Wonder Again Stakes


The Wonder Again Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old held over a distance of miles on the inner turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The race is named after the Grade I winner Wonder Again, full sister to Grass Wonder, who won the GI Garden City Breeders' Cup and GI Diana Handicap.
The race was inaugurated in 25 May 2014 with a stakes purse of $200,000.
In 2017 the event was classified as Grade III, and promoted to Grade II in 2022.
The event is considered a preparatory race for the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes which is held in July.
In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA scheduled the event in their updated and shortened spring-summer meeting with a shorter distance of one mile.
In 2024 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.
In 2025 the event was moved to Saratoga and due to the inclement weather was held on a sloppy dirt track. In a three-horse event Nitrogen won by a stakes record 17 lengths.

Records

Speed record:
  • miles - 1:46.34 Camber Parc
Largest margin of victory:
  • 17 lengths – Nitrogen
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
  • 6 – Chad C. Brown
Most wins by an owner:
  • No owner has won this race more than once.

    Winners

Notes:


Fillies in bold have won the Wonder Again Stakes - Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes double