The Comely Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.
[1] The race was named in honor of the filly Comely, who, in a remarkable performance as a two-year-old, defeated older male horses in winning the first running of the Fall Highweight Handicap in 1914.
When revived in 1959 the race was open to two-year-olds of either sex and won by the 1960 Preakness Stakes winner, Bally Ache.
[3] On April 30, 1975 the superstar filly and future Hall of Fame inductee Ruffian won the Comely by eight lengths in stakes record time.
She was aboard Mom's Command, a future Hall of Fame filly bred and raced by her father, Peter Fuller.