Surf Stakes

Surf Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1880–1910
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (5/8 mile)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Surf Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually for thirty-one years from 1880 through 1910 on the dirt course at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for two-year-olds of either sex, it was last run at a distance of 5+12 furlongs but from inception through 1895 it was contested at five furlongs.[1]

  1. ^ "Condensed History Of The Surf Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-06-25. Retrieved 2019-07-01 – via University of Kentucky Archives.