The Bay Shore Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York.
In 1967, the winner Damascus continued his outstanding form winning the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes and capturing a host of awards including U.S. Champion three-year-old colt, US Champion Handicap Horse and becoming US Horse of the Year.
[5] The 1970 US Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Hoist The Flag won this event in 1971 with a new track record of 1:21 flat in what would be his last start as a career ending training incident forced a premature retirement.
[6] In 1973 the first year the classification system was enacted, the event was set with Grade III status.
[8] Two starts later Bold Forbes would win the Kentucky Derby and be crowned the U.S. Champion three-year-old colt.