Jefferson Cup Stakes

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Jefferson Cup Stakes
ClassGrade III
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1977
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance1+116 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.

Contents

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:

Records

Speed record

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 Racing1-1/81:50.23III
2015 Saham 3 Joseph Rocco Jr. Brendan P. Walsh Sultan Bin Mishal1-1 mile1:37.76III
2014 Heart to Heart 3 Julien Leparoux Brian A. Lynch Terry Hamilton1-1 mile1:34.44III
2013 General Election 3 Ricardo Santana Jr. Wesley A. Ward Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1-1 mile1:35.96III
20121-1/16II
2011 Banned 3 Jose Lezcano Tom Proctor Glen Hill Farm1-1/161:43.66II
2010Gleam of Hope3 E. T. Baird Anthony L. Reinstedler Dr. A. C. & Claire Asbury1-1/161:45.61II
2009Florentino3 Alan Garcia Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Racing 1-1/81:51.59II
2008Tizdejavu3 Garrett Gomez Gregory Fox Michael Cooper & Pamela Ziebarth1-1/81:49.15II
2007Inca King3 Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing1-1/81:48.94II
2006Brilliant3 Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard Mill House1-1/81:48.47II
2005Rush Bay3 Robby Albarado Thomas Amoss Phoebe Ann Miller Trust1-1/81:48.75III
2004Prince Arch3 Brice Blanc Kenneth McPeek Raymond H. Cottrell Sr.1-1/81:50.61III
2003Senor Swinger3 Robby Albarado Bob Baffert Bob & Beverly Lewis 1-1/81:47.54III
2002Orchard Park3 Mark Guidry William I. Mott Peter Vegso 1-1/81:48.53III
2001Indygo Shiner3 Lonnie Meche W. Elliott Walden Joseph LaCombe et al.1-1/81:48.81III
2000 King Cugat 3 Robby Albarado William I. Mott Centennial Farms1-1/81:47.27
1999Special Coach3 Jorge Velásquez Bill March Cecilia Dixon1-1/81:49.82
1998Buff3 Calvin Borel 1-1/81:50.80
1997Greed Is Good3 Willie Martinez 1-1/81:49.47
1996Unruled3 Craig Perret 1-1/81:50.07
1995Ago3 Shane Sellers 1-1/81:49.48
1994Milt's Overyure3 Pat Day 1-1/81:48.21

Earlier winners

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.