Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1940
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
NYRA [1]
Race information
Distance
1-1/8 miles
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Fillies & Mares, 4-years-old & up
Weight
123 lbs. with allowances
Purse
$100,000 (2021)
The Top Flight Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Listed race, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. The event is contested over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on dirt and currently offers a purse of $100,000.
The Top Flight Handicap was run at Belmont Park prior to 1961 and again in 1993.[1]
The race is named for Top Flight, ranked in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century at #66. Top Flight was never beaten by a member of her own sex.[2]
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