Category:Graded stakes races in the United States
Each year the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association releases a list of stakes for thoroughbred horses. The Committee grades stakes and handicaps into three grades: Grade I, Grade II and Grade III. The largest races are Grade I. The committee uses as criteria for the grading:
- Purse Requirement: That the race has a purse of more than $75,000.
- Longevity: That the race has been run for two years under the same conditions.
- Drug Testing: That post race drug testing is managed by a governmental authority.
- Restrictions: That the race may be restricted only in age and gender.
As long as the race meets these requirements, the Committee grades on the overall quality of the previous fields and the performance of horses in the previous fields in stakes both prior to and after the race. For example: if the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf raced in the Arlington Million then the race would almost certainly be a Grade One.
Pages in category "Graded stakes races in the United States"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 517 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Kelso Stakes
- Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes
- Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes
- Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes
- Kentucky Derby
- Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
- Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes
- Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes
- Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes
- Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes
- Kentucky Turf Cup
- Kitten's Joy Stakes
- Knickerbocker Stakes
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- La Brea Stakes
- La Cañada Stakes
- La Habra Stakes
- La Troienne Stakes
- Lake George Stakes
- Lake Placid Stakes
- Las Flores Stakes
- Las Virgenes Stakes
- Last Tycoon Stakes
- Lawrence Realization Stakes
- Lazaro Barrera Stakes
- Lecomte Stakes
- Lexington Stakes (Keeneland)
- Locust Grove Stakes
- Lone Star Derby
- Lone Star Park Handicap
- Long Branch Stakes
- Long Island Stakes
- Los Alamitos Futurity
- Los Angeles Handicap
- Louisiana Derby
- Louisville Stakes
- Lukas Classic Stakes
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- Mac Diarmida Stakes
- Madison Stakes
- Maker's Mark Mile Stakes
- Man o' War Stakes
- Manila Stakes
- Maryland Sprint Stakes
- Matchmaker Stakes
- Mathis Mile Stakes
- Matriarch Stakes
- Matron Stakes (NYRA)
- Matt Winn Stakes
- Megahertz Stakes
- Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap
- Mineshaft Stakes
- Mint Julep Stakes
- Mint Millions Stakes
- Miss Grillo Stakes
- Miss Preakness Stakes
- Mr. Prospector Stakes
- Modesty Stakes
- Molly Pitcher Stakes
- Monmouth Cup Stakes
- Monmouth Stakes
- Monrovia Stakes
- Mother Goose Stakes
- Mrs. Revere Stakes
- Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes
- Music City Stakes
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- Palm Beach Handicap
- Palos Verdes Stakes
- Pan American Stakes
- Pat Day Mile Stakes
- Pebbles Stakes
- Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational
- Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational
- Penn Mile Stakes
- Pennine Ridge Stakes
- Pennsylvania Derby
- Perryville Stakes
- Peter Pan Stakes
- Philip H. Iselin Stakes
- Phoenix Stakes (United States)
- Pilgrim Stakes
- Pimlico Special
- Pocahontas Stakes
- Poker Stakes
- Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap
- Preakness Stakes
- Precisionist Stakes
- Precisionist Stakes top three finishers and starters
- Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes
- La Prevoyante Stakes (Gulfstream Park)
- Princess Rooney Stakes
- Princess Stakes
- Prioress Stakes
- Providencia Stakes
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- Rachel Alexandra Stakes
- Rancho Bernardo Handicap
- Raven Run Stakes
- Razorback Handicap
- Rebel Stakes
- Red Bank Stakes
- Red Carpet Stakes
- Red Smith Stakes
- Regret Stakes
- Remington Park Oaks
- Remsen Stakes
- Risen Star Stakes
- River City Stakes
- Roamer Handicap
- Robert B. Lewis Stakes
- Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap
- Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes
- Robert J. Frankel Stakes
- Rodeo Drive Stakes
- Roseben Handicap
- Royal Delta Stakes
- Royal Heroine Stakes
- Ruffian Stakes
- Runhappy Stakes
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- Safely Kept Stakes
- Salvator Mile Stakes
- Sam F. Davis Stakes
- San Antonio Handicap
- San Carlos Stakes
- San Clemente Stakes
- San Diego Handicap
- San Felipe Stakes
- San Fernando Stakes
- San Francisco Mile Stakes
- San Gabriel Stakes
- San Juan Capistrano Stakes
- San Luis Obispo Handicap
- San Luis Rey Stakes
- San Marcos Stakes
- San Pasqual Handicap
- San Rafael Stakes
- San Simeon Stakes
- San Vicente Stakes
- Sands Point Stakes
- Sanford Stakes
- Santa Ana Stakes
- Santa Anita Derby
- Santa Anita Oaks
- Santa Maria Stakes
- Santa Monica Stakes
- Santa Ynez Stakes
- Santa Ysabel Stakes
- Saranac Stakes
- Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
- Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes
- Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes
- Saratoga Special Stakes
- Sea o'Erin Stakes
- Seabiscuit Handicap
- Secretariat Stakes
- Seminole Handicap
- Senator Ken Maddy Stakes
- Senorita Stakes
- Shakertown Stakes
- Sham Stakes
- Shawnee Stakes
- Sheepshead Bay Stakes
- Shoemaker Mile Stakes
- Shuvee Stakes
- Sixty Sails Handicap
- Skip Away Stakes
- Smarty Jones Stakes (Oaklawn Park)
- Soaring Softly Stakes
- Sorrento Stakes
- Southwest Stakes
- Spend a Buck Handicap
- Spinaway Stakes
- Spinster Stakes
- Stage Door Betty Handicap
- Starlet Stakes
- Stars and Stripes Stakes
- Stephen Foster Stakes
- Steve Sexton Mile Stakes
- Street Sense Stakes
- Strub Stakes