# Graduation Stakes

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The **Graduation Stakes** is an American [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_horse_race) run annually during the first week of August at [Del Mar Racetrack](/source/Del_Mar_Racetrack) in [Del Mar, California](/source/Del_Mar,_California). The race is restricted to two-year-old horses bred in the State of California. First run in 1952 at a distance of six [furlongs](/source/Furlong) on dirt, in 2000 it was modified to its current five and one half furlongs which has been run on [Polytrack](/source/Polytrack) since 2007.[1]

The Graduation Stakes was run in two divisions in 1964.

[Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) jockey [Johnny Longden](/source/Johnny_Longden) won the first three runnings of this race and won it for a fourth time in 1959.

## References

1. ["Del Mar 2011 Stakes Race schedule"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110902005437/http://www.dmtc.com/racinginfo/stakes.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.dmtc.com/racinginfo/stakes.php) on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-08-31.

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