Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes

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Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
Grade III race
Location Kentucky Downs
Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated2012
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
SponsorLight & Wonder (since 2024)
Website Kentucky Downs
Race information
Distance1+5⁄16 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
PurseUS$2,000,000 (since 2024)

The Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of one and five-sixteenths miles on the turf held annually in September at Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin, Kentucky during their short turf meeting. The event currently carries a purse of $2,000,000 which includes $1,000,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund.

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History

With the introduction of Instant Racing in late 2011 the influx of revenue enabled the administration of the track added new events to an expanded racing season. [1] One of these new events one was the Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes.

The inaugural running of the event was on 15 September 2012 as the third event on the fourth day of the five day meeting at Kentucky Downs. A field of seven entrants lined up and the event was won by the Dreamfields Farm filly Maid of Heaven who started at 8/1 and was ridden by jockey Leandro Goncalves winning by a head in a time of 2:14.06. [2]

Due to sponsorship the event has had several name changes. In 2015 the Thoroughbred auction house Fasig-Tipton located in Lexington, Kentucky sponsored the event. From 2017 until 2019 Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey's Ramsey Farms sponsored the event and it was run as the Ramsey Farms Stakes. In 2020 the event was sponsored by the Television Games Network and was held as the TVG Stakes. [3]

The 2016 winner, Al's Gal proved the improving quality of the event by capturing the Grade 1 E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada in her next start. [4]

With the influx of gaming revenue at Kentucky Downs the purse for the event has risen dramatically to nearly $500,000 offered by 2020. [5]

In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III. [6]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2024Neecie Marie4 Joel Rosario Robert Reid Jr.Michael Milam1+5⁄16 miles2:07.16$1,300,000III [7]
2023Vergara4 Joel Rosario H. Graham MotionGary Broad1+5⁄16 miles2:10.96$900,000III [8]
2022Adventuring4 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Godolphin 1+5⁄16 miles2:08.28$550,000III [9]
2021Family Way4 Tyler Gaffalione Brendan P. WalshHunter Valley Farm, Debra L. O'Connor & Marc Detampel1+5⁄16 miles2:08.16$501,000Listed [10]
TVG Stakes
2020Theodora B5 Irad Ortiz Jr. Michael W. Dickinson Augustin Stable 1+5⁄16 miles2:09.72$492,575Listed [5]
Ramsey Farm Stakes
2019Gentle Ruler4Chris Landeros Ian R. Wilkes Morsches Stable1+5⁄16 miles2:12.73$469,000Listed [11]
2018Tricky Escape5Christopher P. DeCarloLynn AshbyJon A. Marshall1+5⁄16 miles2:13.40$360,000Listed [12]
2017Kitten's Roar5 Jose L. Ortiz Michael J. Maker Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1+5⁄16 miles2:17.19$330,800Listed [13]
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2016Al's Gal5 Florent Geroux Michael J. Maker Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1+5⁄16 miles2:12.16$199,700Listed [14]
Fasig-Tipton Ladies Marathon Stakes
2015Modernstone (GB)5 Rafael Hernandez Kelly RubleyBrous Stable, Gary Barber & Wachtel Stable1+5⁄16 miles2:13.12$140,000Listed [15]
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2014White Rose4 Shaun Bridgmohan William I. Mott Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis1+5⁄16 miles2:13.76$190,000 [16]
2013Mystical Star5 Brice Blanc Christophe Clement Cheyenne Stable1+5⁄16 miles2:11.30$153,583 [17]
2012Maid of Heaven4Leandro GoncalvesKellyn GorderDreamfields Farm1+5⁄16 miles2:14.06$75,000 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "KentuckyDowns.com". Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 "2012 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes Black Type – (race 3)". Equibase. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "KENTUCKY DOWNS LADIES MARATHON - KENTUCKY DOWNS, KY". Thoroughbred Database. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Al's Gal (PA) Career Records 27: 8-8-3 $749,775". Equibase. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "2020 TVG Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Schweigardt, Andrew (2022). "TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022-January 2023". Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Light & Wonder Ladies Marathon Stakes Grade III - (race 3)". Equibase. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "2023 Aristocrat Ladies Marathon Stakes Grade III - (race 3)". Equibase. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "2022 AGS Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "2021 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "2019 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "2018 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "2017 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "2016 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "2015 Fasig-Tipton Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed – (race 10)". Equibase. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "2014 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Black Type – (race 7)". Equibase. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "2013 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Black Type – (race 9)". Equibase. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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