Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Fayette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington Kentucky. A Grade II event it is open to horses age three and older. It is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt and offers a purse of $150000.The Fayette Stakes is named for Fayette County Kentucky of which the city of Lexington is the county seat. First elevated to a Grade III event in 1979 it was a Grade II event from 1987 through 1996.