Grade II race | |
Location |
Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1981 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.keeneland.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs (4,000 ft; 1,200 m) |
Surface | Polytrack synthetic dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and Mares, Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $250,000 (2015) |
The Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A six-furlong sprint (1.2 km; 0.8-mile) raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older.
Inaugurated in 1981, it was a Listed Race from 1984 through 1987, then a Grade III event from 1988 through 2008. The race was elevated to Grade II status for 2009.