Sands Point Stakes
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Grade II race | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1995 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Belmont Park at the NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $500,000 (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.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:42.50 - Discreet Marg (2013)
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - John Velazquez (1995, 2005)
- 2 - Robbie Davis (1996, 2002)
- 2 - Jerry Bailey (1997, 2000)
- 2 - Richard Migliore (2001, 2003)
- 2 - Edgar Prado (2004, 2007)
- 2 - Garrett Gomez (2006, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Angel Penna, Jr. (1995, 1997)
- 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2006)
- 2 - Thomas Albertrani (2008, 2009)
Winners
- † There was a dead heat for the win in 2007.
- ‡ In 2006, the race was run off the turf, but retained its GIII status.
- ‡ In 2003 & 2001, the race was run off the turf and lost its GIII status.