The Gotham Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run in early March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Grade III event with a current purse of $400,000, it is set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The race is named for New York City which in years past was often dubbed Gotham City.The Gotham Stakes is the final local prep to the Wood Memorial Stakes and an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby.