Top Flight Stakes
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.
| Listed race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1940 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | NYRA |
| 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 Handicap was run at Belmont Park prior to 1961 and again in 1993.
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.
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