The Nursery Stakes, or other designations incorporating the word "Nursery", refers to a Thoroughbred horse race used by racetracks worldwide to identify it as a novice race exclusively for two-year-olds, the age a horse is first legally allowed to compete.
In use since the 18th century, it is today still used but is a somewhat dated term.
In recent decades the Nursery designation in a race title has often been supplanted by the term "Juvenile".
Current or defunct "Nursery" races include: Australia: United States: Great Britain: South Africa: