Grade III race | |
Location |
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2004 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.churchilldowns.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Commonwealth Turf Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 2004, the Commonwealth Turf Stakes was elevated to Grade III status in 2008.