Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

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The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland each year. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and offers a purse of $250,000.

The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is one of three races that are the de facto distaff counterparts to the Triple Crown races, along with the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs and the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park. They have not, however, been officially referred to as the "Filly Triple Crown." That distinction goes to three races run at Belmont and Saratoga Race Course in New York, now officially called the Triple Tiara to avoid trademark conflicts. However, consideration has been given within the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), the sport's governing body in the United States, to change the Triple Tiara series to the Kentucky Oaks, Black-Eyed Susan and Acorn.

Davona Dale is the only filly to win the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes, and Coaching Club American Oaks.

[edit] Winners

• 2006 - Regal Engagement
• 2005 - Spun Sugar
• 2004 - Yearly Report
• 2003 - Roar Emotion
• 2002 - Chamrousse
• 2001 - Two Item Limit
• 2000 -

• 1997 - Salt It

• 1995 - Serena's Song

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