The Jefferson Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the

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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 –

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(2011)

Winners of the Jefferson Cup Stakes since 1999

Earlier winners

* 1993 – Lt. Pinkerton (1:48.27) * 1992 – Senor Thomas (1:49.80) * 1991 – Hanging Curve (1:50.89) * 1990 – Divine Warning (1:52.20) * 1989 – Shy Tom (1:49.20) * 1988 – Stop the Stage (1:51.60) * 1987 – Fast Forward (1:50) * 1986 – Buffalo Beau (1:52.80) * 1985 – Aveys Brother (1:50) * 1984 – Coax Me Chad (1:50.60) * 1983 – Pron Regard (1:51.60) * 1982 – Wavering Monarch (1:44.20) * 1981 – Talent Town (1:05.40) * 1980 – Golden Derby (1:04.20) * 1979 – Rockhill Native (1:05.20) * 1978 – Future Hope (1:05.20) * 1977 – Old Jake (1:04.80)

References

Graded stakes races in the United States Flat horse races for three-year-olds Turf races in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1977 Churchill Downs horse races 1977 establishments in Kentucky {{Louisville-sport-stub