(Grand Prairie, Texas - Tuesday, September 1, 2020) - Lone Star Park's 2020 Fall Meeting of Champions featuring American Quarter Horses opens Friday, September 4 and runs through Saturday, November 28. The meet features 23 stakes worth an estimated combined total of $3,000,000, including 13 with graded status. Headlining the schedule is the $1 million estimated Texas Classic Futurity (G1), along with the $400,000 estimated Texas Classic Derby (G1). Both will be contested on the final night of the season.

A couple of new stakes have been added to the schedule this year. The $100,000 Yellow Rose of Texas Stakes for Texas-bred fillies & mares, three-years-olds & up, at 400 yards will be run on Saturday, October 17. The $35,000 Lone Star 870 Battle of the Breeds, for three-year-olds & up at 870 yards, has been added to the final night's Texas Classic card.

The Refrigerator Handicap (G1) is now worth $200,000, up from $75,000, and the B. F. Phillips, Jr. Stakes (RG3) is worth $125,000, up from $25,000.

The $100,000 Nevill Stakes kicks off the stakes action on Saturday, September 19, followed by the Texas Arabian Oaks (G3) and the Texas Arabian Derby (G3) on Sunday, September 20.

Fan favorites, the $400,000 estimated Dash for Cash Futurity (G2) and $200,000 estimated Dash for Cash Derby (G2) will be held Sunday, September 27.

In addition to the Quarter Horse stakes events, Paint & Appaloosa horses, as well as Arabians, have featured stakes events. See the complete stakes schedule for the 2020 Fall Meeting of Champions featuring American Quarter Horses below: