Ogden Phipps Stakes at Belmont Park 2024

Belmont Stakes day in New York each June is a veritable Grade I buffet and one of the top-level events to be staged at the Elmont venue is the Ogden Phipps Stakes, a $700,000 race for the older fillies and mares.

Run on the dirt track over a mile and half-a-furlong, the Ogden Phipps has been around since 1961 and is named for the owner and breeder of the same name and was given this title in 2003 after his death, having previously been run as the Hempstead Handicap.

While officially on the schedule since the ’60s, other than a title change the event has also been run over 1¼ miles and even over six furlongs while it was also hosted at nearby Aqueduct for a couple of years in the ’70s.

Recent winners have been particularly strong, with 2017-19 scorers Songbird, Abel Tasman and Midnight Bisou all ridden by Mike Smith.