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The Mac Diarmida Stakes is a
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American Thoroughbred horse race for horses four-years-old and older run over a distance of one-and-three-eighth miles (11 furlongs) on the turf, annually in February at Gulfstream Park in
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. The current purse is $200,000.


History

The event was inaugurated on 16 January 1995 for three-year-olds at a distance of 1 mile and 70 yards and was held on the dirt track. The race was named in honor of Florida-bred
Mac Diarmida {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Mac Diarmida , image = , caption = , sire = Minnesota Mac , grandsire = Rough'n Tumble , dam = Flying Tammie , damsire = Tim Tam , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1975 , country = United States , colour = ...
who was the American Champion Male Turf Horse of 1978. The following year, in 1996 the event was lengthened slightly to one-and-one-sixteenth miles and run on the turf. It was run as a handicap from 1997 through 2008 but is now run under allowance weight conditions. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1997. In 1997, wet weather forced the race to be moved from the turf course to the main dirt track and set at a distance of one-and-one-quarter miles with conditions changed to allow horses four years old and older. In 1998 the race was changed to its present distance of one-and-three-eighths miles. The race was not run in 2001. The event was upgraded once again in 2007 to
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. The event was originally held in January but since 2017 has been run in late February or early March.


Records

;Speed record: * miles — 2:10.87 Stream of Gold (IRE) (2008) ;Margins: * lengths — Panama City (1999) ;Most wins: * 2 -
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(2009, 2010) * 2 - Zulu Alpha – (2019, 2020) ;Most wins by an owner: * 2 - Michael M. Hui ;Most wins by a
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: * 4 - Jerry Bailey (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) ;Most wins by a trainer: * 2 - Michael J. Maker (2019, 2020, 2022)


Winners

''Legend:''


See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races


External links


2020–21 Gulfstream Park Media Guide


References

{{reflist, 2 Graded stakes races in the United States Grade 2 stakes races in the United States Horse races in Florida Turf races in the United States Open middle distance horse races Flat horse races for four-year-olds Gulfstream Park Recurring sporting events established in 1995 1995 establishments in Florida