Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Maid of the Mist is an American Thoroughbred horse race for New York-bred two-year-old fillies run at Belmont Park each year during its celebration of New York born horses. All the races on that day’s card are for New Yorkers. Set at one mile it offers a purse of $100000.Named for the seven steamboats that over the years have navigated on upstate New York’s Niagara River the Maid of the Mist will be in its 18th running in 2011.