The Sorority Stakes is an American

Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

held annually during the first week of September at

Monmouth Park Racetrack Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with ...

Oceanport, New Jersey Oceanport is a borough situated in the Jersey Shore region, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, specifically Central Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,150, an increase of 318 (+5.5 ...

. Open to two-year-old

fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, th ...

, it is contested on dirt over a distance of six

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s. The Sorority Stakes lost its graded status in 2004.

Records

Speed record: * 1:09.00 Ruffian (1974) Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza (born March 26, 1940) is a Panamanian-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In 1963, he was the first Latin American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. Biography Baeza began his racing career in 1955 in Panama at Hipodromo Ju ...

(1967, 1968, 1973) * 3 – Joe Bravo(1999, 2009, 2020) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – Ben W. Perkins Jr. (2000, 2001, 2002) Most wins by an owner: * 3 – Wheatley Stable (1961, 1963, 1968)

Winners

Notes

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References

History of the Sorority stakes at Monmouth Park
1956 establishments in New Jersey Horse races in New Jersey Monmouth Park Racetrack Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies Previously graded stakes races in the United States Ungraded stakes races in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1956