Ashland Stakes

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Grade I race
Ashland Stakes
Location	Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky
Inaugurated	1936
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Keeneland
Race information
Distance	1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Weight-For-Age
Purse	$500,000

The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was named for the homestead and breeding farm of statesman Henry Clay in Lexington, Kentucky. Restricted to three-year-olds fillies, the Grade 1 race is currently run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles and offers a purse of $500,000.

Part of the1936 inaugural events for the new Keeneland Race Course, the first two editions of the Ashland Stakes were open to fillies and mares, 3-years of age and older. Not run again until 1940, it was then made a race exclusively for 3-year-old fillies. During World War III, from 1943 through 1945 the race was hosted by Churchill Downs in Louisville.

The Ashland Stakes was run in two heats in 1952, 1965, 1974 and 1980. Don Brumfield is the only jockey to ever have won both heats. In the 1974 edition, Brumfield rode to victory on Winged Wishes, a horse owned by his mother, Viola., then took the second running aboard Darby Dan Farm's, Maud Muller.

Since its inception, the Ashland Stakes has been raced at various distances:

• 1936-1937, 1981 to present : 1 1/16 miles
• 1940-1973 : 6 furlongs
• 1974-1980 : 7 furlongs, 184 feet

[edit] Records

Speed record at current distance:

• 141.60 - 1¼ miles set by Silverbulletday in 1999.

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Calumet Farm (1948, 1952, 1980) & Cain Hoy Stable (1957, 1959, 1963)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Bill Shoemaker (1964, 1981, 1982), Don Brumfield (1974 (2), 1984), Randy Romero (1980, 1985, 1990), Shane Sellers (1991, 1993, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Woody Stephens (1949, 1957, 1959, 1963)
• 3 - Stanley M. Rieser (1966, 1968, 1969), D. Wayne Lukas (1982, 1987, 1998), Claude R. McGaughey III (1994, 1996, 1997)

[edit] Winners of the Ashland Stakes since 1969

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Little Belle	Rajiv Maragh	Kiaran McLaughlin	Darley Stable	1:43.69
2007	Christmas Kid	Rene R. Douglas	James A. Jerkens	Edward P. Evans	1:42.90
2006	Bushfire	Cornelio Velasquez	Eddie Kenneally	Homewrecker Stable, LLC	1:45.16
2005	Sis City	Edgar S. Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Stonerside Stable et al	1:46.35
2004	Madcap Escapade	Rene R. Douglas	Frank L. Brothers	W. Bruce Lunsford	1:44.55
2003	Elloluv	Robby Albarado	Craig Dollase	J. Paul Reddam	1:43.58
2002	Take Charge Lady	Tony D'Amico	Kenneth G. McPeek	Select Stable	1:43.29
2001	Fleet Renee	John R. Velazquez	Michael W. Dickinson	V.H.W. Stable Inc	1:43.77
2000	Rings a Chime	Shane Sellers	Lonnie Arterburn	Turf Side Stables	1:44.40
1999	Silverbulletday	Jerry D. Bailey	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	1:41.60
1998	Well Chosen	Charles R. Woods, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	S. Magnier / M. Tabor	1:43.00
1997	Glitter Woman	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Joseph Allen	1:43.80
1996	My Flag	Jerry D. Bailey	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:42.60
1995	Urbane	Eddie Delahoussaye	Brian Mayberry	Samantha Siegel	1:43.40
1994	Inside Information	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps	1:46.80
1993	Lunar Spook	Shane Sellers	J. Bert Sonnier	Sandbar Farms	1:43.40
1992	Prospectors Delite	Craig Perret	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III	1:42.60
1991	Do It With Style	Shane Sellers	Gary Contessa	DJ Stable	1:43.60
1990	Go for Wand	Randy Romero	William Badgett, Jr.	Christiana Stable	1:43.60
1989	Gorgeous	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil Drysdale	Robert N. Clay	1:43.20
1988	Willa On the Move	Chris McCarron	Leon J. Blusiewicz	Lorraine Quinichett	1:45.80
1987	Chic Shirine	Sandy Hawley	D. Wayne Lukas	Emory Alexander	1:44.60
1986	Classy Cathy	Earlie Fires	Joseph M. Bollero	Edward A. Cox, Jr.	1:44.00
1985	Koluctoo's Jill	Randy Romero	Bruce Levine	Brandy Hills Farm	1:44.40
1984	Enumerating	Don Brumfield	Dennis W. Ebert	Hardesty/Walden/Ebert	1:49.20
1983	Princess Rooney	Jacinto Vasquez	Frank Gomez	Paula Tucker	1:45.40
1982	Blush With Pride	Bill Shoemaker	D. Wayne Lukas	Stonereath Farm	1:45.00
1981	Truly Bound	Bill Shoemaker	Grover G. Delp	Windfields Farm	1:44.00
1980	Flos Florum	Randy Romero	William S. Borders	Strapro Stable	1:26.40
1980	Sugar and Spice	Jeffrey Fell	John M. Veitch	Calumet Farm	1:27.20
1979	Candy Eclair	Anthony Black	Mary Edens	Mrs. Henry D. Paxson	1:27.00
1978	Mucchina	Jose Amy	Alan B. Marcus	Donald Newman	1:27.20
1977	Sound of Summer	Fernando Toro	Thomas A. Pratt	T. Busching/C. Bernstein	1:26.80
1976	Optimistic Gal	Braulio Baeza	LeRoy Jolley	Diana M. Firestone	1:26.80
1975	Sun and Snow	Garth Patterson	George T. Poole	C.V. Whitney	1:26.60
1974	Winged Wishes	Don Brumfield	David Kassen	Viola Brumfield	1:28.80
1974	Maud Muller	Don Brumfield	Lou Rondinello	Darby Dan Farm	1:27.00
1973	Raging Whirl	Weston Soirez	Glenn Hild	Glenn Hild	1:10.80
1972	Barely Even	John L. Rotz	Lou M. Goldfine	Mrs. S. L. Gilmartin	1:11.00
1971	You All	Kenny Knapp	George T. Poole	C.V. Whitney	1:11.00
1970	Gay Missile	Ray Broussard	Del W. Carroll	Michael G. Phipps	1:10.00
1969	Double Delta	Carlos H. Marquez	Stanley M. Rieser	Drymon & Greenslit	1:10.00

*1972 - Hempens Song Disqualified from first and placed eighth.

[edit] Earlier winners