Churchill Downs Stakes
Horse race
The Churchill Downs Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old and older sprinters run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt annually in early May at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky as an undercard event on Kentucky Derby day. The event currently offers a purse of $1,000,000.
History
The inaugural running of the event was the Churchill Downs Handicap took place on the closing day of the Churchill Downs Spring meeting, June 6, 1911, as a three-year-old and over race over a distance of 1+ 1 ⁄8 miles with five starters and was won by Carlton G. in track record time of 1:514 ⁄5 under jockey George Taplin for owner and trainer Lon Johnson.[ 1] The following year longshot Any Port equalled the record 1:513 ⁄5 winning by 1+ 1 ⁄2 lengths.[ 2] The event was held once more at the 1+ 1 ⁄8 miles distance in 1913 before the track would have the race mothballed until 1938.[ 3]
In 1938, the event was reinstated at a distance of seven furlongs but was extended to one mile for the 1940 running. Louise Hickman's Arab's Arrow would win the event three years straight including a dead heat victory with Kings Blue in 1939.[ 3] In 1947 the event was held on opening day of the spring meeting at a shortened distance of seven furlongs.[ 3] In 1949 the event only attracted four starters of which two were a Calumet Farm entry of Free America and the 1947 American Horse of the Year Armed thus enabling Churchill Downs to hold the event as a non betting Exhibition Race.[ 4]
The 1951 before a crowd of 18,000 on opening day of the spring meeting the winner of the event was the Detroit based sprinter Johns Joy who broke the seven furlongs time record in 1:224 ⁄5 which was held by Distinction and stood since 1921.[ 5]
The distance of the event was decreased to six furlongs for four running held from 1952 to 1955.[ 6] Soon after return to the now distance of seven furlongs, in 1958 Shac Pan set a new track record of 1:22 flat winning by a head over Ezgo.[ 7]
The event was held in split divisions twice - 1982 and 1985.[ 8] In 1983, the conditions of the event were modified from handicap to stakes allowance for four-year-olds and older which reflect in the name of the event.[ 9]
Since 1986, the event has been scheduled on the same day as the Kentucky Derby . In 1988, the event reverted to a handicap and was held with such conditions until 2006.[ 9]
In 1992, the event was classified as Grade III .[ 9] The winner that year, 4/5 odds-on Pleasant Tap would also win the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Suburban Handicap and was awarded the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse .
The event was upgraded to Grade II in 1998.[ 6] That year the winner 7/5 favorite Distorted Humor set a new track of 1:21.18 winning by 3+ 1 ⁄4 lengths over Gold Land.[ 10] The track record was once again broken in this event in 2001 when Alannan won in a time of 1:20.50. That day on Kentucky Derby Day, three track records were broken.[ 11]
The 2004 winner six-year-old Speightstown continued his brilliant year capturing the Breeders' Cup Sprint and being crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter .
In 2007, the conditions of the event were changed from handicap to stakes allowance and the name of the event was modified to the Churchill Downs Stakes .[ 9]
The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to its current Grade I status in 2019.[ 12] Mitole , the 2019 winner would also win the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap , Forego Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint and was crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter .
Records
Speed record:
7 furlongs – 1:20.50 Alannan (2001)
6 furlongs – 1:10.60 Roaming (1953)
1 mile – 1:36.60 My Bill (1941)
Margins:
5 lengths – Barbizon Streak (1974), Dreadnought (1981)
Most wins:
3 – Arab's Arrow (1938, 1939, 1940)
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
3 – Louise Hickman (1938, 1939, 1940)
3 – Dixiana Farm (1950, 1952, 1973)
3 – Albert M. Stall Sr. (1980, 1982, 1985)
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
Time
Purse
Grade
Ref
Churchill Downs Stakes
2024
Gun Pilot
4
Cristian Torres
Steven M. Asmussen
Three Chimneys Farm
7 furlongs
1:21.95
$1,000,000
I
[ 13]
2023
Cody's Wish
5
Junior Alvarado
William I. Mott
Godolphin
7 furlongs
1:21.17
$750,000
I
[ 14]
2022
Jackie's Warrior
4
Joel Rosario
Steven M. Asmussen
Kirk & Judy Robison
7 furlongs
1:21.95
$500,000
I
[ 15]
2021
Flagstaff
7
Luis Saez
John W. Sadler
Lane's End Racing & Hronis Racing
7 furlongs
1:21.82
$500,000
I
[ 16]
2020
Race not held
2019
Mitole
4
Ricardo Santana Jr.
