The Flash Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses and one of the longest running horse racing events in America.
Run before races were graded, the Flash was won by a host of starry names.
[1] Begun before the United States Hotel Stakes (also now removed from racing's roster), it was the oldest race for juveniles of either gender in the United States.
[2] Once a historic fixture in Saratoga Springs, New York at the Saratoga Race Course,[3] it was eliminated in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which feared bankruptcy.
Moved from its home in Saratoga after a long absence, the Grade III Flash had raced on at Belmont Park as a five furlong sprint on the main track for a $100,000 added purse until the NYRA's 2005 decision.