Tags: Horse Race, Race.
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. A Grade II event it is open to fillies and mares aged three and older. Contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf it currently offers a purse of $150000.In 2009 this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II event.The race was known as the Capital Holding Mile Stakes until 1995.