Travers Stakes at Saratoga
Early look at the 150th running of the $1,250,000 Travers Stakes which will be held on Saturday, August 24 at Saratoga Race Course.
Molly Pitcher Stakes
The Molly Pitcher Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually during the last week of August at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. This Grade II event carries a purse of $300,000. In 1951, the Molly Pitcher was the first race in the United States ever to be televised in color.
Monmouth Park Graded Stakes Races
| Stakes Race | Grade | Purse |
|---|---|---|
| Violet Stakes | III | $150,000 |
| Monmouth Stakes | III | $250,000 |
| Pegasus Stakes | III | $200,000 |
| Boiling Springs Stakes | III | $155,000 |
| Salvator Mile Stakes | III | $200,000 |
| United Nations Stakes | I | $765,000 |
| Jersey Shore Stakes | III | $150,000 |
| Matchmaker Stakes | III | $200,000 |
| Oceanport Stakes | III | $200,000 |
| Haskell Invitational Handicap | I | $1,000,000 |
| Monmouth Oaks | III | $150,000 |
| Philip H. Iselin Stakes | III | $250,000 |
| Molly Pitcher Stakes | II | $250,000 |
| Sapling Stakes | III | $150,000 |
| Cliff Hanger Stakes | III | $150,000 |
| Eatontown Stakes | III | $150,000 |
| Monmouth Cup Stakes | II | $300,000 |
| Red Bank Stakes | III | $200,000 |
