The Maker's Mark Mile Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age four years old and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the spring meeting.
[5] In 2008 the event reached as a Grade I status confirming the quality that had competed in previous years and continues to attract.
[2] Several class horses who have won this event in the spring have continued to prove their dominance.
The 1991 winner, Opening Verse continued on to win the Breeders' Cup Mile that year.
Several others including Artie Schiller in 2005, 2006 US Champion Male Turf Horse Miesque's Approval and Kip Deville in 2007 have also performed this feat.