September Stakes (United States)

September Stakes
ClassDiscontinued
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1884
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance316 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds

The September Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually for the twenty-five years between 1884 and 1908 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, New York. A race on dirt, it was open to three-year-old horses of either sex. It was contested at various distances as follows:

  • 1884–1891 : 134 miles
  • 1892–1907 : 138 miles
  • 1908 : 1116 miles