Hollie Hughes Stakes

Hollie Hughes Stakes
ClassRestricted stakes
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationNew York State bred,
age four & older
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Hollie Hughes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1979 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A six furlong sprint raced on dirt, it is open to horses bred in the State of New York age four and older. Run in mid February, then in mid January, now returned to the month of February, the race currently offers a purse of $100,000.

The race is named in honor of New York native Hollie Hughes, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who trained horses from a New York base for 70 years.