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57-485: The inaugural running of the event was on 6 March 1982 as the Davona Dale Stakes over a distance of one mile and forty yards and was won by Windfields Farm 's Laura North who was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Grover G. Delp and ridden by jockey Ronald Franklin in a time of 1:42 4 ⁄ 5 . The event was named in honor of Calumet Farm 's champion homebred filly Davona Dale , foaled in 1976

114-646: A brass ell at the Guildhall ; and a brass yard presented to the Clock-Makers' Company by the Exchequer in 1671. The Exchequer yard was taken as "true"; the variation was found to be + 1 ⁄ 20 to − 1 ⁄ 15 of an inch, and an additional graduation for the Exchequer yard was made on the Royal Society's standard. In 1758 the legislature required the construction of a standard yard, which

171-626: A commission was formed to reconstruct the lost standards, including the troy pound, which had also been destroyed. In 1845, a new yard standard was constructed based on two previously existing standards known as A1 and A2, both of which had been made for the Ordnance Survey, and R.S. 46, the yard of the Royal Astronomical Society . All three had been compared to the Imperial standard before the fire. The new standard

228-486: A committee of parliament proposed defining the standard yard based upon the length of a seconds pendulum . This idea was examined but not approved. The Weights and Measures Act 1824 ( 5 Geo. 4 . c. 74) An Act for ascertaining and establishing Uniformity of Weights and Measures stipulates that: In 1834, the primary Imperial yard standard was partially destroyed in a fire known as the Burning of Parliament . . In 1838,

285-409: A level in 2013. The American Graded Stakes Committee grades only races that: In 2008, the committee began requiring that toe grabs on the horseshoe , designed to improve traction, be no longer than 2 millimeters. This was in response to studies by Susan Stover showing that such toe grabs substantially increase the risk of catastrophic racing injuries. Recently, racing officials have also banned

342-419: A number of years. For graded turf races, track conditions (normally excessive rain) may sometimes force the race to be run on the main (dirt) track. If this happens, the race is automatically downgraded by one grade level for that running only. The Committee then reviews the race within five days and may restore the original grade. For example, a Grade I turf race that is switched to the dirt will be recorded as

399-422: A piece of one quarter yard cut from the full width of the roll; these pieces are popular for patchwork and quilting . The term "fat eighth" is also used, for a piece of one quarter yard from half the roll width, the same area as one eighth cut from the roll. For purposes of measuring cloth, the early yard was divided by the binary method into two, four, eight and sixteen parts. The two most common divisions were

456-808: A preparatory event for the Fair Grounds Oaks and was scheduled after the Thelma Stakes (today known as the Letellier Memorial Stakes for two-year-olds held in December) which was run over the six-furlong distance. In 1985 the distance of the event was increased to one and one sixteenth miles and the winner Marshua's Echelon also was victorious in winning both the Thelma Stakes and the Fair Grounds Oaks . The following year Tiffany Lass repeated Marshua's Echelon achievements and then continued with her undefeated streak winning

513-405: A purse of at least $ 300,000, but not all races with such high purses are Grade I. For example, a racetrack may offer a high purse to attract better fields so the race will be upgraded in future years. The grade level is assigned by looking at data that indicates quality of the field for the last five years. In order to achieve or maintain a Grade I, it is necessary to attract a competitive field over

570-544: A specific state (e.g., the Tiznow Stakes for California-breds) or country (e.g., the races that make up the Canadian Triple Crown , all restricted to Canadian-breds) are excluded, regardless of the purse or quality of field. Conversely, some races that are not technically stakes races (usually invitational races where entry fees are not required by the racetrack) may be eligible for grading if they meet

627-837: A yard and a quarter, or 45 inches. The ell was borrowed from the Paris drapers. Subsequently, however, Queen Elizabeth re-introduced the yard as the English standard of measure. The earliest record of a prototype measure is the statute II Edgar Cap. 8 (AD 959  x 963), which survives in several variant manuscripts. In it, Edgar the Peaceful directed the Witenagemot at Andover that "the measure held at Winchester " should be observed throughout his realm. (Some manuscripts read "at London and at Winchester".) The statutes of William I similarly refer to and uphold

