Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes

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Grade III race
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	1990
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mare, three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000

Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

A Grade III event, it is open to fillies and mares, aged three and older. Contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The race was known as the Capital Holding Mile Stakes until 1995.

[edit] Winners of the Distaff Turf Mile Stakes since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Bayou's Lassie	5	Edgar Prado	Dale Romans	Jacks or Better Farm	1:37.70
2007	Take the Ribbon	4	Rafael Bejarano	Wallace A. Dollase	Eurowest Bloodstock	1:36.89
2006	Mirabilis	4	Pat Valenzuela	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:35.93
2005	Miss Terrible	6	Alex Solis	Bradley Ross	J. & G. Manoogian	1:35.89
2004	Shaconage	4	Brice Blanc	Mitch Shirota	Andrena Van Doren	1:36.10
2003	Heat Haze	4	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Robert J. Frankel	Khalid Abdullah	1:39.96
2002	Stylish	4	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:35.72
2001	Iftiraas	4	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Gary A. Tanaka	1:36.69
2000	Don't Be Silly	5	Jorge Chavez	Merrill R. Scherer	Hall/Lunch/Scherer	1:34.78
1999	Shires Ende	4	John R. Velazquez	Richard Scherer	Carolyn Friedberg	1:35.43

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• The 2007 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes at the NTRA
• The Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes at Pedigree Query