Sugar Bowl Stakes

Sugar Bowl Stakes
Overnight stakes race
Location Fair Grounds Race Course
New Orleans, Louisiana
Inaugurated 1950
Race type Thoroughbredflat racing
Website www.fairgroundsracecourse.com
Race information
Distance 6 furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track Left-handed
Qualification Two years old
Purse $50,000

The Sugar Bowl Stakes is an American race for Thoroughbred horses run near Christmas at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Set at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt for two-year-olds, the Sugar Bowl currently offers a purse of $50,000.

Although it is an ungraded event, it is still considered a prep to the Kentucky Derby, albeit a minor one.

Past winners

References

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