The Native Dancer Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in early January, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1-1/16 mile (8.5 furlongs). Its purse is $100,000.From 1966 to 2002, the race was known as the Native Dancer Handicap.