Belmont Futurity Stakes
The Futurity Stakes, commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity, is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid September at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.
The creation of James G. K. Lawrence, president of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track, the field made up of the two-year-old offspring of mares which had been nominated before their birth. This nomination remained in effect until 1957 when it was opened to all two-year-olds.
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