The Fall Championship Stakes was an American Grade III

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held annually at

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. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on

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synthetic dirt. It had been part of the

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series from 2008 through 2010 when the distance was changed to one and one half miles (12

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s) with the winner automatically qualifying for the

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at a similar distance. The Latonia Championship Stakes was created in 1919 by the Kentucky Jockey Club as a race for three-year-olds at the now defunct

Latonia Race Track Latonia Race Track on Winston Avenue in Latonia ( Covington) Kentucky, six miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened in 1883. The track hosted a spring-summer racing series and a second in late fall. It wa ...

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. During the height of the

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the race was suspended in 1934 and the racetrack closed permanently in 1939. In 1964, the race was revived by the newly built (1959) Turfway Park. The Fall Championship was run in two divisions in 1971 and there was no race in 1972. Distances: * miles : 1919–1933 * miles : 1968–1987 * miles : 1964–1967, 1988–2002 * 1 mile 2003–2007 * miles : 2008–2009

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 2:32.25 – Delightful Kiss (2008) ;Most wins * 2 – Crafty Shaw (2002, 2003) ;Most wins by a

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* 5 –

Mike Manganello Michael Manganello (born 1941 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Riding career He got his start working for trainer Odie Clelland as a stable hand then began riding professionally in 1959 and earned ...

(1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971) ;Most wins by a trainer * 3 – Thomas H. Stevens (1967, 1969, 1978) * 3 –

William I. Mott William I. "Bill" Mott (born July 29, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota) is an American horse trainer, most notable for his work with Cigar. Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996. He was inducted into the National ...

(1996, 1998, 2007) ;Most wins by an owner * 2 – William R. Coe (1920, 1933) * 2 – Charles J. Cella (2002, 2003)

Winners

References

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External links

The 2009 Turfway Park Fall Championship Stakes at the NTRA
Discontinued horse races in the United States Graded stakes races in the United States Open middle distance horse races Turfway Park horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1919 1919 establishments in Kentucky Horse races in Kentucky