Next, he tackled stakes horses in the Santa Anita Derby for 3-year-olds on Feb. 22, 1938.

Before the race he'd faced only New York-breds, or lesser-quality stakes horses, in his short career.

Although I've had a few stakes horses before, they didn't compare with Kelso.

Passero has won with an occasional stakes horse.

One problem seems to be that New York does not court allowance and stakes horses from other Northeastern tracks.

In that race, Include was the 5/2 second choice on the morning line in a field of seven graded stakes horses from around the country.

He sired two stakes winning horses during his breeding career.

I was looking for a mating to produce a stakes horse.

She never bred a stakes horse.

"I don't think either of us thought we were claiming a stakes horse."