The Ben Ali Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run in the Spring of each year at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. For 4-year-olds and up, it is a Grade III event set at a distance of one mile and one eighth mile on the dirt. In its 87th running in 2017, it currently offers a purse of $200,000. The first running of the Ben Ali took place in 1917 at the where it was raced through 1932 after which the track closed. It did not run again until it was revived at Keeneland in 1937.