Lexington Stakes (Keeneland)
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1936 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt Maintrack |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | US$200,000 |
The Lexington Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid to late April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, the Grade III event is contested on Keeneland's Dirt Main Track over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
It was run as Calumet Purse, an overnight allowance race, from 1973 to 1983. Renamed the Lexington Stakes in 1984, since 1998 it has been sponsored by Ireland's renowned Coolmore Stud.
First run in 1936, it was a six furlong race for two-year-olds during Keeneland's inaugural meeting. Then, it was an 1+1⁄4 mile overnight handicap for 3-year-olds and up from 1938 to 1941. A listed race in 1984, it achieved Grade III status in 1986 and was a GII from 1988 through 2010. The race was downgraded to GIII status for 2011 by the American Graded Stakes Committee.[1] It is now considered to be the final prep for the Kentucky Derby.
Records
- Speed record
- 1:41.00 - Charismatic (1999)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 6 - Jerry Bailey (1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2004)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 5 - Todd Pletcher (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
- 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1987, 1999, 2002, 2003)
- Most wins by an owner
- 2 - Russell L. Reineman Stable (1986, 1990)
- 2 - Bob & Beverly Lewis (1999, 2003)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Owendale | 3 | Florent Geroux | Brad Cox | Rupp Racing | 1:44.14 | ||
| 2018 | My Boy Jack | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | J. Keith Desormeaux | Monomoy Stables LLC | 1:44.22 | ||
| 2017 | Senior Investment | 3 | Channing Hill | Kenneth McPeek | Fern Circle Stables | 1:45.05 | ||
| 2016 | Collected | 3 | Javier Castellano | Bob Baffert | Speedway Stable | 1:43.33 | ||
| 2015 | Divining Rod | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Arnaud Delacour | Lael Stables | 1:43.29 | ||
| 2014 | Mr. Speaker | 3 | Jose Lezcano | Claude R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1:44.18 | ||
| 2013 | Winning Cause | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Todd Pletcher | Alto Racing | 1:43.93 | ||
| 2012 | All Squared Away | 3 | Julio Garcia | Wesley Ward | Altamira Racing Stable | 1:42.55 | ||
| 2011 | Derby Kitten | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Mike Maker | Ken and Sarah Ramsey | 1:42.03 | ||
| 2010 | Exhi | 3 | Robby Albarado | Todd Pletcher | Wertheimer et Frere | 1:44.38 | ||
| 2009 | Advice | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm LLC | 1:43.33 | ||
| 2008 | Behindatthebar | 3 | David Flores | Todd Pletcher | Padua Stables. S. K. Sanan, et al. | 1:42.14 | ||
| 2007 | Slew's Tizzy | 3 | Robby Albarado | Gregory J. Fox | Joseph LaCombe Stable | 1:43.20 | ||
| 2006 | Showing Up | 3 | Cornelio Velasquez | Barclay Tagg | Lael Stables | 1:46.42 | ||
| 2005 | Coin Silver | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Peachtree Stable | 1:45.76 | ||
| 2004 | Quintons Gold Rush | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Steve Asmussen | Padua Stables & Jay Manoogian | 1:43.82 | ||
| 2003 | Scrimshaw | 3 | Edgar Prado | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:45.47 | ||
| 2002 | Proud Citizen | 3 | Mike E. Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | R.Baker/D.Cornstein/W.Mack | 1:44.58 | ||
| 2001 | Keats | 3 | Larry Melancon | Niall M. O'Callaghan | Henry E. Pabst | 1:43.54 | ||
| 2000 | Unshaded | 3 | Shane Sellers | Carl Nafzger | James Tafel, LLC | 1:43.60 | ||
| 1999 | Charismatic | 3 | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:41.00 | ||
| 1998 | Classic Cat | 3 | Robby Albarado | David C. Cross Jr. | Gary M. Garber | 1:42.80 | ||
| 1997 | Touch Gold | 3 | Gary Stevens | David Hofmans | F.Stronach & Stonerside Stable | 1:43.20 | ||
| 1996 | City by Night | 3 | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | Nancy & Richard Kaster | 1:42.20 | ||
| 1995 | Star Standard | 3 | Pat Day | Nicholas P. Zito | W. J. Condren & J. Cornacchia | 1:45.00 | ||
| 1994 | Southern Rhythm | 3 | Garrett Gomez | James O. Keefer | William Heiligbrodt, et al. | 1:45.60 | ||
| 1993 | Grand Jewel | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Neil J. Howard | W. S. Farish III & W. S. Kilroy | 1:43.60 | ||
| 1992 | My Luck Runs North | 3 | Ricardo Lopez | Angel M. Medina | Melvin A. Benitez | 1:44 .00 | ||
| 1991 | Hansel | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Lazy Lane Farms | 1:42.60 | ||
| 1990 | Home at Last | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Carl Nafzger | Russell L. Reineman Stable | 1:43.40 | ||
| 1989 | Notation | 3 | Pat Day | James W. Murphy | Joan C. Johnson, et al. | 1:44.40 | ||
| 1988 | Risen Star | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Louie J. Roussel III | Louie Roussel & Ronnie Lamarque | 1:42.80 | ||
| 1987 | War | 3 | Herb McCauley | D. Wayne Lukas | Tom Gentry | 1:44.40 | ||
| 1986 | Wise Times | 3 | Keith Allen | Philip A. Gleaves | Russell L. Reineman Stable | 1:44.80 | ||
| 1985 | Stephan's Odyssey | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 1:42.60 | ||
| 1984 | He Is a Great Deal | 3 | Julio C. Espinoza | Bernard S. Flint | B.Flint & M. Palmisano | 1:45.40 | ||
| 1983 | Highland Park | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm & B.Jones | 1:44.80 | ||
| 1982 | Stage Reviewer | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Lucien Laurin | Mrs. Lucien Laurin | 1:44.20 | ||
| 1981 | Swinging Light | 3 | Dan Delahoussaye | James P. Conway | Edgar Zantker | 1:44.20 | ||
| 1980 | Rockhill Native | 3 | John Oldham | Herbert K. Stevens | Harry A. Oak | 1:43.40 | ||
| 1979 | Pianist | 3 | Michael Morgan | Peter M. Howe | Pillar Farm | 1:43.00 | ||
| 1978 | Sensitive Prince | 3 | Mickey Solomone | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph Taub | 1:44.80 | ||
| 1977 | Giboulee | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Jacques Dumas | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:42.80 | ||
| 1976 | No Link | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Douglas Davis, Jr. | Fred Selz & Gus Blass | 1:43.20 | ||
| 1975 | Master Derby | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1:42.60 | ||
| 1974 | Satan's Hills | 3 | David Whited | Peter W. Salmen, Jr. | Crimson King Farm | 1:43.00 | ||
| 1973 | Our Native † | 3 | Don Brumfield | William Resseguet, Jr. | M.Prichard & W.Resseguet | 1:42.80 | ||
| 1938 | - 1972 | Race not held | ||||||
| 1937 | Co-Sport | 3 | Porter Roberts | Robert L. Dotter | Bert Friend | 1:12.80 | ||
| 1936 | White Tie | 3 | Joseph Cowley | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Manhasset Stable | 1:12.00 | ||
* † In 1973, Starkers finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.