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684-593: Is aforesaid, and in Breadth one Yard of like Measure; (3) and every such Cloth, both Broad and Narrow being well scowred , thicked, milled and fully dried, shall weigh xxxiv. li. the Piece at the least. XV. And that all Clothes named Check- Kersie and Straits , which shall be made after the said Feast shall contain being wet between seventeen and eighteen Yards, with the Inches as is aforesaid, and in Breadth one Yard at

741-502: Is attested in a statute of c.  1300 ( see below ), but there it is called an ell ( ulna , lit.  " arm "), a separate and usually longer unit of around 45 inches (1,100 mm). The use of the word ‘yard’ ( Middle English : ȝerd or ȝerde ) to describe this length is first attested in William Langland 's poem on Piers Plowman . The usage seems to derive from the prototype standard rods held by

798-483: Is equal to 1 mile . The US survey yard is very slightly longer. The term, yard derives from the Old English gerd , gyrd etc., which was used for branches , staves and measuring rods . It is first attested in the late 7th century laws of Ine of Wessex , where the "yard of land" mentioned is the yardland , an old English unit of tax assessment equal to 1 ⁄ 4   hide . Around

855-433: Is known as "Bronze Yard No. 11" The Weights and Measures Act 1878 ( 41 & 42 Vict. c. 49) confirmed the status of the existing yard standard, mandated regular intercomparisons between the several yard standards, and authorized the construction of one additional Parliamentary Copy (made in 1879 and known as Parliamentary Copy VI). Subsequent measurements revealed that the yard standard and its copies were shrinking at

912-508: Is the official supplier of racing information and statistics to America's Best Racing , Breeders' Cup , Daily Racing Form , NTRA , The Jockey Club , TRA, TVG , and Xpressbet . A notable exception to the change in format being the three New York Racing Association tracks. Fasig-Tipto began including grading information in 1975, Keeneland Association in 1976, and Daily Racing Form in 1978. In 1998, Canada began to grade Canadian races independently. Listed stakes were first added as

969-610: Is then assigned to the race, based on statistical analysis of the quality of the field in previous years, provided the race meets the minimum purse criteria for the grade in question. In Canada, a similar grading system is maintained by the Jockey Club of Canada . Graded stakes races are similar to Group races in Europe but the grading is more dynamic in North America. A high grading can also be used by racetracks to promote

1026-853: The GI Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park and the GI Kentucky Oaks . Although Tiffany Lass would not race in the second half of 1986 her performances were substantial enough to land her U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors for the year. In 1999 the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III. For the first running as a graded event, the US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Silverbulletday from 1998 entered and began her three-year-old campaign in

1083-609: The Road to the Kentucky Oaks and has produced multiple winners of that race, including Monomoy Girl (2018) and Serengeti Empress (2019). Speed record: Margins: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Rachel Alexandra Stakes – Fair Grounds Oaks double: Notes: † Rachel Alexandra Stakes was known as the Davona Dale Stakes ‡ Rachel Alexandra Stakes

1140-863: The Statute for the Measuring of Land . The act was not repealed until the Weights and Measures Act 1824 . In a law of 1439 ( 18 Hen. 6 . c. 16) the sale of cloth by the "yard and handful" was abolished, and the "yard and inch" instituted (see ell ). There shall be but one Measure of Cloth through the Realm by the Yard and the Inch , and not by the Yard and Handful , according to the London Measure. According to Connor, cloth merchants had previously sold cloth by

1197-601: The Weights and Measures Act 1963 . The Imperial Standard Yard of 1855 was renamed the United Kingdom Primary Standard Yard and retained its official status as the national prototype yard. The yard is used as the standard unit of field-length measurement in American , Canadian and association football , cricket pitch dimensions, and in some countries, golf fairway measurements. There are corresponding units of area and volume ,

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1254-472: The Welsh used multiples of a shorter foot , but 2 + 1 ⁄ 2   Roman feet was a " step " (Latin: gradus ) and 3  Welsh feet was a " pace " ( Welsh : cam ). The Proto-Germanic cubit or arm's-length has been reconstructed as * alinô , which developed into the Old English eln , Middle English elne , and modern ell of 1.25 yd (1.14 m). This has led some to derive

