The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000.
[1] It was a Grade III race through 2012, but was a listed stakes in 2013.
[2] Inaugurated in 1929 as the Arlington Lassie Stakes, in 1963 it was renamed the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and in 2005 was given the Breeders' Cup designation.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances: The race was not run in 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.