Ungraded stakes race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1995 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlong sprint |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $65,000 |
The Dearly Precious Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to three-year-old fillies, the non-graded stakes is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
The race is named in honor of Dearly Precious, the 1975 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly who was in the hunt for another Championship at age three when she suffered a career-ending injury on July 11, 1976 while winning the Dark Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.