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Miss Grillo Stakes

Miss Grillo Stakes
Grade III race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated 1980
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Miss Grillo Stakes at the NYRA
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Two-year-old fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $200,000

The Miss Grillo Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade III event open to two-year-old filles it is contested over a distance of 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs) on turf.

The race was named for the Argentinian-bred filly Miss Grillo, a record breaking stakes winner in the 1940s.

The race was part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series from 2008 to 2010, with the winner automatically qualifying for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.


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