Vernal Stakes

Vernal Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1892–1910
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies

The Vernal Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race on dirt, in its first two editions of 1892 and 1893 the race was run at a distance of six furlongs and was open to horses of either sex.[1] In 1894 it was changed to an event exclusively for fillies and was set at a distance of five furlongs.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Midget Lambley's Day". New York Sun. 1892-06-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  2. ^ "Two Stake Races at Sheepshead Bay This Afternoon". Daily Racing Form. 1910-07-02. Retrieved 2019-05-14 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "SECOND RACE – The Vernal Stakes: for fillies two years old". New York Times. 1894-07-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2019-01-09.