Test Stakes
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The Test Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses open to three-year-old fillies and run each summer at the Saratoga Race Course in New York. Currently known as the "Darley Test Stakes" after Darley began sponsoring the race in 2006, it is run at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt and is an influential race in shaping the Breeders' Cup Distaff. A Grade I event, it carries a purse of $250,000.
Go for Wand won this race in 1990, Lady's Secret in 1985, Desert Vixen in 1973, Numbered Account in 1972, Ta Wee in 1969, Gamely in 1967, Twilight Tear in 1944, Vagrancy in 1942, Black Wave in 1938, and Bazaar in 1934. First run in 1922, the Test is now a major prep for the Alabama Stakes.
[edit] Past winners
Winners of the Test Stakes since the beginning of the new century are:
- 2006 - Swap Fliparoo
- 2005 - Leave Me Alone
- 2004 - Society Selection
- 2003 - Lady Tak
- 2002 - You
- 2001 - Victory Ride
- 2000 - Dream Supreme