1311-498: The iron yard of our Lord the King containeth 3 feet and no more, and a foot ought to contain 12 inches by the right measure of this yard measured, to wit, the 36th part of this yard rightly measured maketh 1 inch neither more nor less and 5 yards and a half make a perch that is 16 feet and a half measured by the aforesaid yard of our Lord the King. In some early books, this act was appended to another statute of uncertain date titled

1368-540: The square yard and cubic yard respectively. These are sometimes referred to simply as "yards" when no ambiguity is possible, for example an American or Canadian concrete mixer may be marked with a capacity of " 9 yards " or "1.5 yards", where cubic yards are obviously referred to. Yards are also used and are the legal requirement on road signs for shorter distances in the United Kingdom, and are also frequently found in conversation between Britons much like in

1425-707: The Royal Mint, the Royal Society of London, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and the New Palace at Westminster, commonly called the Houses of Parliament. The other 35 yard standards were distributed to the cities of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, as well as the United States and other countries (although only the first five had official status). The imperial standard received by the United States

1482-407: The United States for distance. The yard, subdivided into eighths, is used for the purchase of fabrics in the United States and United Kingdom and was previously used elsewhere. In the United States the term "fat quarter" is used for a piece of fabric which is half a yard in length cut from a roll and then cut again along the width so that it is only half the width of the roll, thus the same area as

1539-522: The de facto legal definition of the yard came to be accepted as 36 ⁄ 39.370 113 of a meter. The yard (known as the "international yard" in the United States) was legally defined to be exactly 0.9144 meter in 1959 under an agreement in 1959 between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the UK, the provisions of the treaty were ratified by

1596-524: The discontinued Donn Handicap . There are four grade levels, from Listed at the bottom to Grade I at the top. The latter are higher-class races for bigger prizes for horses of the same age group (2, 3 or 3 and up) and may further be restricted by sex. The weight conditions of the races may vary provided they meet the committee's standards to ensure competitiveness. Many grade I races are " weight-for-age ", with weights adjusted only according to age and sex, and also there are "set weights" where all horses carry

1653-525: The event Take Charge Lady equaled the track record in winning by 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths in a time of 1:42.09. In 2003 the event was upgraded to Grade II status but this only was until 2005 when it was downgraded back to Grade III. Due to the catastrophic damage caused by of Hurricane Katrina to the Fair Ground Race Course in 2005 the event was held at Louisiana Downs in 2006. In 2010 Fair Grounds track administration renamed

1710-589: The event again to the Rachel Alexandra Stakes in honor of the 2009 American Horse of the Year , Rachel Alexandra . Rachel Alexandra had won the Fair Grounds Oaks in 2009 during her exceptional campaign that won her the Eclipse Award . In 2016 the event was upgraded from Grade III to Grade II status. In 2020, the purse was increased to $ 300,000. The Rachel Alexandra Stakes is part of

1767-523: The event. Starting at short odds of 1/10 Silverbulletday faced seven other fillies and won the event by 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 lengths. Silverbulletday would go on to win another seven more events of which four were Grade I and be crowned US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1999. In 2001, a year after Silverbulletday retired Fair Grounds track administration renamed the event to the Silverbulletday Stakes . In 2002 running of

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1824-405: The fourth and sixteenth parts. The quarter of a yard (9 inches) was known as the "quarter" without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard (2.25 inches) was called a nail . The eighth of a yard (4.5 inches) was sometimes called a finger , but was more commonly referred to simply as an eighth of a yard, while the half-yard (18 inches) was called "half a yard". Other units related to

1881-459: The human body, such as a foot, the length of the arm, the span of the hand, or from other natural objects, such as a barleycorn, or other kind of grain. But the yard was the original standard adopted by the early English sovereigns, and has been supposed to be founded upon the breadth of the chest of the Saxon race. The yard continued till the reign of Henry VII., when the ell was introduced, that being

