The Lake Placid Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is run at a distance of one and one-eighths miles on the turf and is open to three-year-old fillies and currently carries a purse of $300,000. The race is a Grade II event. Inaugurated as the Nijana Handicap in 1984, it was renamed the Lake Placid Stakes in 1998. The Lake Placid Stakes has been contested at different distances: *  1 1⁄16 miles : 1985-1989 *  1 1⁄8 miles : 1984, 1990, 1996–present In 1990, it was run on dirt.