Website www.keeneland.com Track Left-handed | Surface Turf | |
Location Keeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Distance 1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) | ||
The Jessamine Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old filles held annually at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. It is currently a Grade III stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf and currently offers a $150,000 purse.
The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Graded stakes race for the first time in 2011.
The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series and sponsored by JP Morgan Chase. The winner will automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Winners as Graded Stakes race
References
Jessamine Stakes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA