This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1986 and run through 2006 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap, in 2007 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes, in 2008 as the Louisville Stakes, and in 2009 as the Louisville Distaff Stakes. For the race for three-year-old fillies known from 1967 to 2008 as the La Troienne Stakes, see Eight Belles Stakes.
Horse race
La Troienne Stakes
Grade I race
Location
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated
1986 (as Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap)
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Sponsor
Fasig-Tipton (2024)
Website
Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄16 miles
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
Weight
123lbs with allowances
Purse
$1,000,000 (since 2024)
The La Troienne Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is $500,000.[1]
^"La Troienne Stakes Profile". Equibase. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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