Alysheba Stakes

Alysheba Stakes
	Grade II race
Location	Churchill Downs; Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	2004
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance	1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up[1]
Weight	Assigned
Purse	US$400,000 (2015)

The Alysheba Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. The Alysheba became the most recent addition to the Derby Week stakes lineup as it joined the schedule in 2004 and is currently run on the undercard of the Kentucky Oaks, the day before the Kentucky Derby. It was the first stakes to join the Derby Week lineup since 1997. The event is named for the talented 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Alysheba, who returned to the Downs in 1988 to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. His victory marked the first time a Derby winner had returned to Churchill to win a stakes since Whirlaway took the 1942 Clark Handicap. He was later honored at the track that fall as he retired as the sports leading money earner, $6,679,242. The stakes received graded status in 2007. The Grade II event is open to horses age three and older[1] and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (8.5 furlongs).

Records

Speed record

1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles - 1:41.04 - Successful Dan (2012)

Most wins by a jockey

3 - John Velazquez (2004, 2005, 2015)

Most wins by a trainer

2 - Todd Pletcher

Winners since 2004

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2017	Bird Song	4	Julien Leparoux	Ian R. Wilkes	Marylou Whitney Stables	1:44.34
2016	Majestic Harbor	8	Corey J. Lanerie	Paul J. McGee	Gallant Stable	1:43.10
2015	Protonico	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Sumaya U.S. Stable	1:42.34
2014	Moonshine Mullin	6	Calvin H. Borel	Randy L. Morse	Randy Patterson	1:42.83
2013	Take Charge Indy	4	Rosie Napravnik	Patrick B. Byrne	WinStar Farm/Sandford	1:41.41
2012	Successful Dan	4	Julien Leparoux	Charles Lopresti	Morton Fink	1:41.04 †
2011	First Dude	4	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	Double Diamond Farm	1:42.56
2010	Arson Squad	7	Paco Lopez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Jay Em Ess Stable	1:43.28
2009	Bullsbay	5	Jeremy Rose	Albert Stall Jr.	Mitchell Ranch/Lewkowitz/Rice	1:44.29
2008	Giant Gizmo	4	Rafael Bejarano	Robert J. Frankel	Frank Stronach	1:43.96
2007	Wanderin Boy	6	Corey Nakatani	Nick Zito	Arthur B. Hancock III	1:43.45
2006	Gouldings Green	5	Corey Lanerie	Anthony Reinstedler	Melnyk Racing Stable	1:42.37
2005	Limehouse	4	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Dogwood Stable	1:42.32
2004	Congrats	4	John Velazquez	C. R. McGaughey III	A. Dilschneider/Claiborne	1:44.31

Notes:
† new stakes record/new track record

References

Asher, John (May 2, 2008). "Alysheba Recap". Churchill Downs Communications. Churchill Downs Incorporated. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

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[2008_Alysheba-1] Asher, John (May 2, 2008). "Alysheba Recap". Churchill Downs Communications. Churchill Downs Incorporated. Retrieved January 26, 2015.