The Junior Champion Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses at Gravesend Race Track in Gravesend, on Coney Island, New York State. The September 18, 1909 edition of the Daily Racing Form stated that for a number of years it had been one of the East Coast's most important and valuable stakes for two-year-olds. Among the race winners, was chosen the 1899 American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse as was Commando (1900), (1903), Sysonby (1904) and in 1906.