Lecomte Stakes

Lecomte Stakes
Grade III race
LocationFair Grounds Race Course
New Orleans, Louisiana
Inaugurated1943 (as LeCompte Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteFair Grounds
Race information
Distance1+116 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight122 lbs
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2013)
BonusesQualifications points –
Road to the Kentucky Derby

The Lecomte Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenths miles on the dirt run annually in mid-January, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.