The Astoria Stakes is a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies that is run at what facility that first opened on May 4, 1905?
Astoria Stakes The Astoria Stakes is a long-lived race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run at Belmont Park in early June during the Belmont Stakes carnival. Originally set at a distance of five furlongs, beginning in the year 1940, the event was increated to five and a half furlongs on the dirt. The race currently offers a $200,000 purse.
Matron Stakes (Belmont Park) The Matron Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the Fall at Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island, New York (but was just lately a Spring/Summer event along with the Futurity Stakes). Open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt at a distance at seven furlongs. It is a former Grade I stakes but since 2007 has been a Grade II event. In effect, it is a filly counterpart to the Belmont Futurity Stakes. It is now a Grade III event.