Fleur de Lis Stakes
Appearance
Grade II race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1975 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 added |
The Fleur de Lis Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. This Grade II event currently carries a purse of $200,000 added.
Since its inaugural running in 1975, the Fleur de Lis Handicap has been contested at various distances:
- 1 mile (8 furlongs) : 1975-1976
- 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1977-1982
- 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs ) : 1983–present
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)
- 1:48.26 - Heritage of Gold (2000)
- Most wins
- 2 - Likely Exchange (1978, 1980)
Winners of the Fleur de Lis Handicap since 1995
Earlier winners
- 1994 - Trishyde
- 1993 - Quilma
- 1992 - Bungalow
- 1991 - Maskra's Lady
- 1990 - A Penny Is A Penny
- 1989 - Stoneleigh's Hope
- 1988 - Lt. Lao
- 1987 - Infinidad
- 1986 - Queen Alexandra
- 1985 - Straight Edition
- 1984 - Heatherten
- 1983 - Try Something New
- 1982 - Classic Ambition
- 1981 - Forever Cordial
- 1980 - Likely Exchange
- 1979 - Table the Rumor
- 1978 - Likely Exchange
- 1977 - Go On Dreaming
- 1976 - Pago Hop
- 1975 - Bundler