Steven M. Asmussen
William & Corinne Heiligbrodt
7 furlongs
1:21.21
$500,000
I
[ 17]
2018
Limousine Liberal
6
Jose L. Ortiz
Ben Colebrook
Katherine G. Ball
7 furlongs
1:22.73
$500,000
II
[ 18]
2017
Limousine Liberal
5
Jose L. Ortiz
Ben Colebrook
Katherine G. Ball
7 furlongs
1:23.22
$500,000
II
[ 19]
2016
Catalina Red
4
Javier Castellano
Jorge Navarro
Anthony A. Lenci
7 furlongs
1:20.79
$500,000
II
[ 20]
2015
Private Zone (CAN )
6
Martin A. Pedroza
Jorge Navarro
Good Friends Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.54
$500,000
II
[ 21]
2014
Central Banker
4
Corey Nakatani
Albert Stall Jr.
Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence
7 furlongs
1:21.15
$464,800
II
[ 22]
2013
Delaunay
6
Rosie Napravnik
Thomas M. Amoss
Maggi Moss
7 furlongs
1:22.35
$443,600
II
[ 23]
2012
Shackleford
4
Jesus Lopez Castanon
Dale L. Romans
Michael Lauffer & William D. Cubbedge
7 furlongs
1:21.06
$441,600
II
[ 24]
2011
Aikenite
4
John R. Velazquez
Todd A. Pletcher
Dogwood Stable
7 furlongs
1:21.40
$348,900
II
[ 25]
2010
Atta Boy Roy
5
Calvin H. Borel
Valorie Lund
R.E.V. Racing
7 furlongs
1:22.54
$290,000
II
[ 26]
2009
Accredit
4
Julien R. Leparoux
Michael J. Maker
Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey
7 furlongs
1:23.24
$280,500
II
[ 27]
2008
Elite Squadron
4
John R. Velazquez
James E. Baker
Tom R. Walters
7 furlongs
1:21.53
$282,000
II
[ 28]
2007
Saint Anddan
5
Rafael Bejarano
Robert J. Frankel
Mr. & Mrs. William Warren Jr.
7 furlongs
1:22.31
$277,750
II
[ 29]
Churchill Downs Handicap
2006
Trickey Trevor
7
Russell Baze
Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer , Dan Jelladian & George Todaro
7 furlongs
1:21.68
$229,000
II
[ 30]
2005
Battle Won
5
Ramon A. Dominguez
Charles Simon
Jay & Gretchen Manoogian
7 furlongs
1:20.56
$231,000
II
[ 31]
2004
Speightstown
6
John R. Velazquez
Todd A. Pletcher
Eugene & Laura Melnyk
7 furlongs
1:21.38
$221,800
II
[ 32]
2003
Aldebaran
5
Jerry D. Bailey
Robert J. Frankel
Flaxman Holdings Ltd.
7 furlongs
1:21.80
$233,800
II
[ 33]
2002
† D'wildcat
4
Kent J. Desormeaux
Robert B. Hess Jr.
Fog City Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.37
$171,450
II
[ 34]
2001
Alannan
5
Edgar S. Prado
Carl A. Nafzger
Eaglestone Farm
7 furlongs
1:20.50
$179,550
II
[ 35]
Winnercomm Handicap
2000
Straight Man
4
Jorge F. Chavez
Bob Baffert
Robert & Beverly Lewis
7 furlongs
1:21.53
$169,200
II
[ 36]
Churchill Downs Handicap
1999
Rock and Roll
4
Pat Day
William I. Mott
Madeleine Paulson & Jenny Craig
7 furlongs
1:22.81
$166,350
II
[ 37]
1998
Distorted Humor
5
Gary L. Stevens
W. Elliott Walden
Russell L. Reineman & Prestonwood Farms Inc.
