Arlington Washington Lassie Stakes

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Inaugurated 1929 Distance 7 furlongs		Website www.arlingtonpark.com Track Synthetic, left-handed
Location Arlington ParkArlington Heights, Illinois, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000. It was a Grade III race through 2012, but was a listed stakes in 2013.

Inaugurated in 1929 as the Arlington Lassie Stakes, in 1963 it was renamed the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and in 2005 was given the Breeders' Cup designation.

Since inception, the race has been competed at various distances:

1929-1931 : 5.5 furlongs

1932-1961 & 1972-1979 : 6 furlongs

1962-1969 : 6.5 furlongs

1980-1984 & 1986-1987 : 7 furlongs

1985 : 6.5 furlongs (at Hawthorne Race Course)

1986–2013 : 1 mile

2014 to present : 7 furlongs

The race was not run in 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.

Records

Time record: (at one mile distance)

1:35.93 - Original Spin (2005)

Largest winning margin:

12 lengths - Eliza (1992)

Most wins by an owner:

4 - Calumet Farm (1937, 1943, 1947, 1949)

Most wins by a jockey:

5 - Steve Brooks (1949, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1960)

Most wins by a trainer:

2 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1943)

2 - A. Holberg (1939, 1941)

2 - Howard Wells (1942, 1950)

2 - J. Hodgins (1946, 1952)

2 - Horace A. Jones (1947, 1949)

2 - Harry Trotsek (1951, 1953)

2 - Moody Jolley (1954, 1959)

2 - Joe Pierce, Jr. (1969, 1972)

2 - Woody Stephens (1983, 1984)

2 - Michael L. Reavis (1994, 2010)

References

Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes Wikipedia

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