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Golden Rod Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1910

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.churchilldowns.com

Location
  
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

Race replay 2015 golden rod stakes


The Golden Rod Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

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The Golden Rod is named for the official flower of the state of Kentucky and dates back to 1910.

Eastern Stockings, champion three-year-old of 1927, won this race that year. Chris Evert won it in 1973.

Golden rod stakes 2008 rachel alexandra


Records

Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)

  • 1:43.08 - Rachel Alexandra (2008)
    • Most wins by a trainer
  • 5 - D. Wayne Lukas

    • Previous winners

  • 1997 - Love Lock
  • 1996 - City Band
  • 1995 - Gold Sunrise
  • 1994 - Lilly Capote
  • 1993 - At the Half
  • 1992 - Boots 'n Jackie
  • 1991 - Vivid Imagination

    • References

    Golden Rod Stakes Wikipedia
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