Mac Diarmida Stakes


The Mac Diarmida Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is run over a distance of one-and-three-eighth miles on the turf, and is open to horses age four and older. The current purse is $200,000.
The event was originally held in January but since 2017 has been run in late February or early March.

History

Inaugurated in 1995, the race was named in honor of Florida-bred Mac Diarmida who was the American Champion Male Turf Horse of 1978. It was run as a handicap from 1997 through 2008 but is now run under allowance weight conditions. In 2007, it was elevated to Grade II status.
For its first running in 1995, the race was run at a distance of one mile and 70 yards, lengthened slightly to one-and-one-sixteenth miles in 1996. In 1997, wet weather forced the race to be moved from the turf course to the main dirt track and set at a distance of one-and-one-quarter miles. In 1998 the race was changed to its present distance of one-and-three-eighths miles.
The race was not run in 2001.

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