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The Lone Star Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie Texas. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf.Inaugurated in 1997 as an ungraded stakes race it was elevated to Grade III status in 2002. The race was downgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC) and lost its graded status in 2011.