| Grade I race | |
| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1945 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | One Mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Weight-For-Age |
| Purse | $400,000 (since 2015)[1] |
The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in October. It is currently a Grade I stakes race at a distance of one mile. The Frizette is the female counterpart of the Champagne Stakes.
The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
The Frizette was named for the James R. Keene owned and bred racing filly who won the Rosedale Stakes in 1907 and one of the most important foundation mares of the twentieth century.[2] Sired by Hamburg, Frizette was the granddam of the Hall of Fame inductee, Myrtlewood.
Inaugurated in 1945, the Frizette was first run at the Jamaica Race Course, then ran at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960, 1961, and from 1963 to 1967. There was no race run from 1949 through 1951.
Since inception, it has been run at various distances:
- 5 furlongs : 1948
- 6 furlongs: 1945–1947, 1952–1953
- 1 mile : 1960–1993, 2005 to present
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1954–1958, 1994–2004
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1985
- ^ "Frizette Stakes Profile". equibase.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Frizette". tbheritage.com.