La Troienne Stakes
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This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1986 and run through 2006 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap, in 2007 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes, in 2008 as the Louisville Stakes, and in 2009 as the Louisville Distaff Stakes. For the race for three-year-old fillies known from 1967 to 2008 as the La Troienne Stakes, see Eight Belles Stakes.
The La Troienne Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is $500,000.[1]
Quick Facts Location, Inaugurated ...
Grade I race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1986 (as Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Sponsor | Fasig-Tipton (2024) |
Website | Churchill Downs |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up |
Weight | 123lbs with allowances |
Purse | $1,000,000 (since 2024) |
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