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La Troienne Stakes

La Troienne Stakes
Grade I race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1986
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs).
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $300,000 (2014)

The La Troienne Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1986 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Formerly the Louisville Distaff Handicap, the Grade I event run in early May is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested on dirt over a distance of 7.5 furlongs. It is named after the famous broodmare, La Troienne.

This race was upgraded to a Grade I for its 2014 running.


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