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The Select Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport New Jersey. First run in 1883 the race is open to three-year-olds and is run over a distance of six furlongs on dirt.Among the notable winners of the Select are Champions Sheilas Reward in 1950 Decathlon in 1956 Nadir in 1958. Shecky Greene in 1973 Gallant Bob in 1975 plus in 1979 the Florida-bred Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bold Ruckus.