Grade II race | |
Location | Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1982 (as Davona Dale Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Sponsor | Fasig-Tipton (since 2020) |
Website | Fair Grounds |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | 122 lbs. |
Purse | $300,000 (since 2021) |
Bonuses | Qualification points – Road to the Kentucky Oaks. |
The Rachel Alexandra Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in February at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $300,000.[1]