The Mrs. Revere Stakes is a Grade III

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Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of miles on turf held annually in November at

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during the fall meeting. Currently offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The Mrs. Revere Stakes is named in honor of the filly, Mrs. Revere born in 1981. Mrs. Revere won four Churchill Downs stakes during 1984-85 including the Regret Stakes,

Edgewood Stakes The Edgewood Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of miles on turf held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during th ...

and

Dogwood Stakes The Dogwood Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of seven furlongs held annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. History The event ...

as a three-year-old and the Kentucky Cardinal Handicap as a four-year-old. The event was inaugurated on 16 November 1991 at was won by the 4/5 odds-on

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& Edward J. Hudson Jr. owned filly Spanish Parade who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day with a last to first sweep in a time of 1:46.19. The

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classified the event as Grade III in 1995 and three years later, in 1998 was upgraded to Grade II.

Records

Speed record: * miles: 1:41.73 – Mary's Follies (2009) Margins: *7 lengths – Weekend Madness (IRE) (1993) Most wins by a

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: * 4 – Julien R. Leparoux (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 –

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(1991, 1997) * 2 – Thomas J. Skiffington (1994, 1996) * 2 –

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(2004, 2015) Most wins by an owner: * 2 –

& Edward J. Hudson Jr. (1991, 1997) * 2 –

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(2006, 2013)

Winners

''Legend:''

External site

Churchill Downs Media Guide - $300,000 Mrs. Revere (Grade II)

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

External site

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