelo's Boy	M. Azpurua	A. Solis	50-1
Street Life	C. Brown	J. Lezcano	15-1
Union Rags	M. Matz	J. Velazquez	6-1
Unstoppable U	K. McPeek	J. Alvarado	30-1