Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Cowdin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack and at Belmont Park. First run in 1923 as the Junior Champion Stakes it was renamed the Cowdin Stakes in 1941 to honor to John Cheever Cowdin former president of Aqueduct Racetrack.The race was for two-year-old horses and run over a distance of one mile prior to 1935 and in both 1984 and 1995; at six and a half furlongs from 1935 to 1957 and from 1997 to 2005.