Non-Graded Stakes race | |
Location | Delaware Park Racetrack Stanton, Delaware, United States |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | web |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 (2023) |
The Obeah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid June at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. Formerly a Grade III event, it is contested on dirt at a previous distance of a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs). The race is now one and one-sixteenth miles and permits horses three years and older to compete.[1]
The race is named in honor of Jane du Pont Lunger's filly, Obeah, winner of the Delaware Handicap in 1969 and 1970.