Flamingo Stakes

Flamingo Stakes
Defunct Stakes race
LocationHialeah Park Race Track
Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1926
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteN/A
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned

The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run over a distance of a mile and one-eighth. Run as the Florida Derby until 1937, the inaugural event took place at Tampa Downs on February 27, 1926. There was no race in 1927 and 1928 but was revived in 1929 at Hialeah Park Race Track.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Torcher Captures The Florida Derby". The New York Times. 1926-02-28. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. ^ "Florida Derby is Won by Upset Lad". Pittsburgh Press. 1929-03-10. Retrieved 2019-05-16.