The Dowager Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the autumn meeting.
The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.
The race was inaugurated in 1992[1] and the event was run over the 1+1⁄8 miles distance.
[1] In 1994 the event was extended to the current distance of 1+1⁄2 miles.
[1] In 2015 the event was upgraded to a Grade III.