Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
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Grade II race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1990 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | churchilldowns.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mare, three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $300,000 (2014) |
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
A Grade II event, it is open to fillies and mares, aged three and older. Contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf, it currently offers a purse of $300,000.
In 2009, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II event.[1]
The race was known as the Capital Holding Mile Stakes until 1995.
Contents
Winners of the Distaff Turf Mile Stakes since 1999
Earlier winners
- 1998 - Witchful Thinking
- 1997 - B A Valentine
- 1996 - Apolda
- 1995 - Bold Ruritana
- 1994 - Weekend Madness
- 1993 - Lady Blessington
- 1992 - Quilma
- 1991 - Foresta