Secretariat Stakes

Secretariat Stakes
Grade II race
LocationColonial Downs
New Kent County, Virginia
Inaugurated1974 at Arlington Park
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteColonial Downs
Race information
DistanceOne mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight123 lbs. with allowances
Purse$500,000 (2023)

The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf. The event was originally raced at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois as a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program.

Churchill Downs, whose parent company owns the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, originally planned to run the Secretariat Stakes in 2022,[1] but the race was not run due to issues with the Churchill Downs turf course.[2] The 2023 race was re-scheduled to be run at Churchill-owned Colonial Downs in Virginia.[3]

  1. ^ Placek, Christopher (15 March 2022). "The Arlington Million will live on this year ... at Churchill Downs in Kentucky". Daily Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ Crosby, Claire; King, Byron (4 August 2022). "Secretariat, Pucker Up on Hiatus to Preserve CD Turf". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ Finley, Bill (22 December 2022). "It's Official: Arlington Million Moved To Colonial Downs". thoroughbreddailynews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.