Listed race | |
Location |
Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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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)
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