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Countrys Oldest Stakes Thirty-four stakes annually renewed in the United States are more than 50 years old. With the year of their inaugural runnings, they are as follows: 1864 — Travers Saratoga Springs. 1865 — Saratoga Cup Saratoga Springs. 1866 — Jerome Handicap Belmont Park. 1867 — Belmont Stakes Belmont Park. Champagne Stakes Belmont Park. 1868 — Ladies Handicap Belmont Park. 1869 — Flash Stakes Saratoga Springs. 1870 — Kenner Stakes Saratoga Springs. 1872 — Alabama Stakes Saratoga Springs. 1873 — Preakness takes Pimlico. 1874 — Juvenile Stakes Belmont Park. Withers Stakes Belmont Park. 1875 — Clark Handicap Churchill Downs. Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs. Kentucky Oaks Churchill Downs. 1880 — Dixie Handicap Pimlico. United States Hotel Stakes Saratoga Springs. 1881 — Spina way Stakes Saratoga Springs.
