Forerunner Stakes

Forerunner Stakes
Discontinued Stakes race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky
Inaugurated1950-2007
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.keeneland.com
Race information
Distance1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackTurf, left-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000[1]

The Forerunner Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1950 through 2007 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, it was last contested on turf over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs).