Forty Niner Stakes

The Forty Niner Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older run over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt held annually in late October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of $350,000.

This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1980 at Aqueduct Racetrack and run through 2022 as the Kelso Handicap. For the former event known as the Forbidden Apple Stakes and held in that name from 2014 to 2022 and renamed to the Kelso Stakes in 2023, see Kelso Stakes.
Forty Niner Stakes
Grade II race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated1980 (as Kelso Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
DistanceOne mile
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse$350,000 (since 2023)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.