Flamingo Stakes

Flamingo Stakes
Race information
Defunct Stakes race
Location	Hialeah Park Race Track Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1926
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	N/A
Distance	1 ¹⁄₈ miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned

The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in March at the Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. Run over a distance of nine furlongs, the inaugural race took place in 1926 at the Tampa, Florida racetrack. Until 1937 it was known as the Florida Derby.

Run in March, at one time the Flamingo Stakes was an important early prep race for the Kentucky Derby. A Grade I race until 1989, it drew some of the top East Coast colts including a number of future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Famers. In 1948, Citation won the Flamingo Stakes under regular jockey Al Snider. Six days later Snider drowned while out fishing in the Florida Keys and Eddie Arcaro would replace him on Citation, going on to win the U.S. Triple Crown.

The Hialeah Park racetrack ran into financial problems and the facility ceased operations with the last Flamingo Stakes run in 2001.

Past winners

Note:

1985 - Chief's Crown disqualified from first to second

1968 - Iron Ruler disqualified from first to second

1962 - Sunrise County disqualified from first to third

1958 - Jewel's Reward disqualified from first to second

Government

Mayors	Martínez (1981-2005) Robaina (2005-2011) Hernández (2011-present)

Locations

Education

Transportation

Events

Hialeah Park stakes races	Bahamas Stakes Black Helen Handicap Everglades Stakes Flamingo Stakes Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap Hibiscus Stakes McLennan Handicap Widener Handicap

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