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Appleton Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1952

Distance
  
1 mile

Website
  
www.gulfstreampark.com

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Appleton Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually near the end of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade III event raced on turf at a distance of 1 mile, it is open to horses age four and older.

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Race history

The race was run in two divisions in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973–1982, 1984–1985, and 1987.

Race distance

  • 1952-  1 1⁄16 mile
  • 1953–1964 -  1 1⁄8 mile
  • 1965–1966 - 7 furlongs
  • 1967–1971 - 1 mile
  • 1972 - 7 furlongs
  • 1973–1982 - 1 mile
  • 1983 - 7 furlongs
  • 1984–1990 - 1 mile
  • 1991 - 1 mile and 70 yards
  • 1992–2000 -  1 1⁄16 mile
  • 2001–2008 - 1 mile
  • 2009–2010 -  7 1⁄2 furlongs
  • 2011 onwards - 1 mile

    • Records

    Most wins:

  • 2 - Better Bee (1958, 1959)

    • References

    Appleton Stakes Wikipedia
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