Jaipur Stakes

Grade III race
Jaipur Stakes

Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Jaipur Stakes history at NYRA
Race information
Distance	6 furlong sprint
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000+

The Jaipur Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and up run in mid June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade III race, it's set at a distance of 6 furlongs on turf.

Named after Jaipur, the glorious Pink City of India, Jaipur, the Champion three-year old colt of 1962 who ran one of the most memorable Travers Stakes on record,^[1] the Jaipur will be in its 27th running in 2010.

From 1986 to 2005 the race was run at 7 furlongs and at 6 furlongs in 1984–1985.

For three years: 1986, 1994, and 1995, it was run in two divisions.

(In 2013, scheduled for the turf, heavy rain forced the Jaipur to be moved to the sloppy main track. Because of the move, the stakes race loses its Grade III status pending review by the American Graded Stakes Committee.)

Records

Speed record:

• 1:07.31 - Around the Cape (2006) (at 6 furlongs)
• 1:20.06 - Nijinsky's Gold (1994) (at 7 furlongs)

Most wins:

• 2 - Ecclesiastic (2005, 2007)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Juddmonte Farms (2002, 2008)
• 2 - H. Joseph Allen (2005, 2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Jerry Bailey (1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - H. Allen Jerkens (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Winners

* † In 2013, Big Screen won but was disqualified for interference in the stretch and set back to second.

References

• The 2009 Jaipur Stakes at Newsday