Sands Point Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location |
Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1995 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Belmont Park at the NYRA |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9.0 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $500,000 (since 2014) |
The Sands Point Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually near the end of May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York although that can change. A Grade II event open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested on turf over a distance of 9 furlongs.
Inaugurated in 1995 as the Sands Point Handicap, the first two editions were contested at a mile and a sixteenth before being changed to a mile and an eighth in 1997. In 2011, the race was once more set at one and one sixteenth of a mile. In 2014 it changed back to 1 1⁄8 mile.
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