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.
Red Bank Stakes
The Red Bank Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1974 at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A Grade III event raced in late August/early September, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf. Inaugurated in 1974 as a stakes race on dirt for two-year-old fillies, in 1975 is was made open to fillies and mares. In 1980, the race was converted to a handicap event on turf which was open to horses age three and older. An earlier version of the Red Bank Stakes was run in 1885 as a six-furlong race for two-year-olds. It was won by A. J. Cassatt's, The Bard.
Since inception the race has been contested at various distances. Following heavy rains, the 2003 race was switched to the dirt track. The Red Bank Handicap was run in two divisions in 1984 and 1985.
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 |
