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Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes

Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
Listed race
Location Arlington Park
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Inaugurated 1929
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.arlingtonpark.com
Race information
Distance 7 furlongs
Track Synthetic, left-handed
Qualification Two-Year-Old Fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $75,000

The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000. It was a Grade III race through 2012, but was a listed stakes in 2013.

Inaugurated in 1929 as the Arlington Lassie Stakes, in 1963 it was renamed the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and in 2005 was given the Breeders' Cup designation.

Since inception, the race has been competed at various distances:

The race was not run in 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.

Time record: (at one mile distance)

Largest winning margin:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:


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