Nursery Stakes
Type of horse race
The Nursery Stakes, or other designations incorporating the word "Nursery", refers to a Thoroughbred horse race used by racetracks worldwide to identify it as a novice race exclusively for two-year-olds, the age a horse is first legally allowed to compete.
In use since the 18th century, it is today still used but is a somewhat dated term. In recent decades the Nursery designation in a race title has often been supplanted by the term "Juvenile". Current or defunct "Nursery" races include:
Australia:
VATC Gwyn Nursery at Caulfield Racecourse
RRC Nursery Handicap.
United States:
Nursery Stakes at Belmont Park
Pimlico Nursery Stakes at Pimlico Race Course
Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Philadelphia Park Racetrack
Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
Great Britain:
Nursery Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse
Princes of Wales's Nursery Plate at Doncaster Racecourse.
South Africa:
Nursery Stakes at Turffontein Racecourse.
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