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The Kent Stakes is a Listed American race for Thoroughbred race horses, age three, run on the turf at Delaware Park Racetrack located in Stanton, Delaware. Set at a distance of one and three eighth mile (11 furlongs), the race currently offers a purse of $250,000.

In 2011, due to heavy rain, this turf race was held on the main track. Because of this, the number of horses contesting was reduced by scratches from 13 to 6.

First run in 1937 when Delaware Park opened, there was no Kent Stakes run in 1943, 1977–1978, 1980–1981, and 1983–1995.

In 2023 the American Graded Stakes Committee downgraded the event to a Listed race.

Records

Speed record

1 1⁄8 miles – 1:46.95 – Gufo (2020)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 – Ramon Domínguez: (2001, 2003, 2005, 2010)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 – William I. Mott: (2002, 2005, 2008, 2015)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 – Live Oak Plantation Racing: (2002, 2005)

Winners since 1999

References

1. "American Graded Stakes Committee Releases 2023 Grades; The Stephen Foster Stakes is the only new grade 1 stakes for 2023". Bloodhorse.com. Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. "Gufo Sets Delaware Turf Course Record in Kent Stakes". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.

External links

• The 2009 Kent Stakes at Bloodhorse.com
• 2010 Delaware Park stakes schedule

• Turf races in the United States
• Flat horse races for three-year-olds
• Horse races in Delaware
• Delaware Park Racetrack
• Recurring sporting events established in 1937
• Previously graded stakes races in the United States