Watch The Belmont Stakes 2012 Online With Live Coverage From NBC

Because it’s aired live on network television, there are exactly three reasons why you would need to stream the 2012 Belmont Stakes:

1. You have liberated yourself from cable providers, opting to stream all your digital media via the Internet.

2. You lost the TV remote and are too lazy to get up off the couch.

3. Your girlfriend is knee-deep in Lifetime’s “Army Wives” marathon.

Just like the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, NBC will streaming the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, live online beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Post time is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. with coverage concluding at 7 p.m.

For more on the Belmont Stakes and the race for the Triple Crown, stay with this StoryStream and check out SB Nation’s horse racing blog And Down The Stretch They Come. There, you’ll also find A Beginner’s Guide To Following Horse Racing and a glossary of horse racing terms.