The Bashford Manor Stakes is a six

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sprint for two-year-old

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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

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program). It was named in honor of the

Bashford Manor Stable Bashford Manor Stable was an American Thoroughbred racing and breeding operation in Louisville, Kentucky owned by George James Long. In 1874 James Bennett Wilder built a home on farm acreage he called Bashford Manor. In 1887 George Long purchas ...

owned by George J. Long and which produced several Kentucky Derby contestants plus three Derby winners:

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(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,

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, who finished fourth in 1995. All of them won the Kentucky Derby the following year.

Records

Speed record: * 0:53.00 @ 4.5 furlongs : Reputation (1924) * 0:57.80 @ 5 furlongs : Santiago Road (1968) * 1:09.15 @ 6 furlongs :

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(2007) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Julio Espinoza (1979, 1980, 1990, 1991) * 4 –

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(1983, 1984, 1989, 1997) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 – D. Wayne Lukas (1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000) * 5 –

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(2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018) Most wins by an owner: * 3 – Milky Way Farm (1936, 1937, 1941) * 3 – T. Alie Grissom (1957, 1961, 1969) * 3 – Padua Stables (1998, 1999, 2000)

Winners

References

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External links

Churchill Downs websiteChurchill Downs track page

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1902 establishments in Kentucky Churchill Downs horse races Flat horse races for two-year-olds Recurring sporting events established in 1902 Horse races in Kentucky