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Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes
The Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1994 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the Graded stakes race, Grade III event is open to three-year-old horses. Contested in late September, previous winners Reraise and Cajun Beat went on to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint. With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. Records ;Speed record * 1:08.03 – Fatal Bullet (2008) ;Most wins by a jockey * 3 – Pat Day (1997, 2001, 2002) ;Most wins by a Horse trainer, trainer * 3 – D. Wayne Lukas (1997, 2001, 2002) ;Most wins by an owner * 2 – Overbrook Farm (2001, 2002) Winners Stakes {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:38px" , Year ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:130px", Winner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px", Jockey ! style= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turfway Park
Turfway Park is an American horse racing track located within the city limits of Florence, Kentucky, about south of the Ohio River at Cincinnati. The track conducts live Thoroughbred horse racing during two meets each year—Holiday (December), and Winter/Spring (January to late March/early April)—and offers year-round simulcast wagering from tracks across the continent. In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for (currently) 62 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. In 2016, Turfway was ranked #11. History and information Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky, in 1959 as Latonia Race Course. The track is located about 10 miles south of the original Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, which hosted Thoroughbred racing from 1883 until it was torn down in 1939. The original Latonia was home to the important Latonia Derby, which rivaled the Kentucky Derby in prestige for many years and shared many of the same horses. The Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |