Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Vinery Madison Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington Kentucky. Contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs it is open to fillies and mares age four and older.Inaugurated in 2002 as the Madison Stakes in 2005 the event was upgraded from a Listed race to Grade III status then in 2006 to Grade II. In 2009 it became a Grade I event.