Rebel Stakes

The Rebel Stakes is held annually in March at Oaklawn Park racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It currently offers a purse of $300,000 and is the second leg of the Oaklawn three-year-old stakes program, the first being the Southwest Stakes and the third the Arkansas Derby.

Inaugurated as a Handicap race, the Rebel Stakes is now one of the prep races en route to the annual U.S. Triple Crown series.

On November 28th, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was upgraded to a Grade II by the American Graded Stakes Committee.