The Chilukki Stakes is a Grade III American

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for

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and

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s age three and older over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in November at

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during the fall meeting. It currently offers a purse of $300,000.

History

The inaugural running of the event was on 1 November 1986 as the Churchill Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at a distance of seven furlongs and was won by James J. Devaney's three-year-old filly Lazer Show who started as the 4/5 odds-on favorite winning by lengths ono a fast track in a time of 1:22. The event was sponsored by

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and the

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with lucrative stakes. The following year the event was increased to one mile. In 1988 the

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classified the event with Grade III status. With continued quality competitors the event attracted the race was upgraded to

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in 1992. In 1995 sponsorship from

and the

ceased and the event was renamed to the Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap. In 2000 the event as an undercard race on the

program was won by the US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly from the previous year,

Chilukki Chilukki (1997–2007) was an American Eclipse Award, Champion Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse, who during her racing career set two track records at Churchill Downs. She was bred in Kentucky by Dr. R. Smiser West and National Museum of ...

who set a new track record of 1:33.57 for the mile distance.

was no stranger to Churchill Downs having also set the track record for the short furlongs distance as a two-year-old and winning the Grade III Debutante Stakes. In 2005 the event was renamed in her honor as the Chilukki Stakes. In 2019 the event was downgraded to Grade III.

Records

Speed record: *1 mile: 1:33.57 –

(2000) Margins: * 6 lengths – Educated Risk (1994) Most wins: * No horse has yet to win more than once. Most wins by a

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: * 4 –

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(1989, 1993, 1994, 2001) * 4 –

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(1997, 2000, 2005, 2010) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – Dale L. Romans (2004, 2014, 2019) * 3 – George R. Arnold II (1988, 1998, 1999) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – G. Watts Humphrey Jr. (1998, 1999)

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References