This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1980 at Aqueduct Racetrack and run through 2022 as the Kelso Handicap. For the former event known as the Forbidden Apple Stakes and held in that name from 2014 to 2022 and renamed to the Kelso Stakes in 2023, see Kelso Stakes.
Horse race
Forty Niner Stakes
Grade II race
Location
Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1980 (as Kelso Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack)
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
NYRA[dead link]
Race information
Distance
One mile
Surface
Dirt
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds and older
Weight
Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse
$350,000 (since 2023)
The Forty Niner Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older run over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt held annually in late October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of $350,000.
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