The Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes, raced as the Never Say Die Ladies Sprint Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of furlongs on the turf held annually in September at Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin, Kentucky during their short turf meeting. The event currently carries a purse of $2,000,000 which includes $1,000,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund.
The race was inaugurated in 2013 with an attractive purse offered of $150,000.
In 2018 the event was upgraded to a Grade III.
With the influx of gaming revenue at Kentucky Downs the purse for the event has risen dramatically to nearly $500,000 offered by 2019.
In 2023 the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the event to Grade II status. The committee then upgraded the event again to Grade I status for 2026.
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