Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Peter Pan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of May at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. A Grade II event it is open to three-year-olds willing to race nine furlongs on the dirt. The race is run in honor of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Peter Pan.Inaugurated in 1940 it was run as a handicap at one and one eighth miles until 1960 when the race was placed on hiatus.