Blue Hen Stakes
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The Blue Hen Stakes is a race on the dirt for two-year-old fillies held in the fall of each year at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware. A ungraded stakes event, it’s set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth mile and offers a purse of $100,000.
The Blue Hen is named for the horse breeding term, “blue hen.” A blue hen mare is one which has proved herself exceptional in producing high quality foals, almost regardless of which stallion might be the sire. These sons and daughters would also have an impact on the breed. An example of the highest sort of blue hen mare would be La Troienne.
[edit] Winners
- 2006 - Miss Goodnight (Stewart Elliott)
- 2005 - Love Lockett
- 2004 -
- 2003 - Vogue Girl
- 2002 – Lets Just Do it
- 2001 - Treasure Coast Gem
- 2000 – Xtra Heat
- 1999 - Fiesty Countess
