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Miesque Stakes

Jimmy Durante Stakes
Grade III race
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inaugurated 1991
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website http://www.dmtc.com
Race information
Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Two-year-old fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Jimmy Durante Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California since 2014. Prior to that, it was known as the Miesque Stakes and was run at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced in late November, the GIII event was open to two-year-old fillies. Contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf, it currently offers a purse of $100,000.

Inaguarated in 1991, the race was named in honor of the great filly Miesque, a member of the French Horse Racing Hall of Fame and the United States Racing Hall of Fame. When Hollywood Park closed in 2013, the race was renamed in honor of the actor Jimmy Durante as part of a Del Mar rebranding initiative to evoke "old Hollywood cool".

The 2005 edition of the Miesque Stakes had to be canceled because of problems with Hollywood Park's turf course.

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