Jefferson Cup Stakes

Jefferson Cup Stakes
Grade III race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1977
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteChurchill Downs
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Jefferson Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. A race on turf, it is open to three-year-old horses 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)[1] to a Grade III level at a mile and a sixteenth.[2]

Since inception, the Jefferson Cup Stakes has been contested at various distances:

  • 5.5 furlongs : 1977–1981
  • 1+1⁄16 miles : 1982, 2010–2013
  • 1+1⁄8 miles : 1983–2009

Records

Speed record
  • 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:47.27 – King Cugat (2000)
  • 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:43.66 – Banned (2011)

Winners of the Jefferson Cup Stakes since 1999

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
(Miles)
 Time
 Grade
2016 One Mean Man 3 Robby Albarado Bernard S. Flint L. T. B./Hillerich Racing 1-1/8 1:50.23 III
2015 Saham 3 Joseph Rocco Jr. Brendan P. Walsh Sultan Bin Mishal 1-1 mile 1:37.76 III
2014 Horse to Horse 3 Julien Leparoux Brian A. Lynch Terry Hamilton 1-1 mile 1:34.44 III
2013 General Election 3 Ricardo Santana Jr. Wesley A. Ward Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1-1 mile 1:35.96 III
2012 1-1/16 II
2011 Banned 3 Jose Lezcano Tom Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1-1/16 1:43.66 II
2010 Gleam of Hope 3 E. T. Baird Anthony L. Reinstedler Dr. A. C. & Claire Asbury 1-1/16 1:45.61 II
2009 Florentino 3 Alan Garcia Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Racing 1-1/8 1:51.59 II
2008 Tizdejavu 3 Garrett Gomez Gregory Fox Michael Cooper & Pamela Ziebarth 1-1/8 1:49.15 II
2007 Inca King 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing 1-1/8 1:48.94 II
2006 Brilliant 3 Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard Mill House 1-1/8 1:48.47 II
2005 Rush Bay 3 Robby Albarado Thomas Amoss Phoebe Ann Miller Trust 1-1/8 1:48.75 III
2004 Prince Arch 3 Brice Blanc Kenneth McPeek Raymond H. Cottrell Sr. 1-1/8 1:50.61 III
2003 Senor Swinger 3 Robby Albarado Bob Baffert Bob & Beverly Lewis 1-1/8 1:47.54 III
2002 Orchard Park 3 Mark Guidry William I. Mott Peter Vegso 1-1/8 1:48.53 III
2001 Indygo Shiner 3 Lonnie Meche W. Elliott Walden Joseph LaCombe et al. 1-1/8 1:48.81 III
2000 King Cugat 3 Robby Albarado William I. Mott Centennial Farms 1-1/8 1:47.27
1999 Special Coach 3 Jorge Velásquez Bill March Cecilia Dixon 1-1/8 1:49.82
1998 Buff 3 Calvin Borel 1-1/8 1:50.80
1997 Greed Is Good 3 Willie Martinez 1-1/8 1:49.47
1996 Unruled 3 Craig Perret 1-1/8 1:50.07
1995 Ago 3 Shane Sellers 1-1/8 1:49.48
1994 Milt's Overyure 3 Pat Day 1-1/8 1:48.21

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

  1. ^ The 2009 Jefferson Cup Stakes at Bloodhorse.com
  2. ^ "The 2010 Jefferson Cup Stakes at the NTRA". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-15.


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