| Ungraded stakes race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack South Ozone Park, Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1940 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | NYRA – Aqueduct Racetrack |
| Race information | |
| Distance | Six furlong sprint |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old & up |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Correction Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A non-graded stakes race for fillies and mares age four and older, it is raced on dirt over a distance of six furlongs. It currently offers a purse of $100,000. Inaugurated in 1940 at Jamaica Race Course, following that track's closure the race was moved in 1960 to its current location at Aqueduct Racetrack. The race was named in honor of Correction, a filly owned by John Morris and his son, Alfred, and trained by U. S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, R. Wyndham Walden.[1]
The race was open to fillies and mares age three and older from inception through 2014 with the exception of 1952 when it was made available to fillies and mares of all ages. In 2015 the race was changed to a contest for fillies and mares four years and older.
The inaugural Correction Handicap took place on October 19, 1940 and was won by Calumet Farm's filly Little Risk ridden by George Woolf and trained by Jimmy Jones, both future Hall of Fame inductees.[2]
In 1954 and 1955 it was run in two divisions.[3]
- ^ "Correction Stakes". NYRA. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ "Little Risk Wins Easily". The New York Times. 1940-10-20. Section Sports, page 1 (page 81). Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Banta, Good Call Jamaica Victors". The New York Times. 1954-10-24. Section 5 Sports, page 1 (235). Retrieved 2019-11-30.