Forty Niner Stakes
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This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1980 at Aqueduct Racetrack and run through 2022 as the Kelso Handicap. For the former event known as the Forbidden Apple Stakes and held in that name from 2014 to 2022 and renamed to the Kelso Stakes in 2023, see Kelso Stakes.
The Forty Niner Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older run over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt held annually in late October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of $350,000.
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Grade II race | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1980 (as Kelso Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA[dead link] |
Race information | |
Distance | One mile |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and older |
Weight | Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 122 lbs. |
Purse | $350,000 (since 2023) |
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