The La Troienne Stakes is a
Grade I American
Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of miles held annually in early May on the
Kentucky Oaks day meeting at
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...
in
Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is $500,000.
History
The event was inaugurated on May 3, 1986 on
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 ...
Day as the Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at a distance of miles for three-year-olds and older and was won by the favorite, five-year-old gelding Hopeful Word in small field of four starters.
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The following year the event's conditions were changed to fillies & ]mares
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four y ...
that were four years old or older.[
The event was renamed to Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes in 2007, Louisville Stakes in 2008 and Louisville Distaff Stakes in 2009.][ In 2010 the race was renamed after the famous broodmare La Troienne to the La Troienne Stakes.][
The 1996 winner Escena went on to win the ]Breeders' Cup Distaff
The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or ...
and become US Champion Older Female Horse. The 2008 winner Ginger Punch
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, sire = Awesome Again
, grandsire = Deputy Minister
, dam = Nappelon
, damsire = Bold Revenue
, sex = Filly
, foaled = 2003
, country = United States
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won this event easily as the reigning 2007 US Champion Older Female Horse as an overwhelming favorite.[
]
Records
;Speed record
* 1:42.09 – Authenticity (2013)
; Margins
* lengths – You (2003)
;Most wins
* No horse has won this race more than once.
;Most wins by a jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...
* 5 – Calvin Borel
Calvin H. Borel (born November 7, 1966) is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby. His 2009 Derby win with Mine That Bird was ...
(1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009)
;Most wins by an owner
* 2 – Allen E. Paulson (1992, 1998)
* 2 – John A. Franks (1997, 1999)
* 2 – The Thoroughbred Corporation (2001, 2002)
Winners
''Notes:''
† Inaugural event in 1986 the conditions of the event were for horses three years old and older
See also
* List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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Grade 1 stakes races in the United States
Graded stakes races in the United States
Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
Recurring sporting events established in 1986
Churchill Downs horse races
1986 establishments in Kentucky