7 furlongs
1:21.18
$166,950
II
[ 10]
1997
Diligence
4
Mike E. Smith
Nicholas P. Zito
Kinsman Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.37
$113,600
III
[ 38]
1996
Criollito (ARG)
5
Chris McCarron
Bob Baffert
Robert & Beverly Lewis
7 furlongs
1:22.01
$114,800
III
[ 39]
1995
Goldseeker Bud
4
Willie Martinez
Angel O. Montano Sr.
Falkon Stable
7 furlongs
1:21.75
$115,700
III
[ 40]
1994
Honor the Hero
6
Garrett K. Gomez
Doug Oliver
Alan Burdick, Arnulf & Rebecca Ueland
7 furlongs
1:23.05
$109,800
III
[ 41]
1993
Callide Valley
5
Gary L. Stevens
Orin J. Glass Jr.
Gary & Mary West
7 furlongs
1:22.01
$86,250
III
[ 42]
1992
Pleasant Tap
5
Eddie Delahoussaye
Christopher Speckert
Buckland Farm
7 furlongs
1:22.32
$85,425
III
[ 43]
1991
Thirty Six Red
4
Jerry D. Bailey
Nicholas P. Zito
B. Giles Brophy
7 furlongs
1:22.15
$57,900
[ 44]
1990
Beau Genius
5
Ricardo D. Lopez
Gerald S. Bennett
D. Brian Davidson
7 furlongs
1:23.20
$58,200
[ 45]
1989
Dancing Spree
4
Pat Day
Claude R. McGaughey III
Ogden Phipps
7 furlongs
1:24.00
$58,850
[ 46]
1988
Conquer
4
Gary L. Stevens
D. Wayne Lukas
Thomas Curnes
7 furlongs
1:23.20
$56,650
[ 47]
Churchill Downs Stakes
1987
Sovereign's Ace
5
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Bernard S. Flint
Alan Art Stables
7 furlongs
1:22.00
$35,295
[ 48]
1986
Sovereign's Ace
4
Phil Rubbicco
Bernard S. Flint
Alan Art Stables
7 furlongs
1:22.60
$35,280
[ 49]
1985
Rapid Gray
4
Pat Day
William I. Mott
William Lucas
7 furlongs
1:24.00
$36,400
Division 1 [ 50]
Bayou Hebert
6
James McKnight
Judith H. Zouck
Albert M. Stall Sr. & Earl Burke
1:23.40
$35,875
Division 2 [ 51]
1984
Habitonia
4
Pat Day
Larry D. Edwards
Farid Sefa
7 furlongs
1:23.00
$33,225
[ 52]
1983
Shot n' Missed
6
Leroy Moyers
William I. Mott
William Lucas
7 furlongs
1:23.60
$33,425
[ 53]
Churchill Downs Handicap
1982
Top Avenger
4
Ronald D. Ardoin
Frank L. Brothers
John Franks
7 furlongs
1:23.00
$33,475
Division 1 [ 54]
Bayou Black
6
Randy Romero
Robert E. Holthus
Albert M. Stall Sr. & Earl Burke
1:22.80
$35,600
Division 2 [ 55]
1981
Dreadnought
4
Julio C. Espinoza
James A. Padgett
Centurion Stable
7 furlongs
1:23.60
$30,200
[ 56]
1980
Dr. Riddick
6
Don Brumfield
Frank L. Brothers
Albert M. Stall Sr.
