The Ballerina Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race. The Grade I event is contested each year during the last week of August at Saratoga Race Course and is open to fillies and mares, ages three and up. It is raced at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt for a purse of $250,000.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Ballerina Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

Named for Howell E. Jackson's filly, Ballerina, who won the 1954 inaugural running of the Maskette Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:21.09 - Lady Talk (2004)

Most wins:

• Shine Again (2001, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Pat Day (1984, 1994, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - C. R. McGaughey III (1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Ogden Phipps (1979, 1999)

• 2 - Eugene V. Klein (1985, 1986)

• 2 - Kinsman Stable (1993, 2000)

• 2 - Bohemia Stable (2001, 2002)

Winners