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List Of Graded Stakes At Churchill Downs
The following is a list of graded stakes races held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky: {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;" , - , Grade I: , Meet , - , Clark Handicap , Fall , - , Humana Distaff Handicap , Spring , - , Kentucky Derby , Spring , - , Kentucky Oaks , Spring , - , La Troienne Stakes , Spring , - , Turf Classic Stakes , Spring , - , Grade II: , Meet , - , American Turf Stakes , Spring , - , Chilukki Stakes , Fall , - , Churchill Downs Stakes , Spring , - , Falls City Handicap , Fall , - , Firecracker Handicap , Spring , - , Fleur de Lis Handicap , Spring , - , Golden Rod Stakes , Fall , - , Jefferson Cup Stakes , Spring , - , Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes , Fall , - , Mrs. Revere Stakes , Fall , - , Pocahontas Stakes , Fall , - , Stephen Foster Handicap , Spring , - , Grade III: , Meet , - , Ack Ack Handicap , Fall , - , Alysheba Stakes , Spring , - , Aristides Stakes , Spring , - , Bashford Manor Stakes , Spring , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) 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. The grading system was designed in 1973 and first published in 1974. The original purpose of grading was to identify the most competitive races, which helps horsemen make comparisons of the relative quality of bloodstock for breeding and sales purposes. A high grading can also be used by racetracks to promote the race in question. When determining Eclipse Award winners, racing jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Cup Stakes
The Jefferson Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. A race on turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricult ..., it is open to three-year-old horses of either gender. For 2010, the purse was dropped from $200,000 to $100,000 and the race was downgraded from a Grade II event at a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs) to a Grade III level at a mile and a sixteenth. Since inception, the Jefferson Cup Stakes has been contested at various distances: * 5.5 furlongs : 1977–1981 * miles : 1982, 2010–2013 * miles : 1983–2009 Records ;Speed record * miles – 1:47.27 – King Cugat (2000) * miles – 1:43.66 – Banned (2011) Winners of the Jefferson Cup Stakes since 1999 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroquois Stakes (Churchill Downs)
The Iroquois Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of miles on the dirt scheduled annually in September at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently offers a purse of $300,000. History The event was inaugurated on 6 November 1982 was won by the improving Highland Park who was having tenth start of his juvenile career and guided by US Hall of Fame jockey Donald Brumfield by a margin of 6 lengths over the one mile distance in a time of 1:38. The event is named for Iroquois, the first American horse to win the English Epsom Derby who in turn was named for the Native American tribe, the Iroquois. In 1990 the event was classified as Grade III. In 2013, the distance for the event was increased to mile. In 2020 the event was decreased back to 1 mile. The race opens the Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.The event is also a "Win and Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mint Julep Handicap
The Mint Julep Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, four years old and older over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on the turf scheduled annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It currently offers a purse of $200,000. History From its inaugural running in 1977 to 1986, the event was run on the dirt course, but was moved to the turf course beginning in 1987. The race is named for the Mint Julep, a popular drink with racing fans at Churchill Downs, particularly seen on Kentucky Derby day. The event was split into divisions in 1987 and 1990. Between 1983 and 2004 the conditions of the event were for fillies and mares that were four year olds and older. In 2001 the event was upgraded to a Grade III. From 2001 to 2014 the event was known as the Early Time Mint Julep Handicap. Beginning in 2015, the Mint Julep Handicap became the Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap for sponsorship reasons. Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogwood Stakes
The Dogwood Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of seven furlongs held annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. History The event was inaugurated on 8 June 1975 and was won by the favorite My Juliet who would later the following year win Eclipse Award for Outstanding Sprint Horse. The event is named after a hardy, blooming tree known as the Dogwood, that adds so much beauty to the spring landscape in Kentucky. The Dogwood Stakes was run in two divisions in 1981. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1998. However, the event lost this classification for the 2016 running and was a Listed event. The event regained its Grade III status in 2020. The 2019 winner Covfefe, would later win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and become champion female sprinter and champion 3-year-old filly. Distances Since its inauguration in 1975, the race has been contested at a va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes
The Debutante Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A listed stakes event open to two-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs. It first became a Grade III race in 1996. It was changed from 5.5 furlongs to 6 furlongs in 2006. In 2012, the race was downgraded to listed status. Records ;Speed record * 1:09.27 – Rated Feisty (2007) (at current distance of 6 furlongs) * 1:02.52 – Cashier's Dream (2001) (at previous distance of 5.5 furlongs) ;Most wins by a trainer * 7 – D. Wayne Lukas (1986, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009) ;Most wins by a jockey * 3 – Pat Day (1996, 1997, 2002, 2004) * 3 – Robby Albarado (2008, 2010, 2014) Winners since 1995 Earlier winners *1994 – Chargedupsycamore *1993 – Fly Love *1992 – Hollywood Wildcat *1991 – Greenhaven Lane *1990 – Barbara's Nemesis *1989 – Icy Folly *1988 – Seaquay *1987 – Bold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
The Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in early May on the Kentucky Derby day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. History This race was inaugurated on 7 May 1983 as the Twin Spires Stakes with conditions for three year olds only over a distance of miles on the dirt. The event was won by Le Cou Cou after he was declared the winner after racing stewards disqualified High Honors who lugged in the straight and interfered with Le Cou Cou. The event was idle for three years and was renewed in 1987 at a shorter distance of miles. The event was renamed Capital Holding Twin Spires Stakes in 1988 the first on many name changes and was run again with that name in 1989. In 1990 the event was moved to turf and conditions were modified to the current fillies and mares aged three and older. The event was clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Handicap
The Cardinal Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares three-years-old and older over a distance of one and one eighth miles on the turf held annually in November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event offers a purse of $100,000. History The event was named after the official state bird of Kentucky, the Northern cardinal. The event was inaugurated on 23 November 1974, as the Kentucky Cardinal Stakes as a miles dirt race for three year olds and was won by veterinarian Albert F. Polk Jr's Cut the Talk, who was trained by Ohio native James E. (Jim) Morgan and ridden by Darrell Brown in a time of 1:45. The event was run for three year olds only one more time in 1975. In the 1976 the conditions of the event were changed to fillies and mares that were three years old or older at a distance of seven furlongs as the Kentucky Cardinal Handicap. In 1982 the event was increased to 1 mile for one year and in 1983 increased again to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashford Manor Stakes
The Bashford Manor Stakes is a six furlong sprint for two-year-old thoroughbred horses run each year toward the end of the Spring meet at Churchill Downs. It is a Listed race on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $100,000, (plus $7,500 added from the Breeders' Cup program). It was named in honor of the Bashford Manor Stable owned by George J. Long and which produced several Kentucky Derby contestants plus three Derby winners: Azra (1892), Manuel (1899) and Sir Huon (1906). History 1902 served as the first running of the Bashford Manor Stakes won by Von Rouse. In 1911, Worth won the Bashford Manor, and the following year won the Kentucky Derby. In 1923 it was won by Black Gold, the winner of the 1924 Kentucky Derby. Other Kentucky Derby winners who ran in the Bashford Manor include Donau, who was third in 1909, Old Rosebud who was second in 1913, Clyde Van Dusen who was unplaced in 1928, and more recently, Grindstone, who finished fourth in 1995. All of them won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Stakes
The Aristides Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt held annually in early June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. . The race currently offers a purse of $100,000. History The Aristides Stakes is named in honor of the racehorse Aristides who won the inaugural Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ... in 1875 on the Churchill Downs track. The race itself was inaugurated in 1989 and run at a distance of furlongs. Bet on Sunshine, the only two-time winner in the race's history, set a new track record of 1:15.11 for furlongs in 2000 then in 2001 beat his own record with a time of 1:14.79. At its current six-furlong distance, Kelly's Landing ran the fastest six fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alysheba Stakes
The Alysheba Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. History The Alysheba became the most recent addition to the Derby Week stakes with the inaugural running on 30 April 2004 as the sixth race on the undercard of the Kentucky Oaks day meeting. It was the first stakes to join the Derby Week lineup since 1997. The event is named for the talented 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Alysheba, who returned to the Downs in 1988 to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. His victory marked the first time a Derby winner had returned to Churchill to win a stakes since Whirlaway took the 1942 Clark Handicap. The event received graded status in 2007 and was upgrade to Grade II in 2012. The 2012 winner Successful Dan broke the track record for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ack Ack Handicap (Churchill Downs)
The Ack Ack Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in September at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000. History The race is named for the great Ack Ack, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Horse of the Year in 1971, as well as ranking number 44 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. At age 3, he won the 1969 Derby Trial in his lone start at Churchill Downs with a time of 1:34.40, which was a track record at the time. Since inception in 1991, the Ack Ack has been contested at three different distances: * 1 mile : 1991, 2006–2009, 2012 * furlongs : 1994–2005 * miles : 2010, 2011 (Breeders' Cup) The inaugural running of the event was on 27 October 1991 with Seven Spades the longest price runner in the field of 12 at 40-1 holding on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |