Ashland Stakes
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The Ashland Stakes is a race for thoroughbred fillies. The race is restricted to three-year-olds only. It is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles for a purse of $500,000. It has been at Keeneland since 1936 except from 1938 to 1945 when it was discontinued or held at Churchill Downs. The race's time in early Spring sets up it up as the major prep to the Kentucky Oaks. It is a Grade I race.
Past winners
The following horses have one the Ashland Stakes in the past five years:- 2006-Bushfire
- 2005-Sis City
- 2004-Madcap Escapade
- 2003-Elloluv
- 2002-Take Charge Lady
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