Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1887 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 5.5 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two 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]