Chilukki Stakes

Chilukki Stakes
Grade III race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1986 (as Churchill Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteChurchill Downs
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationfillies and mares, three-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 125 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
PurseUS$300,000 (2021)

The Chilukki Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky 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 2+1⁄2 lengths ono a fast track in a time of 1:223⁄5.[1] The event was sponsored by Budweiser and the Breeders' Cup with lucrative stakes.[1]

The following year the event was increased to one mile.[2]

In 1988 the American Graded Stakes Committeeclassified the event with Grade III status.[3]

With continued quality competitors the event attracted the race was upgraded to Grade II in 1992.[3]

In 1995 sponsorship from Budweiser and the Breeders' Cup ceased and the event was renamed to the Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap.[2]

In 2000 the event as an undercard race on the Breeders' Cup program was won by the US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly from the previous year, Chilukki who set a new track record of 1:33.57 for the mile distance.[4] Chilukki was no stranger to Churchill Downs having also set the track record for the short 4+1⁄2 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.[2]

In 2019 the event was downgraded to Grade III.[3]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

  • 8 lengths – Hot and Sultry (2023)

Most wins:

  • No horse has yet to win more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

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:

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Chilukki Stakes
2023 Hot and Sultry 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Norm W. Casse Alex & JoAnn Lieblong 1 mile 1:35.93 $295,000 III [5]
2022 She Can't Sing 5 Brian Hernandez Jr. Chris M. Block Lothenbach Stables 1 mile 1:35.38 $298,500 III [6]
2021 Obligatory 3 Joel Rosario William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 1 mile 1:34.80 $300,000 III [7]
2020 Finite 3 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds, Thomas J. Reiman, William Dickson & Deborah A. Easter 1 mile 1:35.53 $100,000 III [8]
2019 Sally's Curlin 3 Corey J. Lanerie Dale L. Romans CJ Thoroughbreds, Left Turn Racing & Casner Racing 1 mile 1:35.60 $200,000 III [9]
2018 Divine Miss Grey 4 Manuel Franco Danny Gargan Corms Racing Stable & R. A. Hill Stable 1 mile 1:36.64 $200,000 II [10]
2017 Farrell 3 Channing Hill Wayne M. Catalano Coffee Pot Stables 1 mile 1:35.90 $200,000 II [11]
2016 Kiss to Remember 5 Joseph Rocco Jr. Martin D. Wolfson Miller Racing 1 mile 1:35.80 $200,000 II [12]
2015 Spelling Again 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Brad H. Cox Sea Jay Racing 1 mile 1:35.75 $200,000 II [13]
2014 Molly Morgan 5 Corey J. Lanerie Dale L. Romans William D. Cubbedge 1 mile 1:36.97 $237,510 II [14]
2013 Don't Tell Sophia 5 Joseph Rocco Jr. Philip A. Sims Philip A. Sims & Jerry Namy 1 mile 1:35.14 $150,000 II [15]
2012 Brushed by a Star 4 Corey J. Lanerie Grant T. Forster Team Forster 1 mile 1:37.16 $168,900 II [16]
2011 Buckleupbuttercup 4 Javier Castellano Eddie Kenneally Avalon Farms 1 mile 1:37.03 $167,400 II [17]
2010 Distinctive Dixie 5 Robby Albarado Wallace Dollase Robert B. & Beverly J. Lewis Trust 1 mile 1:36.67 $171,900 II [18]
2009 Malibu Prayer 3 Christopher P. DeCarlo Todd A. Pletcher Edward P. Evans 1 mile 1:36.24 $167,550 II [19]
2008 Leah's Secret 5 Rene R. Douglas Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm 1 mile 1:35.68 $170,400 II [20]
2007 Rolling Sea 4 Robby Albarado Steven M. Asmussen Millennium Farms 1 mile 1:36.02 $221,000 II [21]
2006 Sangrita 3 Edgar S. Prado Michael R. Matz Dorothy A. Matz 1 mile 1:36.65 $170,250 II [22]
2005 Bending Strings 4 Robby Albarado Wallace Dollase John Gunther 1 mile 1:35.19 $169,350 II [23]
Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap
2004 Halory Leigh 4 Craig Perret Dale L. Romans Jerry Crawford, Matt Gannon & Charlie Grask 1 mile 1:35.05 $230,400 II [24]
2003 Lead Story 4 Calvin H. Borel Carl A. Nafzger A. Stevens Miles Jr. 1 mile 1:36.55 $225,400 II [25]
2002 Softly 4 Jon Court Carl A. Nafzger James B. Tafel 1 mile 1:35.07 $223,600 II [26]
2001 Nasty Storm 3 Pat Day Dallas Stewart Denny Crum, Daryl Elser, Riley McDonald, Joseph Riccelli & Dallas Stewart 1 mile 1:35.30 $222,200 II [27]
2000 Chilukki 3 Gary L. Stevens Bob Baffert Stonerside Stable 1 mile 1:33.57 $248,400 II [4]
1999 Let 4 Calvin H. Borel George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1 mile 1:34.41 $224,000 II [28]
1998 Dream Scheme 5 Calvin H. Borel George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1 mile 1:34.41 $225,200 II [29]
1997 Feasibility Study 5 Robby Albarado William I. Mott Char-Mari Stable 1 mile 1:37.61 $235,800 II [30]
1996 Fast Catch 4 Willie Martinez Frank L. Brothers Lazy Lane Farms 1 mile 1:36.55 $225,200 II [31]
Churchill Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap
1995 Lakeway 4 Kent J. Desormeaux Gary F. Jones Michael G. Rutherford 1 mile 1:35.94 $201,200 II [32]
1994 Educated Risk 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1 mile 1:35.74 $212,500 II [33]
1993 Miss Indy Anna 3 Pat Day Edward T. Allard Charles Matses 1 mile 1:37.72 $218,400 II [34]
1992 Wilderness Song 4 Craig Perret James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1 mile 1:36.22 $157,600 II [35]
1991 Fit for a Queen 5 Ricardo D. Lopez Steven C. Penrod Hermitage Farm 1 mile 1:38.60 $154,700 III [36]
1990 Oh My Jessica Pie 3 Miguel Angel Gonzalez Emanuel Tortora Bee Bee Stable 1 mile 1:36.80 $158,450 III [37]
1989 Classic Value 3 Pat Day William J. Cesare Fred W. Hooper 1 mile 1:35.40 $158,400 III [38]
1988 Darien Miss 3 Patrick A. Johnson George R. Arnold II Taylor Asbury 1 mile 1:36.80 $158,350 III [39]
1987 Bound 3 Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens Claiborne Farm 1 mile 1:37.00 $158,850 [40]
1986 Lazer Show 3 Charles R. Woods Jr. Donald R. Winfree James J. Devaney 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $157,650 [41]

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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