Monmouth Beach Stakes

Monmouth Beach Stakes
ClassUngraded
LocationMonmouth Park
Oceanport, New Jersey
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitehttp://www.monmouthpark.com
Race information
Distance1,830 yd (1,670 m)
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old & up Fillies and Mares
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

The Monmouth Beach Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey.

Raced near the end of May, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards. Weights are assigned at 117 lb (53 kg). for three-year-olds and at 124 lb (56 kg) for older horses, plus specific allowances. It currently offers a purse of $70,000.

The Monmouth Beach Stakes has been raced at various distances, recently at 1 mile (1.6 km) in 2002 and 2007, 1+116 mi (1.7 km) in 2003, 2004 and 1+18 miles (1.8 km) in 2005.

Past winners include the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Wilderness Song who won in 1993.