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The Matt Winn Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid May at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses it is contested on dirt and began at a distance of six furlongs. The event currently offers a purse of $100000 added.In 2009 the distance was set at 7 furlongs. In 2011 it was run at one and one/sixteenth miles.The race was inaugurated in 2002 as the Northern Dancer Stakes.