Churchill Downs Stakes

Churchill Downs Stakes
Grade I race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1911 (as Churchill Downs Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
SponsorFord (since 2021)
Websitewww.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationfour-year-olds and older
Weight123lbs with allowances
PurseUS$1,000,000 (since 2024)

The Churchill Downs Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old and older sprinters run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt annually in early May at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky as an undercard event on Kentucky Derby day. The event currently offers a purse of $1,000,000.