Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes
Grade I race | |
Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1986 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | keeneland.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $1,000,000 (since 2014)[1] |
The Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1986 at Keeneland Race Course near Lexington, Kentucky. Open to horses three-year-old and up, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile.
The race is held in early October and offers a purse of $1,000,000. Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile.[2]
A Grade I since 2002, it was a Listed race in 1986 and 1987, a Grade III from 1988 through 1997 and a Grade II from 1998 through 2001.[1]
The race was contested at 1+1⁄8 miles from 1986 through 1993 but was modified to its present one mile format in 1994.
Records
Time record: (at current one mile distance)
- 1:33.72 - Altibr (2000)
- Most wins
- Most wins by an owner
- 3 - Rick Nichols, lessee from Shadwell Racing (1995, 1996, 2000)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 4 - Robby Albarado (2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)
- 3 - Edgar Prado (2002, 2003, 2016)
- 2 - Jerry D. Bailey (1986, 2001)
- 2 - Julie Krone (1995, 1996)
- 2 - Ramon A. Dominguez (2010, 2011)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 - Kiaran McLaughlin (1995, 1996, 2000)
Winners
- † Run on synthetic main track because of turf conditions caused by rain.
References
- ^ a b "Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
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