Black Gold Stakes

Black Gold Stakes
Non-Listed Black Type[1] race
LocationFair Grounds Race Course
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Inaugurated1958
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Website[1]
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAllowance
Purse$60,000

The Black Gold Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana is a race on turf for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. First run in 1958, the race is named in honor of the 1924 Kentucky Derby winner and U. S. Racing Hall of Fame stallion Black Gold. It is tradition that the winning jockey of the race places flowers on the horse's grave in the infield.[2]