The Sycamore Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds 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 inaugural running of the event was on 12 October 1995 over a distance of 1+5⁄8 miles and was won by Frank Mansell's five-year-old Lindon Lime who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Craig Perret.
[1] Lindon Lime started as the even money favorite and won finishingf strongly by 4+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 2:42.11 setting a new track record for the distance.
[1] Due to extremely wet conditions, the Sycamore was run "off the turf" on the polytrack in 2011.
The American Graded Stakes Committee determined that the race lose its grade for the 2013 running which was also run on the polytrack.