Tejano Run Stakes

Tejano Run Stakes
Listed race
LocationTurfway Park
Florence, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1974
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.turfway.com
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfacePolytrack synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$50,000

The Tejano Run Stakes is an American ungraded Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Open to horses age four and older, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of one and one eighth miles (8 furlongs).

Inaugurated in 1974 as the Pioneer Stakes, the race was renamed in 1997 to honor Tejano Run who won the 1996 Pioneer Stakes as well as other important stakes at Turfway Park.

There was no race run in 1990 and 2009.

Distances:

  • 1 mile : 1983–1988
  • 1+18 miles : 1974–1982, 1989–present