Flamingo Stakes
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The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. An early April prep race for the Kentucky Derby, it was first run in 1932. However, the racetrack ran into financial problems in the 2000s and the facility has been closed.
Over the years, a number of future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horses won the Flamingo Stakes including:
- Citation (1948)
- Nashua (1955)
- Needles (1956)
- Bold Ruler (1957)
- Tim Tam (1958)
- Carry Back (1961)
- Northern Dancer (1964)
- Buckpasser (1966)
- Foolish Pleasure (1975)
- Seattle Slew (1977)
- Alydar (1978)
- Spectacular Bid (1979)
These horses are noteworthy winners:
- Timely Writer (1982)
- Chief's Crown (1985)
