The Mac Diarmida Stakes is a

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American

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for horses four-years-old and older run over a distance of one-and-three-eighth miles (11

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s) on the

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, annually in late February or early March at

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. The current purse is $200,000.

History

The event was inaugurated on 16 January 1995 for three-year-olds at a distance of 1 mile and 70 yards and was held on the dirt track. The race was named in honor of Florida-bred Mac Diarmida who was the

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of 1978. The following year, in 1996 the event was lengthened slightly to one-and-one-sixteenth miles and run on the turf. It was run as a handicap from 1997 through 2008 but is now run under allowance weight conditions. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1997. 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 with conditions changed to allow horses four years old and older. In 1998 the race was changed to its present distance of one-and-three-eighths miles. The race was not run in 2001. The event was upgraded once again in 2007 to

. The event was originally held in January but since 2017 has been run in late February or early March.

Records

;Speed record: * miles — 2:10.87 Stream of Gold (IRE) (2008) ;Margins: * lengths — Panama City (1999) ;Most wins: * 2 -

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(2009, 2010) * 2 - Zulu Alpha – (2019, 2020) ;Most wins by an owner: * 3 - Michael M. Hui (2019, 2020, 2023) ;Most wins by a

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: * 4 -

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(1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) * 4 - John R. Velazquez (2007, 2011, 2013, 2025) ;Most wins by a trainer: * 5 -

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(2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Winners

''Legend:''

External links

2020–21 Gulfstream Park Media Guide

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

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