The Arlington Stakes is a
Grade III American
Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the
turf held annually in late May or early June at
Churchill Downs in
Louisville, Kentucky. 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 race was hosted by the now defunct
Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the
Hawthorne Race Course 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
Churchill Downs after the closure of
Arlington Park in
Arlington Heights, Illinois 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 –
Sky Classic (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 –
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of the Bluegras ...
(1936, 1947, 1949, 1950)
Most wins by a
jockey:
* 4 –
Bill Shoemaker (1958, 1959, 1965, 1983)
Most wins by a
trainer:
* 4 –
Robert J. Frankel (1991, 1994, 1996, 2000)
Winners
References
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The Arlington Handicap at Pedigree Query
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