Listed race | |
Location | Oaklawn Park Race Track Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1979 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1/16 mile (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 |
The Martha Washington Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 1/16 mile. It is now run in late January as an early prep race in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
Inaugurated in 1979, it was raced at 6 furlongs (3⁄4 mile) until 2003 when it was modified to its present distance.
The Martha Washington Stakes was run in two divisions in 1979 and 2008.