1938-456: The king and his magistrates ( see below ). The word ‘yard’ is a homonym of ‘yard’ in the sense of an enclosed area of land . This second meaning of ‘yard’ has an etymology related to the word ‘garden’ and is not related to the unit of measurement. In India Yard is colloquially known as Gauge or Guz . 1 Gauge is 3 feet. The origin of the yard measure is uncertain. Both the Romans and

1995-458: The least at the Water; and being well scowred, thicked, milled and fully dried, shall weigh xxiv. li. the Piece at the least. The yard and inch for cloth measurement was also sanctioned again in legislation of 1557–1558 ( 4 & 5 Ph. & M. c. 5. An act touching the making of woolen clothes. par. IX.) IX. Item, That every ordinary kersie mentioned in the said act shall contain in length in

2052-464: The opening of the annual St. Bartholomew's Day Cloth Fair . In the mid-18th century, Graham compared the standard yard of the Royal Society to other existing standards. These were a "long-disused" standard made in 1490 during the reign of Henry VII , and a brass yard and a brass ell from 1588 in the time of Queen Elizabeth and still in use at the time, held at the Exchequer ; a brass yard and

2109-464: The quality standards. European authorities implemented the Pattern race system in 1972 and requested that North America implement a similar method, leading to the development of the graded stakes system by TOBA in 1973. The first list of North American Graded Stakes was published in 1974. The original purpose of grading was to identify the most competitive races, which helps horsemen make comparisons of

2166-415: The race in question. When determining Eclipse Award winners, racing journalists will consider the number and grade of a horse's stakes wins during the year. In general, stakes race refers to the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay, which generally forms part of the prize money offered to the top finishers. Not all stakes races are eligible for grading. Notably, races that are restricted to horses bred in

2223-568: The rate of one part per million every twenty years due to the gradual release of strain incurred during the fabrication process. The international prototype meter , on the other hand, was comparatively stable. A measurement made in 1895 determined the length of the meter at 39.370 113 inches relative to the imperial standard yard. The Weights and Measures (Metric System) Act 1897 ( 60 & 61 Vict. c. 46) in conjunction with Order in Council 411 (1898) made this relationship official. After 1898,

2280-453: The reign of Edward I or II c.  1300 . Its wording varies in surviving accounts. One reads: It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch , 12 inches make 1 foot , 3 feet make 1 yard, 5 yards and a half make a perch , and 40 perches in length and 4 in breadth make an acre . The Liber Horn compilation (1311) includes that statute with slightly different wording and adds: And be it remembered that

2337-702: The relative quality of bloodstock for breeding and sales purposes. When the race-grading program was being set up for its 1973 introduction by the American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association it was done so as to match the data formatting in use by the British system being Grade I, Grade II, Grade III. However, the advent of the Internet meant that format would eventually be mostly abandoned in favor of G1, G2, G3. Used by TOBA itself, and most significantly by Equibase Company LLC that

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2394-562: The rule,... One of the oldest yard-rods in existence is the clothyard of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors . It consists of a hexagonal iron rod 5 ⁄ 8  in (16 mm) in diameter and 1 ⁄ 100  in (0.25 mm) short of a yard, encased within a silver rod bearing the hallmark 1445. In the early 15th century, the Merchant Taylors Company was authorized to "make search" at

2451-580: The said Feast in Taunton, Bridgwater or in other Places of like Sort, shall contain at the Water in Length betwixt twelve and thirteen Yards, Yard and Inch of the Rule, and in Breadth seven Quarters of a Yard: (2) And every narrow Cloth made after the said Feast in the said Towns or elsewhere of like Sorts, shall contain in the Water in Length betwixt three and twenty and five and twenty Yards, Yard and Inch as

2508-611: The same time the Lindisfarne Gospels account of the messengers from John the Baptist in the Gospel of Matthew used it for a branch swayed by the wind. In addition to the yardland, Old and Middle English both used their forms of "yard" to denote the surveying lengths of 15 feet (4.6 m) or 16.5 feet (5.0 m), used in computing acres , a distance now usually known as the " rod ". A unit of three English feet

2565-440: The same weight (usually applicable when all horses are of the same age and sex). Furthermore, there are "conditions" races, in which horses carry weights that are set by conditions, such as having won a certain number of races, or races of a certain value. Finally, some graded stakes are " handicaps ", in which an official handicapper assigns weights to each horse in an attempt to equalize the competition. All Grade I races must have

