Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes

Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes
Discontinued race (discontinued)
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1885 (as Swift Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track)
Last run2015
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race. The event was held each February since 1885 at Aqueduct Racetrack, this race was originally called the Swift Stakes (where it was originally held at Sheepshead Bay Race Track), until its name was changed in 1993 in honor of racing announcer Fred Capossela. The six-furlong dirt race was open to three-year-olds. The event was last held in 2015.