Sheepshead Bay Stakes
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The Sheepshead Bay Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares ages four-years-old and older run over a distance of one and three-eighth miles on the turf scheduled annually in early May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
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Grade III race | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | First: 1888–1910 (as Sheepshead Bay Handicap at Sheepshead Bay Race Track) Renewal: 1957 (at Jamaica Race Course) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, four-years-old and older |
Weight | 124 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $200,000 (since 2012) |
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