Shevlin Stakes
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ClassDiscontinued stakes
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955
Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959)
Queens, New York
United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955
Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959)
Inaugurated1925
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
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| Class | Discontinued stakes |
|---|---|
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955 Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959) |
| Inaugurated | 1925 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile : 1925-1939 1+1⁄16 miles : 1940-1952 7 furlongs : 1953-1959 |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old |
| Weight | Assigned |
The Shevlin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York and at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race on dirt was inaugurated in 1925 to honor the long service of James Shevlin, the President of the Queens County Jockey Club which operated Aqueduct Racetrack[1] who had died at age 82 on November 24, 1924, at his home in Brooklyn.[2]
There was no race run from 1933 through 1935.