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The Golden Rod Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event open to two-year-old fillies, it is currently contested on dirt over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs). The namesake goldenrod is the official flower of the state of Kentucky,.