Gotham Stakes

Gotham Stakes
Grade III race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1953
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight123 lbs. with allowances[1]
Purse$300,000 (since 2017)[2]

The Gotham Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run in early March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Grade III event with a current purse of US$300,000, it is set at a distance of 1 mile on the dirt. It is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

  1. ^ "Chart of the 2020 Gotham". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Stakes profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.