. "The First Lady Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A one mile (8 furlongs) race on turf, it is open to Fillies & Mares, age three and older. Run in mid October, it offers a purse of $400,000.The race was first run in 1998 as the First Lady Stakes at a distance of 1 3\u204416 miles. In 2005 it was modified to its present distance of one mile."@en . . .