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Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes

Debutante Stakes
Listed Stakes Race race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1895
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance 6 Furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Two-year-old fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Debutante Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A listed stakes event open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.

It first became a Grade III race in 1996. It was changed from 5.5 furlongs to 6 furlongs in 2006. In 2012, the race was reduced to listed status.


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