Jessamine Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.keeneland.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
The Jessamine Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old filles held annually at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. It is currently a Grade II stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf and currently offers a $200,000 purse.
The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Graded stakes race for the first time in 2011.[1]
The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series and sponsored by JP Morgan Chase. The winner will automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Winners as Graded Stakes race
- 2018 - Concrete Rose (Jose Lezcano)
- 2017 - Rushing Fall (Javier Castellano)
- 2016 - La Coronel (Florent Geroux)
- 2015 - Harmonize (Junior Alvarado)
- 2014 - Rainha Da Bateria (Joel Rosario)
- 2013 - Kitten Kaboodle (Alan Garcia)
- 2012 - Moonwalk (Corey Lanerie)
- 2011 - Somali Lemonade (Alex Solis)
Winners as Ungraded Stakes race
- 2010 - Kathmanblu
- 2009‡- House of Grace
- 2008 - Laragh
- 2007 - Wind in my Wings
- 2006 - Swingit
- 2005 - J'ray
- 2004 - Paddy's Daisy
- 2003 - Galloping Gal
- ‡ In 2009, the race was run off the turf. Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the automatic berth was no longer in effect when the race was moved to the Polytrack because of wet turf conditions.
References
- ^ Blood-Horse Staff (2 December 2010). "2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.