7 furlongs
1:23.20
$27,350
[ 57]
1979
Trimlea
5
Jorge Velasquez
John M. Veitch
Calumet Farm
7 furlongs
1:24.60
$28,850
[ 58]
1978
To the Quick
4
Jose Amy
Anthony Basile
Bwamazon Farm
7 furlongs
1:25.00
$22,325
[ 59]
1977
It's Freezing
5
Eddie Delahoussaye
William R. O'Neill
Bwamazon Farm
7 furlongs
1:23.40
$22,350
[ 60]
1976
Yamanin
4
Garth Patterson
George T. Poole
Hajime Doi
7 furlongs
1:23.80
$22,300
[ 61]
1975
Navajo
5
Jimmy Nichols
James Keefer
Joe Stevenson & Ray Stump
7 furlongs
1:24.40
$22,775
[ 62]
1974
Barbizon Streak
6
Rick Wilson
Oran Battles
Mrs. Herman (Irene C.) Udouj
7 furlongs
1:25.40
$23,100
[ 63]
1973
Code of Honor
5
Earlie Fires
Chuck Werstler
Dixiana Farm
7 furlongs
1:23.00
$23,225
[ 64]
1972
List
4
Jimmy Nichols
Alcee Richard
Mrs. Joe (Dorothy Dorsett) Brown
7 furlongs
1:23.30
$24,250
[ 65]
1971
No No Billy
4
Don MacBeth
Stanley M. Rieser
Paul & Robert Schleicher
7 furlongs
1:23.20
$23,600
[ 66]
1970
True North
4
Mike Manganello
George T. Poole
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
7 furlongs
1:22.60
$17,000
[ 67]
1969
Judge Kilday
4
David E. Whited
Ronnie Warren
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Roberts
7 furlongs
1:23.60
$17,200
[ 68]
1968
Cabildo
5
Jimmy Combest
Alcee Richard
Mrs. Joe (Dorothy Dorsett) Brown
7 furlongs
1:23.20
$16,775
[ 69]
1967
Bay Phantom
5
Earlie Fires
Lyle S. Whiting
Charles Viar
7 furlongs
1:22.00
$17,575
[ 70]
1966
Bay Phantom
4
Ronald J. Campbell
Robert E. Holthus
Charles Viar
7 furlongs
1:22.00
$16,350
[ 71]
1965
Little Lu
4
Mike Manganello
Virgil H. Jaycox
Virgil H. Jaycox
7 furlongs
1:22.40
$14,000
[ 72]
1964
Olden Times
6
Bill Shoemaker
Mesh Tenney
Rex Ellsworth
7 furlongs
1:21.40
$11,500
[ 73]
1963
Editorialist
5
Manuel Ycaza
S. Bryant Ott
Fourth Estate Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.40
$11,275
[ 74]
1962
Editorialist
4
Bill Shoemaker
S. Bryant Ott
Fourth Estate Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.60
$11,550
[ 75]
1961
Cactus Tom
4
Larney Hansman
Thomas H. Stevens Sr.
Natjolee Stable
7 furlongs
1:22.40
$11,600
[ 76]
1960
Little Fitz
5
William A. Peake
Robert C. Steele
John C. Hauer
7 furlongs
1:22.40
$11,575
[ 77]
1959
Cuvier Boy
4
Steve Brooks
Milton Rinke
Sydney I. Crew
7 furlongs
1:22.40
$11,625
[ 78]
1958
§ Shan Pac
4
Johnny Heckman
Vester R. Wright
T. Alie Grissom
7 furlongs
1:22.00
$11,650
[ 7]
1957
Swoon's Son
4
David Erb
Alexis G. Wilson
E. Gay Drake
7 furlongs
1:24.60
$12,000
[ 79]
1956
Scrutinized
6
William M. Cook
Frank J. Baker
Buddah Stable
7 furlongs
1:25.40
$12,350
[ 80]
1955
Torch of War
5
John Adams
Harry Trotsek
Hasty House Farm
6 furlongs
1:11.20
$11,650
[ 81]
1954
§ Sunny Dale
6
Paul Bailey
Dwight Denham
Buddah Stable
6 furlongs
1:11.00
$12,475
[ 82]
1953
Roaming
4
Jorge Contreras
Horatio Luro
Herman B. Delman
6 furlongs
1:10.60
$11,675
[ 83]
1952
ƒ Here's Hoping
5
Steve Brooks
Jack Hodgins
Dixiana Farm
6 furlongs
1:11.00
$11,725
[ 84]
1951
Johns Joy
5
William M. Cook
John A. Kinard Jr.
