Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Woody Stephens Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. A Grade II event raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs it is open to three-year-old horses.Inaugurated in 1985 as the Riva Ridge Stakes it was named in honor of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee and Belmont Stakes winner Riva Ridge. In 2006 it was renamed in memory of Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens who won eight U.S.