Fountain of Youth Stakes

Fountain of Youth Stakes
ClassGrade II
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Inaugurated1945
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
SponsorCoolmore Stud
Websitewww.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8+12 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
Purse$400,000 (since 2011)
BonusesQualifications points –
Road to the Kentucky Derby

The Fountain of Youth Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida in late February. A Grade II event open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000. It is the final stakes prep to the Florida Derby and is an official prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.