Grade III race | |
Location |
Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1985 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | The Poker Stakes at Belmont Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $300,000 (2014) |
The Poker Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade III event open to horses age four and older, it is raced on turf at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
The inaugural running of the 1985 Poker Handicap was contested at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth and at a mile and a quarter the following year.
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