Sapphire Stakes (United States)

Sapphire Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1887
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo years old

The Sapphire Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run from 1887 through 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.[1]

  1. ^ "Pretend Earns a Clever Victory in the Sapphire Stakes, the Feature Race at Sheepshead Bay". New York Times, page 11. 1909-09-08. Retrieved 2018-10-05.