H. Allen Jerkens Stakes

This article is about the thoroughbred horse race run at Gulfstream Park. For the race run at Saratoga, see H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes.
H. Allen Jerkens Stakes
Non-Listed Black Type [1] race
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
Inaugurated2015
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance2 miles (16 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAllowance
Purse$100,000

The H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Gulfstream Park is a Thoroughbred horse race open to three year olds and up run at a distance of two miles on turf. The race is named in honor of the late U. S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens.

The first running of the H. Allen Jerkens was held on January 31, 2015, with Unitarian winning the race. Jerkens himself presented the trophy for the race, which was run two months before his death on March 18, 2015.[2]

Following its second running in January 2016, the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes was moved to December on the Gulfstream Park racing calendar. As a result, there were two runnings of the race in 2016.

  1. ^ North American International Cataloguing Standards Committee – Black Type Requirements, non-Listed Stake Status
  2. ^ "'Tremendous' Allen Jerkens Honored at Gulfstream Park". Paulick Report. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2022.