Belmont Oaks


The Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade I event open to three-year-old fillies and raced over a distance of a mile and one quarter. The current purse is $500,000.
In 2024 Belmont Park was shut down due to a major two-year refurbishing program. Races, including the Belmont Oaks, were transferred temporarily to Aqueduct Race Track, another NYRA facility. There, the Oaks was run at a mile and three sixteenths.
The Belmont Oaks is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" event for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.
In 199, the Belmont Oaks became a Grade I race. It was previously known as the Garden City Stakes then it was modified to the Garden City Breeders' Cup, and the Rare Perfume before that. The latter name was in honor of George Widener's racing mare, Rare Perfume. The Garden City name referred to Garden City, New York, a Political subdivisions of [New York State#Village|village] in the Town of [Hempstead, New York|Town of Hempstead] in central Nassau County located near the racetrack.

Records

Speed record:
  • 1:53.42 - Cinderella's Dream
  • At distance of miles) : 1:58.71 – Athena
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer: