Eight Belles Stakes

This article is about the race known as the La Troienne Stakes from 1967 to 2008. For the race run since 2010 under that name and formerly run under names including the Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap (1986–2006), the Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007), the Louisville Stakes (2008), and the Louisville Distaff Stakes (2009), see La Troienne Stakes.
Eight Belles Stakes
Grade II race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1956 (as Oaks Prep)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorSysco (2023)
Websitewww.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122lbs with allowances
PurseUS$600,000 (2024)

The Eight Belles Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old filly sprinters run at a distance of 7 furlongs at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky each year on Kentucky Oaks Day.