Re: Dwyer Stakes
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<TH style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; BACKGROUND: #dacaa5; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2> | Grade II race</TH> |
<TH style="FONT-SIZE: 125%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2>Dwyer Stakes</TH> |
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Location | Belmont Park
Elmont, New York |
Inaugurated | 1887 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Belmont Park |
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Distance | 1 [SUP]1[/SUP]/<SMALL>16</SMALL> miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Track | Dirt, left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
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The
Dwyer Stakes is an American
Grade II stakes race for three-year-old
thoroughbred racehorses held annually at
Belmont Park racetrack in
Elmont,
Long Island,
New York. Run in early July, it is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of 1 1/16-miles on dirt. It currently offers offering a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1887 as the Brooklyn Derby at the now defunct
Gravesend Race Track on
Coney Island, in 1918 it was renamed for the Dwyer brothers,
Mike &
Phil, who dominated thoroughbred racing in the late 19th century. At one time, it was a Grade I stakes race that was a major part of the
American Thoroughbred racing season. It was known as the Dwyer Handicap from 1957 to 1978.
Since inception, the race has been competed at various distances:
- 1 [SUP]1[/SUP]/<SMALL>16</SMALL> miles : 1887-1924, 1935–1939, 1994 to present
- 1⅛ miles : 1888-1897, 1915–1924, 1935–1939, 1975–1993, 2010
- 1 [SUP]3[/SUP]/<SMALL>16</SMALL> miles : 1956-1959
- 1? miles : 1910-1914, 1925, 1940–1955, 1960–1974
- 1 [SUP]5[/SUP]/<SMALL>16</SMALL> miles : 1925
- 1? miles : 1887, 1898–1909, 1926–1934