The Fashion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies.
[1][2] The Fashion Stakes was often used as either the first or second start in a young filly's racing career.
The event attracted some of the best bred fillies on the East Coast of the United States with several future Champions winning the race including Hall of Fame inductees Affectionately[3] and Ruffian.
[6] On May 19, 1971, Ogden Phipps' Numbered Account set a Fashion Stakes record of 0:57 2/5 for five furlongs on dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack.
[7] On June 12, 1974, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Janney's Ruffian set a Fashion Stakes record that also equaled the Belmont Park track record of 1:03 flat for the then race distance of 5+1⁄2 furlongs on dirt.