The Noble Damsel Stakes is a Grade III American

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for

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and

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age three-years-old and older run over a distance of one mile on the

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held annually in October at

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. The event offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The event was inaugurated on 28 September 1985 as The Lexiable Stakes at one mile in distance over the dirt and was won by the

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bred filly Alabama Nana who was trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer

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in a time of 1:35. The following year the event was run in split divisions on the turf over a distance of miles. In 1988 the event was classified as Grade III. In 1989 the event was renamed to the Noble Damsel Stakes in honor of Noble Damsel, who won the 1982 New York Handicap at Belmont Park. In 1997 the distance of the event was shortened to one mile In 2010 the conditions of the event were changed from a handicap to a stakes race with base weights with allowances.

Records

Speed record: * 1 mile: 1:32.06 – Viadera (GB) (2020) * miles: 1:39.59 – Irish Linnet (1994) Margins: * lengths – Irish Linnet (1994) Most wins: * 2 – Irish Linnet (1994, 1995) Most wins by a

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: * 6 –

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(1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2019) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 –

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(1999, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014) * 5 –

Chad C. Brown Chad C. Brown (born December 18, 1978) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer known for his expertise with turf horses and with fillies and mares. He has trained ten Eclipse Award winners including Stacelita, Big Blue Kitten, Lady Eli, ...

(2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – Austin Delaney (1994, 1995)

Winners

''Legend:''

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References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References