Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes
The Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late September as part of Kentucky Cup Day at Turfway Park in the Cincinnati, Ohio suburb of Florence, Kentucky.
| Ungraded Stakes race | |
| Location | Turfway Park Florence, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1989 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Polytrack |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds colts |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
A 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) Grade III race for two-year-old colts, it was raced on natural dirt until 2005 when Turfway Park installed the new synthetic Polytrack surface. For 2009, the race was downgraded from a Grade III event to ungraded status and, along with its counterpart for filles, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes, was then discontinued due to financial restraints.[1] The event offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008.
Inaugurated in 1989 as the In Memoriam Stakes, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes was also run as the Alysheba Stakes from 1989 to 1993.
With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2009 and 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. The Juvenile has lost its grade III ranking because it was not run for two consecutive years (2009–10).
Records
- Time record
- 1:42.89 - Boston Harbor (1996)
- Most wins by an owner
- 2 - Overbrook Farm (1995, 1996) and Padua Stables (1999, 2002)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 3 - Mike E. Smith (1997, 2002, 2006)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 - D. Wayne Lukas (1995, 1996, 1999)
Winners since 1991
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hansen | Victor Lebron | Mike Maker | Kendall Hanson | 1:45.83 |
| 2010 | Not run | ||||
| 2009 | Not run | ||||
| 2008 | West Side Bernie | Stewart Elliott | Kelly Breen | Lori & George Hall | 1:44.22 |
| 2007 | Texas Fever | Julien Leparoux | Mike Stidham | Stonerside Stables | 1:44.95 |
| 2006 | U D Ghetto | Mike E. Smith | Anthony Reinstedler | Lucky Seven Stable | 1:43.86 |
| 2005 | Stream Cat | Gary Stevens | Patrick L. Biancone | Fab Oak Stable et al. | 1:46.42 |
| 2004 | Greater Good | John McKee | Robert Holthus | Lewis S. Lakin | 1:44.96 |
| 2003 | Mr. Jester | Rafael Bejarano | Steve Wren | Karen J. Biggs | 1:46.61 |
| 2002 | Vindication | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Padua Stables | 1:46.70 |
| 2001 | Repent | Tony D'Amico | Kenneth McPeek | Select Stable | 1:45.78 |
| 2000 | Point Given | Shane Sellers | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:47.01 |
| 1999 | Millencolin | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Padua Stables | 1:47.02 |
| 1998 | Aly's Alley | Patrick A. Johnson | John J. Tammaro, Jr. | Eaglestone Farm | 1:45.63 |
| 1997 | Laydown | Mike E. Smith | Nicholas Zito | James McIngvale | 1:43.17 |
| 1996 | Boston Harbor | Donna Barton | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:42.89 |
| 1995 | Editor's Note | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:45.07 |
| 1994 | Tejano Run | Jerry D. Bailey | Kenneth McPeek | Roy K. Monroe | 1:46.10 |
| 1993 | Bibury Court | Scott Saito | Margaret Grimm | Margaret Grimm | 1:47.60 |
| 1992 | Mountain Cat | Charles Woods Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:43.50 |
| 1991 | Star Recruit | Ricardo Lopez | Jerry Fanning | Dan Dar Farm | 1:45.68 |