2622-529: The standard measures of his predecessors without naming them. William of Malmesbury 's Deeds of the Kings of England records that during the reign of Henry I (1100 - 1135), "the measure of his arm was applied to correct the false ell of the traders and enjoined on all throughout England." The folktale that the length was bounded by the king's nose was added some centuries later. Charles Moore Watson dismisses William's account as "childish", but William

2679-454: The thirty-fourth year of the reign of our sovereign lady the Queen that now is. par. III.) (2) and each and every of the same Devonshire kersies or dozens, so being raw, and as it cometh forth off the weaver's loom (without racking, stretching, straining or other device to encrease the length thereof) shall contain in length between fifteen and sixteen yards by the measure of yard and inch by

2736-521: The use of furosemide (Lasix) in all Black Type races, which include graded and listed stakes races. A newly established race may inherit the graded status of a discontinued race if it is held at the same facility under essentially identical conditions as the discontinued race. For example, the inaugural running of the Pegasus World Cup in January 2017 was Grade I, inheriting the status of

2793-416: The water betwixt xvi. and xvii. yards, yard and inch ; and being well scoured thicked, milled, dressed and fully dried, shall weigh nineteen pounds the piece at the least:... As recently as 1593, the same principle is found mentioned once again ( 35 Eliz. 1 . c. 10 An act for the reformation of sundry abuses in clothes, called Devonshire kerjies [ sic ] or dozens, according to a proclamation of

2850-568: The yard and handful to evade high taxes on cloth (the extra handful being essentially a black-market transaction). Enforcement efforts resulted in cloth merchants switching over to the yard and inch, at which point the government gave up and made the yard and inch official. In 1552, the yard and inch for cloth measurement was again sanctioned in law ( 5 & 6 Edw. 6 . c. 6. An Act for the true making of Woolen Cloth. ) XIV. And that all and every Broad Cloth and Clothes called Taunton Clothes , Bridgwaters , and other Clothes which shall be made after

2907-426: The yard of three English feet from pacing; others from the ell or cubit; and still others from Henry I 's arm standard ( see below ). Based on the etymology of the other "yard" , some suggest it originally derived from the girth of a person's waist, while others believe it originated as a cubic measure . One official British report writes: The standard of measure has always been taken either from some part of

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2964-637: The yard, but not specific to cloth measurement: two yards are a fathom , a quarter of a yard (when not referring to cloth) is a span . Graded stakes race A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA). A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed)

3021-1010: Was U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly after winning the Grade I Kentucky Oaks and sweeping the New York Triple Tiara series: the Acorn Stakes , the Mother Goose Stakes , and the Coaching Club American Oaks . Davona Dale was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1985. Today Davona Dale continues to have an event named for her as the GII Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida . The event became

3078-560: Was among the most conscientious and trustworthy medieval historians. The French " king's foot " was supposed to have derived from Charlemagne , and the English kings subsequently repeatedly intervened to impose shorter units with the aim of increasing tax revenue. The earliest surviving definition of this shorter unit appears in the Act on the Composition of Yards and Perches , one of the statutes of uncertain date tentatively dated to

3135-490: Was known as the Silverbulletday Stakes Notes: § Ran as an entry Yard The yard (symbol: yd ) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3  feet or 36  inches . Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144  meter . A distance of 1,760 yards

3192-487: Was made from the Royal Society's standard and was deposited with the clerk of the House of Commons ; it was divided into feet, one of the feet into inches, and one of the inches into tenths. A copy of it, but with upright cheeks between which other measuring rods could be placed, was made for the Exchequer for commercial use. Following Royal Society investigations by John Playfair , Hyde Wollaston and John Warner in 1814

3249-423: Was made of Baily's metal No. 4 consisting of 16 parts copper, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 parts tin, and 1 part zinc. It was 38 inches long and 1 inch square. The Weights and Measures Act 1855 granted official recognition to the new standards. Between 1845 and 1855 forty yard standards were constructed, one of which was selected as the new Imperial standard. Four others, known as 'parliamentary copies', were distributed to

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