Valley View Stakes
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The Pin Oak Valley View Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in October at the Keeneland 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...

. Contested on turf over a distance of 8.5 furlongs, it is open to three year old fillies
Filly
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. Currently a Grade IIIT event, it offers a purse of $150,000.

The race was split into two divisions in 2009. The first division was won by Bluegrass Princess in 1:47 flat by two lengths. The second division was won by Eye of Taurus in 1:46:49 by a head.

Past winners since 2000

  • 2011 - Daisy Devine (Calvin Borel
    Calvin Borel
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    )
  • 2010 - Fugitive Angel (Rosie Napravnik)
  • 2009 - 1st Div. Bluegrass Princess
  • 2009 - 2nd Div. Eye of Taurus
  • 2008 - Acoma
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  • 2007 - Bel Air Beauty
  • 2006 - Meribel
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  • 2005 - Asi Siempre
  • 2004 - Sister Swank
  • 2003 - Dyna Da Wyna
  • 2002 - Bedanken
  • 2001 - Chausson Poire
  • 2000 - Good Game
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