Pennine Ridge Stakes

The Pennine Ridge Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the inner turf held annually in late May or early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

[3] The race is named after the Graded stakes winner Pennine Ridge who in 1994 won the Jamaica Handicap, Hill Prince Stakes and Choice Handicap.

[4] The event is considered a preparatory race for the Belmont Derby which is held in July.

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA schedule the event at a shorter distance of one mile.

[6] In 2024 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.