Vernal Stakes

Vernal Stakes
ClassDiscontinued stakes
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1892–1910
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies

The Vernal Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race on dirt, in its first two editions of 1892 and 1893 the race was run at a distance of six furlongs and was open to horses of either sex. In 1894 it was changed to an event exclusively for fillies and was set at a distance of five furlongs.