Tyro Stakes

Tyro Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
LocationMonmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey,
United States
Inaugurated1886
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo years old
PurseUS$75,000

The Tyro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near in July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A non-graded stakes race offering a current purse of $60,000, it is open to two-year-old horses weighted at 122 pounds with allowances. It was a run on a dirt track from inception until 2012 when it became a race on turf. It is currently contested at a distance of five furlongs.

In 1886, this race was won by Tremont, the United States Champion Two-Year-Old Male. Tremont won every one of his 13 races during a period of 10 weeks but refused to train at the age of three. The great California filly, Los Angeles, won this race in 1887.

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 – New Farm: (1993, 1998, 2010)