Second Special Stakes

Second Special Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationGravesend Race Track
Gravesend, Coney Island, NY
Inaugurated1886–1907
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1½ miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up

The Second Special Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1886 and 1907 at Gravesend Race Track in Gravesend, on Coney Island, New York. The race was run on dirt at a distance of one and one half miles in its last nine runnings and was open to horses of either sex age three and older since inception.[1]

  1. ^ "Important Stake Dates". Daily Racing Form. 1907-09-26. Retrieved 2019-02-06 – via University of Kentucky Archives.