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The Demoiselle Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred horses open to two-year-old fillies who are willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The Grade II event is run at Aqueduct Racetrack every November for a purse of $200,000.
In its 87th running in 2008, the Demoiselle is one of the most important races for juvenile fillies, rivalling the Spinaway Stakes, the Oak Leaf Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, in picking the winner of the Kentucky Oaks.
The Demoiselle, named for the French word for young woman, was run at Empire City at its inauguration in 1908, then in 1910, 1914, and from 1917 to 1942. It then moved to Jamaica Racetrack from 1943 to 1953 and from there to Aqueduct. Its distance has varied over the years.
[edit] Past winners
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- 1960 - Not Run
- 1959 - Irish Jay (Eddie Arcaro)
- 1958 - Khalita (E. Arcaro)
- 1954 to 1957 - Not Run
- 1953 - O'Alison (J. Nichols)
- 1952 - Grecian Queen (Eric Guerin)
- 1951 - Rose Jet (Hedley Woodhouse)
- 1950 - Aunt Jinny (N. Wall)
- 1949 - Bed o'Roses (E. Guerin)
- 1948 - Lithe (W. Garner)
- 1947 - Ghost Run (R. Donoso)
- 1946 - Carolyn A. (E. Arcaro)
- 1945 - War Kilt (A. Kirkland)
- 1944 - Drumuir (R. Permane)
- 1943 - Thread o'Gold (James Stout)
- 1942 - Optimism (Johnny Longden)
- 1941 - Pig Tails (J. Skelly)
- 1940 - Level Best (B. James)
- 1939 - Now What (R. Workman)
- 1938 - Donita M. (W.D. Wright)
- 1937 - Inhale (J. Gilbert)
- 1936 - Broad Ripple (J. Gilbert)
- 1933 to 1935 - Not Run
- 1932 - Disdainful (Alfred Robertson)
- 1931 - Straightlace (E. Barnes)
- 1930 - Straying (L. McAtee)
- 1929 - The Beasel (W. Kelsay)
- 1928 - Toki (L. McAtee)
- 1927 - Fair Mist (J. Craigmile)
- 1926 - Pandera (L. McAtee)
- 1925 - Ethereal (Frank Coltiletti)
- 1924 - Maud Muller (L. McAtee)
- 1923 - Fluvanna (G. Babin)
- 1922 - Cresta (L. Penman)
- 1921 - My Reverie (C. Kummer)
- 1920 - Nancy Lee (L. Lyke)
- 1919 - Panoply (W. Knapp)
- 1918 - Lady Rosebud (J. Collins)
- 1917 - Wawbeek (M. Buxton)
- 1916 - Tragedy (T. Davis)
- 1915 - Celandria (M. Buxton)
- 1914 - Coquette (M. Buxton)
- 1911 to 1913 - Not Run
- 1910 - Round the World (F. Herbert)
- 1909 - Not Run
- 1908 - Melisande (Joe Notter)
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In 1998, Tutorial finished first, but was disqualified and placed fifth.
