Grade III race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1954 (as the Distaff Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and Mares, four-years-old and older |
Weight | 124lbs with allowances |
Purse | US$175,000 (since 2024) |
The Distaff Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $175,000.