Inaugurated 1968 Purse 500,000 USD | Surface Dirt | |
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Location Oaklawn Park Race Track
Hot Springs, Arkansas Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc. Distance 1 ⁄16 mile (8.5 furlongs) | ||
Race replay 2017 southwest stakes featuring one liner
The Southwest Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas in mid February, usually during the President's Day weekend. The race is open to three-year-old horses and currently offers a purse of $500,000.
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- Race replay 2017 southwest stakes featuring one liner
- Oaklawn race replay 2017 500 000 southwest stakes featuring one liner
- Records
- Winners of the Southwwest Stakes since 1981
- References
On November 28, 2007, the ungraded Southwest Stakes was upgraded to a Grade III event by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Inaugurated in 1968 as the Southwest Handicap, it was run at a distance of six furlongs from 1968 through 1983. The race is often used as a prep to the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby.
Since 2013, the race has been run at a distance of 1 1⁄16 miles.
The race's forerunner was the Southwest Purse, held in 1959 and 1962 and won by Call Hy and Killoqua, respectively.
It was run in two divisions in 1972, 2002, and 2012.
Oaklawn race replay 2017 500 000 southwest stakes featuring one liner
Records
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Winners of the Southwwest Stakes since 1981
A # designates that the race was run in two divisions in 2012, 2002 and 1972.