Derby City Distaff Stakes

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Derby City Distaff Stakes
Grade I race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1987 (as Brown and Williamson Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Sponsor Kendall-Jackson Winery (2021)
Website Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, four-years-old and older
Weight123 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$1,000,000 (2024)

The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in early May on the Kentucky Derby day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is US$1,000,000.

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History

The event was inaugurated on May 2, 1987, as the fifth race on the undercard of the Kentucky Derby day meeting as the Brown & Williamson Handicap sponsored by the tobacco company Brown & Williamson, which at the time had their headquarters in Louisville. [1]

The event was a Listed race until 1990 when it was upgraded to Grade III status. It was subsequently upgraded to a Grade II event in 1999 then to its present Grade I status in 2002. [2]

The event's name was changed in 1995 to the Humana Distaff Handicap, sponsored by Humana, an American health insurance company also based in Louisville, Kentucky. [3] In 2007, the event was changed to the Humana Distaff Stakes, and is now run under allowance weight conditions. [4] Humana last year of sponsorship was 2019, with Churchill Downs finding new sponsorship in 2020 with Derby City Gaming. [5]

The first five runnings of the event the winners were ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day. Pat Day won another two more runnings of this event before retiring in 2005. In 2015, Churchill Downs renamed the Derby Trial in his honor as the Pat Day Mile which is held on the same day as this event. [6]

Of the more notable winners of this race include 2012 winner Groupie Doll who set a new track record at Churchill Downs for the 7 furlong distance in a time of 1:20.44 and would later that year win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and be crowned the US Champion Female Sprint Horse.

Records

Speed record
Margins
Most wins
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Derby City Distaff Stakes
2024Vahva4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Cherie DeVauxBelladonna Racing, Edward J. Hudson, Jr., West Point Thoroughbreds, LBD Stable, Nice Guys Stables, Manganaro Bloodstock, Runnels Racing, Steve Hornstock & Twin Brook Stables7 furlongs1:21.75$1,000,000I [7]
2023Matareya4 Flavien Prat Brad H. Cox Godolphin 7 furlongs1:21.87$750,000I [8]
2022Obligatory4 José L. Ortiz William I. Mott Juddmonte Farm 7 furlongs1:22.17$500,000I [9]
2021 Gamine 4 John R. Velazquez Bob Baffert Michael Lund Petersen7 furlongs1:21.50$500,000I [10]
2020Bell's The One4 Corey Lanerie Neil L PessinLothenbach Stables7 furlongs1:21.07$500,000I [11]
Humana Distaff Stakes
2019Mia Mischief5 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Bill & Corine Heiligbrodt, Heider Family Stables, Madaket Stables 7 furlongs1:22.33$500,000I [12]
2018American Gal5 José L. Ortiz Simon Callaghan Kaleem Shah 7 furlongs1:22.33$300,000I [13]
2017Paulassilverlining5 José L. Ortiz Chad C. Brown Juddmonte Farms 7 furlongs1:23.68$300,000I [14]
2016Taris5 Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Susan Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith7 furlongs1:21.03$300,000I [15]
2015Dame Dorothy4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Bobby Flay 7 furlongs1:22.67$300,000I [16]
2014Midnight Lucky4 Rosie Napravnik Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman7 furlongs1:22.23$330,600I [17]
2013Aubby K4 Edgar S. Prado Ralph E. NicksJames C. Spence7 furlongs1:22.93$345,600I [18]
2012 Groupie Doll 4 Rajiv Maragh William B. Bradley Fred F. & William B. Bradley, Carl Hurst & Brent Burns7 furlongs1:20.44$334,500I [19]
2011Sassy Image4 Robby Albarado Dale L. Romans Jerry Romans7 furlongs1:21.01$345,600I [20]
2010 Mona de Momma 4 Joel Rosario John W. Sadler Michael Talla7 furlongs1:22.73$336,900I [21]
2009 Informed Decision 4 Julien R. Leparoux Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 7 furlongs1:23.69$335,400I [22]
2008Intangaroo4Alonso QuinonezGary SherlockTom Grether Farms7 furlongs1:22.03$334,800I [23]
2007 Hystericalady 4 Rafael Bejarano Jerry Hollendorfer Rancho San Miguel, Tom Clark, George Todaro & Jerry Hollendorfer 7 furlongs1:21.87$340,800I [24]
Humana Distaff Handicap
2006Pussycat Doll4 Garrett K. Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 7 furlongs1:21.62$291,000I [25]
2005My Trusty Cat5 Javier Castellano David R. Vance Carl E. Pollard7 furlongs1:21.18$281,750I [26]
2004Mayo On the Side5 Pat Day Carl A. Nafzger Lothenbach Stable7 furlongs1:22.78$272,813I [27]
2003 Sightseek 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 7 furlongs1:22.12$222,400I [28]
2002† Celtic Melody4 Mark Guidry James A. Jerkens Vinery Stables7 furlongs1:22.98$228,000I [29]
2001Dream Supreme4 Pat Day William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs1:20.70$165,000II [30]
2000Ruby Surprise5Joseph C. Judice Robert E. Holthus James T. Hines Jr.7 furlongs1:21.25$166,050II [31]
1999Zuppardo Ardo5 Shane Sellers Bobby C. Barnett John A. Franks 7 furlongs1:23.40$169,650II [32]
1998Colonial Minstrel4 John R. Velazquez Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 7 furlongs1:22.12$115,000III [33]
1997Capote Belle4 John R. Velazquez Daniel C. PeitzLawana & Robert Low7 furlongs1:22.38$113,000III [34]
1996In Conference4 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 furlongs1:23.30$112,200III [35]
1995Laura's Pistolette4 Corey Nakatani Murray W. JohnsonJack Smith7 furlongs1:22.24$114,500III [36]
Brown and Williamson Handicap
1994Roamin Rachel4 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Tri Honors Stables7 furlongs1:23.83$111,300III [37]
1993Court Hostess5 Chris McCarron Neil J. Howard William S. Kilroy7 furlongs1:23.18$87,000III [38]
1992Ifyoucouldseemenow4 Craig Perret Brian A. Mayberry Jan, Mace & Samantha Siegel7 furlongs1:22.22$87,075III [39]
1991Illeria4 Pat Day Michael J. Doyle Eaton Hall Farm 7 furlongs1:23.20$57,850III [40]
1990Medicine Woman5 Pat Day George R. Arnold II Alex Campbell Jr. & Glencrest Farm7 furlongs1:23.40$56,450III [41]
1989Sunshine Always5 Pat Day Ernest P. Retamoza Sr.Jane Martin7 furlongs1:24.40$54,500Listed [42]
1988Le l'Argent6 Pat Day Philip M. HauswaldFares Farm7 furlongs1:22.80$55,800Listed [43]
1987Lazer Show4 Pat Day Donald R. WinfreeJames Devaney7 furlongs1:22.80$40,305Listed [1]

Notes:
† In the 2002 running, Gold Mover won the race but was disqualified and placed second after stewards ruled she had bumped and interfered with Celtic Melody near the eighth pole.

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