Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes

Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
Grade II race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1990
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mare, three-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $300,000 (2014)

Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

A Grade II event, it is open to fillies and mares, aged three and older. Contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf, it currently offers a purse of $300,000.

In 2009, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II event.[1]

The race was known as the Capital Holding Mile Stakes until 1995.

Winners of the Distaff Turf Mile Stakes since 1999

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2016 Tepin 5 Julien R. Leparoux Mark E. Casse Robert E. Masterson 1:34.36
2015 Tepin 4 Julien R. Leparoux Mark E. Casse Robert E. Masterson 1:34.12
2014 Coffee Clique 4 Brian A. Lynch Javier Castellano Amerman Racing 1:34.66
2013 Stephanie's Kitten 4 Julien Leparoux Wayne M. Catalano Ken & Sarah Ramsey 1:37.94
2012 Hungry Island 4 John Velazquez Claude R. McGaughey III Emory A. Hamilton 1:36.20
2011 Aviate 4 Kent Desormeaux Bill Mott Juddmonte Farms 1:36.67
2010 Phola 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Todd Pletcher Patterson/Saufley/& others 1:38.35
2009 Tizaqueena 4 Jamie Theriot Michael Stidham Darley Stable 1:38.86
2008 Bayou's Lassie 5 Edgar Prado Dale Romans Jacks or Better Farm 1:37.70
2007 Take the Ribbon 4 Rafael Bejarano Wallace A. Dollase Eurowest Bloodstock 1:36.89
2006 Mirabilis 4 Pat Valenzuela Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:35.93
2005 Miss Terrible 6 Alex Solis Bradley Ross J. & G. Manoogian 1:35.89
2004 Shaconage 4 Brice Blanc Mitch Shirota Andrena Van Doren 1:36.10
2003 Heat Haze 4 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Robert J. Frankel Khalid Abdullah 1:39.96
2002 Stylish 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:35.72
2001 Iftiraas 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Gary A. Tanaka 1:36.69
2000 Don't Be Silly 5 Jorge Chavez Merrill R. Scherer Hall/Lunch/Scherer 1:34.78
1999 Shires Ende 4 John R. Velazquez Richard Scherer Carolyn Friedberg 1:35.43

Earlier winners

  • 1998 - Witchful Thinking
  • 1997 - B A Valentine
  • 1996 - Apolda
  • 1995 - Bold Ruritana
  • 1994 - Weekend Madness
  • 1993 - Lady Blessington
  • 1992 - Quilma
  • 1991 - Foresta

References

  1. ↑ Six New Grade I Races for 2009 - bloodhorse.com

External links

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