The Arlington Stakes is a Grade III American

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for horses aged four years old over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the

turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricultu ...

held annually in late May or early June at

Churchill Downs Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...

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. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000. It currently offers a purse of $200,000 and served as a final local prep race for the

Arlington Million The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward on the turf. It was originally raced at the now-closed Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois over a distance of m ...

. The race was hosted by the now defunct

Washington Park Race Track Washington Park Race Track was a popular horse racing venue in the Chicago metropolitan area from 1884 until 1977. It had two locations during its existence. It was first situated in what is the current location of the Washington Park Subdiv ...

in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the

Hawthorne Race Course Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating syst ...

in 1985. The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999. In 2022, the event was moved to

after the closure of

Arlington Park Arlington International Racecourse (formerly Arlington Park, the name was Arlington Park Jockey Club from as soon as 1948 up to 1955) was a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago regi ...

Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the ...

and run over the shorter distance of miles.https://www.churchilldowns.com/uploads/horsemen-files/stakes-schedules/Spring%20Stakes%20Schedule.pdf Distances: * mile – 1968 * 1 mile – 1963, 1966–1967 * miles – 2022 * miles – 1929, 1952, 1965 * miles – 1930–1939, 1942–1951, 1984 to 2014 * miles – 1941, 1953–1962, 1964, 1973–1976, 2015–2021 * miles – 1972, 1977–1983

Records

Speed record: * 2:00.62 –

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(1992) (at miles on Arlington Park turf) * In 1985, Pass the Line ran miles on turf in 2:00 2/5 at Hawthorne Race Course. * 1:53.16- Bandua (2019) (at mile distance) Most wins: * 3 – Rahystrada (2010, 2012, 2013) Most wins by an owner: * 4 –

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(1936, 1947, 1949, 1950) Most wins by a

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: * 4 –

Bill Shoemaker William Lee Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. For 29 years he held the world record for total professional jockey victories. Early life Referred to as "Bill", "Willie," and "The Shoe", William Lee Sh ...

(1958, 1959, 1965, 1983) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Robert J. Frankel (1991, 1994, 1996, 2000)

Winners

References

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Graded stakes races in the United States 1929 establishments in Illinois Open middle distance horse races Arlington Park Turf races in the United States Horse racing in Illinois Recurring sporting events established in 1929