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Turfway Breeders' Cup Stakes
The Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The Graded stakes race, Grade III event is run near the end of the fall meet and is open to fillies and mares aged three and older. Contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, the race offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008. Before 2008, the race was part of the Breeders' Cup Stakes Program and carried $75,000 in additional purse money from the Breeders' Cup Fund. Until 2007 the race was called the Turfway Breeders' Cup Stakes. With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. Records ;Speed record * 1:41.60 - Mariah's Storm (1995) ;Most wins * 2 - Fit For A Queen (1991, 1992) * 2 - Trip (horse), Trip (2001, 2002) ;Most wins by an owner * 2 - Hermitage Farm (1991, 1992) * 2 - Claiborne Farm (2001, 2002) ;Most wins by a jockey * 2 - Chris McCarron (1 ... [...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] |