Is there a "female equivalent" of the Belmont Stakes, like the Kentucky Oaks is such for the Ky. Derby?

Question

Is there a "female equivalent" of the Belmont Stakes, like the Kentucky Oaks is such for the Ky. Derby?

Answer 1

It is less formal than the Triple Crown but the series of the Ky. Oaks, the Black Eyed Susan at Pimlico and the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park is the distaff of the Triple Crown.  New York also runs a "Triple Tiara" series that begins with the Mother Goose,  continues with the Coaching Club American Oaks (both at Belmont) and concludes at Saratoga with the Alabama Stakes.

Answer 2

Just for the record

Derby = a race for 3 year-olds

Oaks = a race for Fillies 3 years-old

Distaff =  a race for Fillies and Mares 3 years-old and upward.

Answer 3

The Acorn Stakes is a distaff event that's run on the Belmont undercard.

The Filly Triple Crown has evolved over the years... it hasn't included the same races every year and it hasn't existed every year either.  There's currently no official Filly Crown, unless you count NYRA's Triple Tiara.  Years ago the Filly Crown included the Acorn, Mother Goose, and Coaching Club American Oaks.  At that time, the CCAO was run over a mile and a half.  It corresponded to the Belmont since it was the final leg of the crown and was run over the same 12 furlong distance (a mile and a half).

The CCAOaks is no longer run over 12 furlongs... it's now the standard 10 (a mile and a quarter).  And it's no longer the last step in the crown... the Acorn dropped out of the crown, and was replaced with the Alabama, so the Crown is now the Mother Goose, CCAOaks, and the Alabama.

There is no longer a major graded stakes race for fillies over the 12 furlong distance... the 9-10 furlong races are much more common for both the fillies and the colts.

Answer 4

Yes, there is the three races in the filly triple crown.