The Penn Mile Stakes is a

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American

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for horses aged three years old, held over a distance of one mile on the

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annually in late May or early June at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000.

History

With the influx of additional funds from the

turning itself to a

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the club ventured in adding higher stakes races. The race was inaugurated in 2013 with a stakes purse of $500,000. In 2015 the event was classified as Grade III and in 2017 was upgraded to Grade II. The event in 2020 was not held due to the

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with Penn National closed when the event was to be scheduled. Due to weather conditions and the state of the track the 2021 running was moved to the dirt and the event was downgraded to Grade III.

Records

Speed record: *1:33.99 – Rydilluc (2013) Largest margin of victory: * 3 lengths – Hawkish (2018) Most wins by a

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: * No jockey has won this race more than once. Most wins by a trainer: * 2 – Mark E. Casse (2016, 2019) Most wins by an owner: * No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

''Legend:''

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References