John A. Kinard Jr.
7 furlongs
1:22.80
$12,025
[ 85]
1950
Fleeting Star
4
Steve Brooks
Jack Hodgins
Dixiana Farm
7 furlongs
1:24.00
$12,175
[ 86]
1949
Free America
4
Steve Brooks
Ben A. Jones
Calumet Farm
7 furlongs
1:25.00
$11,375
Exhibition Race [ 4]
1948
George Gains
5
Antonio J. Fernandez
Keene Daingerfield
George R. Schneider
7 furlongs
1:25.20
$12,125
[ 87]
1947
Dark Jungle
4
Steve Brooks
John Milton Goode
Lucas B. Combs
7 furlongs
1:25.20
$12,225
[ 88]
1946
Bull Play
4
Robert J. Campbell
Lee Niles
Walter W. "Britches" Jones
1 mile
1:42.40
$11,775
[ 89]
1945
Equifox
8
Albert Bodiou
Howard J. Wells
Howard J. Wells
1 mile
1:40.00
$5,750
[ 90]
1944
ƒ Traffic Court
6
Willie Garner
Nick Burger
Mrs. M. E. Miller & Nick Burger
1 mile
1:36.80
$5,870
[ 91]
1943
Best Seller
5
Johnny Longden
Rollie T. Shepp
John W. Galbreath & Robert J. Dienst
1 mile
1:38.40
$3,075
[ 92]
1942
Royal Crusader
5
Arthur Craig
Paul Meredith
Rancho Casitas Stable
1 mile
1:37.40
$3,145
[ 93]
1941
My Bill
3
Conn McCreary
John T. Weaver
William E. Smith
1 mile
1:36.60
$3,060
[ 94]
1940
Arab's Arrow
6
Carroll Bierman
Gilbert Hardy
Louise Hickman
1 mile
1:39.80
$3,160
[ 95]
1939
Arab's Arrow
5
Carroll Bierman
Gilbert Hardy
Louise Hickman
7 furlongs
1:24.80
$3,140
Dead heat [ 96]
Kings Blue
4
Charles Kurtsinger
Roscoe Goose
John Marsch
1938
Arab's Arrow
4
Willie Lee Johnson
Gilbert Hardy
Louise Hickman
7 furlongs
1:26.80
$3,020
[ 97]
1914–1937
Race not held
1913
Rudolfo
4
Johnny Loftus
William S. Trevey
Harry H. Emmons
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles
1:51.80
$1,000
[ 98]
1912
Any Port
4
Joe Byrne
Frank D. Weir
Emerson E. McCargo
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles
1:51.60
$1,880
[ 2]
1911
Carlton G.
4
George Taplin
Lon Johnson
Lon Johnson
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles
1:51.80
$2,500
[ 99]
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
ƒ Filly or Mare
† In the 2002 running of the event Snow Ridge was first past the post but was disqualified due the rider Mike E. Smith accidentally striking D'wildcat's face with his whip as the runners approached the finishing post. D'wildcat was declared the winner.[ 100]
See also
External links
References
^ "Louisville Form Chart" . Daily Racing Form . 1911-06-07. Retrieved 2019-11-16 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ a b "Any Port Equals Track Record In Feature Event; Outside Makes Great Stretch Run And Takes Churchill Downs Handicap From Mary Davis In Thrilling Finish – (race 4: held 25 May 1912)" . The Courier-Journal . 26 May 1912. p. 34. Retrieved 18 April 2021 .
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^ "2008 Churchill Downs Stakes Grade 2 - (race 5)" . Equibase . 3 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2021 .
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