Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes

Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
Location Turfway Park
Florence, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1989
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.turfway.com
Race information
Distance 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Two-year-olds colts
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late September as part of Kentucky Cup Day at Turfway Park in the Cincinnati, Ohio suburb of Florence, Kentucky.

A 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) Grade III race for two-year-old colts, it was raced on natural dirt until 2005 when Turfway Park installed the new synthetic Polytrack surface. For 2009, the race was downgraded from a Grade III event to ungraded status and, along with its counterpart for filles, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes, was then discontinued due to financial restraints.[1] The event offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008.

Inaugurated in 1989 as the In Memoriam Stakes, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes was also run as the Alysheba Stakes from 1989-1993.

With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2009 and 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. The Juvenile has lost its grade III ranking because it was not run for two consecutive years (2009–10).

Records

Time record:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners since 1991

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Hansen Victor Lebron Mike Maker Kendall Hanson 1:45.83
2010 Not run
2009 Not run
2008 West Side Bernie Stewart Elliot Kelly Breen Lori & George Hall 1:44.22
2007 Texas Fever Julien Leparoux Mike Stidham Stonerside Stables 1:44.95
2006 U D Ghetto Mike E. Smith Anthony Reinstedler Lucky Seven Stable 1:43.86
2005 Stream Cat Gary L. Stevens Patrick L. Biancone Fab Oak Stable et al. 1:46.42
2004 Greater Good John McKee Robert Holthus Lewis S. Lakin 1:44.96
2003 Mr. Jester Rafael Bejarano Steve Wren Karen J. Biggs 1:46.61
2002 Vindication Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Padua Stables 1:46.70
2001 Repent Tony D'Amico Kenneth McPeek Select Stable 1:45.78
2000 Point Given Shane Sellers Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:47.01
1999 Millencolin Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Padua Stables 1:47.02
1998 Aly's Alley Patrick A. Johnson John J. Tammaro, Jr. Eaglestone Farm 1:45.63
1997 Laydown Mike E. Smith Nicholas Zito James McIngvale 1:43.17
1996 Boston Harbor Donna Barton D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:42.89
1995 Editor's Note Gary L. Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:45.07
1994 Tejano Run Jerry D. Bailey Kenneth McPeek Roy K. Monroe 1:46.10
1993 Bibury Court Scott Saito Margaret Grimm Margaret Grimm 1:47.60
1992 Mountain Cat Charles Woods Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:43.50
1991 Star Recruit Ricardo Lopez Jerry Fanning Dan Dar Farm 1:45.68

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