Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Belmont Park, Elmont, New York, USA |
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Inaugurated | 1866 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The Nursery Stakes/Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run in New York State for the first time on October 1, 1866 at Jerome Park Racetrack. Following the closure of that track after New York City had announced its decision to build the Jerome Park Reservoir on the property, the race was taken over by the Morris Park Racecourse. When that track closed after the 1904 running, it was transferred to Belmont Park where it would remain until its final running on September 27, 1938.