Perryville Stakes
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The Perryville Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
run annually during October at the Keeneland
Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky
. The race is open to three-year-old horse
s. Currently a Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000.
El Brujo won the race in 2009 by 1 1/4 lengths in a time of 1:25.95.
The race was not run in 2010.
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run annually during October at the Keeneland
Keeneland
Keeneland is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and sales complex in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Operated by the Keeneland Association, Inc., it is also known for its reference library on the sport, which contains more than 10,000 volumes, an extensive videocassette collection, and a substantial...
Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
. The race is open to three-year-old horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s. Currently a Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000.
El Brujo won the race in 2009 by 1 1/4 lengths in a time of 1:25.95.
The race was not run in 2010.