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Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes

Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes
Non-graded stakes race
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated 1885
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance 6 furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. Held each February since 1885 at Aqueduct Racetrack, this race was originally called the Swift Stakes (where it was originally held at Sheepshead Bay Race Track), until its name was changed in 1993 in honor of racing announcer Fred Capossela. The six-furlong dirt race is open to three-year-olds. An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $100,000.

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