Maker's Mark Mile Stakes

The Maker's Mark Mile Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to horses age four and older, it is contested on turf at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

Inaugurated as the Fort Harrod Stakes in 1989 at a distance of about 1 1/16 miles, since 1990 it has been contested at one mile. In 1997 distillers, Maker's Mark, began their sponsorship of the event. A Listed race in 1989 and 1990, it was a Grade 3 race from 1991 through 1999 and a Grade 2 race from 2000 through 2007. a Grade I event since 2008,

Records

Speed record:

• 1:33.54 - Perfect Soul (2004) (New stakes and course record)

Most wins:

• 2 - Kip Deville (2007, 2008)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Allen E. Paulson (1991, 1993)
• 2 - Gainsborough Farm (1999, 2002)
• 2 - IEAH Stables (2007, 2008)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Jerry Bailey (1991, 1993, 1996)
• 3 - Edgar Prado (2004, 2005, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Roger Attfield (1992, 2004)
• 2 - William I. Mott (1993, 2009)
• 2 - Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. (2007, 2008)

Winners

References

• The 2009 Maker's Mark Mile at the NTRA