Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes

Debutante Stakes
Listed race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1895
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
PurseUS$175,000 (since 2022)

The Debutante Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A listed stakes event open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.[1]

It first became a Grade III race in 1996.[2] It was changed from 5.5 furlongs to 6 furlongs in 2006. In 2012, the race was downgraded to listed status.

  1. ^ "Debutante Stakes" (PDF). Churchill Downs Incorporated. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ "Graded Stakes". toba.org. Retrieved 3 July 2016.