Rebel Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Rebel Stakes


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location = Oaklawn Park Race Track
Hot Springs, Arkansas flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1961
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.oaklawn.com/ www.oaklawn.com]
distance = 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
weight = Assigned
purse = $300,000
bonuses = The Rebel Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race held annually in March at Oaklawn Park racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Open to three-year-old horses, it is raced on dirt over a distance of 11/16 miles. It currently offers a purse of $300,000 and is the second leg of the Oaklawn three-year-old stakes program, the first being the Southwest Stakes and the third the Arkansas Derby.

Inaugurated as a Handicap race, the Rebel Stakes is now one of the prep races en route to the annual U.S. Triple Crown series.

On November 28th, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was upgraded to a Grade II by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Records

Time record:
* 1:40.80 - Betemight (1967) (as a Handicap race)
* 1:41.00 - Vanlandingham (1984) (as a Stakes race)

Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - Loblolly Stable (1980, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 - Larry Snyder (1978, 1982, 1983)
* 3 - Pat Day (1984, 1985, 1987)
* 3 - Mike E. Smith (1986, 1993, 1999)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 - Robert E. Holthus (1964, 1972, 1977, 2005, 2006)

Winners of the Rebel Stakes