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Bewitch Stakes

Bewitch Stakes
Grade III race
Location Keeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1962
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.keeneland.com racing
Race information
Distance 1 12 miles (12 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $150,000

The Bewitch Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second half of April at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Contested on turf over a distance of 1 12 miles (12 furlongs), it is open to fillies and mares age four and older. Currently a Grade III event sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka, it offers a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated in 1962, the race is named for Calumet Farm's great Hall of Fame filly, Bewitch.

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 12 miles on turf)


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