Grade III race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1894 (revived 1956) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA - Long Island Stakes |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & mares, three-years-old & up |
Purse | US$400,000 (2021) |
The Long Island Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in November at Aqueduct Racetrack, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The race is for fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race the one and one-half miles on the turf.
Formerly a Grade II event, the race was downgraded to Grade III status in 2007.