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Churchill Downs Stakes
Grade I race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1911 (as Churchill Downs Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
SponsorFord (since 2021)
Websitewww.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationfour-year-olds and older
Weight123lbs with allowances
PurseUS$1,000,000 (since 2024)

The Churchill Downs Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old and older sprinters run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt annually in early May at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky as an undercard event on Kentucky Derby day. The event currently offers a purse of $1,000,000.

History

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The inaugural running of the event was the Churchill Downs Handicap took place on the closing day of the Churchill Downs Spring meeting, June 6, 1911, as a three-year-old and over race over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles with five starters and was won by Carlton G. in track record time of 1:514⁄5 under jockey George Taplin for owner and trainer Lon Johnson.[1] The following year longshot Any Port equalled the record 1:513⁄5 winning by 1+1⁄2 lengths.[2] The event was held once more at the 1+1⁄8 miles distance in 1913 before the track would have the race mothballed until 1938.[3]

In 1938, the event was reinstated at a distance of seven furlongs but was extended to one mile for the 1940 running. Louise Hickman's Arab's Arrow would win the event three years straight including a dead heat victory with Kings Blue in 1939.[3] In 1947 the event was held on opening day of the spring meeting at a shortened distance of seven furlongs.[3] In 1949 the event only attracted four starters of which two were a Calumet Farm entry of Free America and the 1947 American Horse of the Year Armed thus enabling Churchill Downs to hold the event as a non betting Exhibition Race.[4]

The 1951 before a crowd of 18,000 on opening day of the spring meeting the winner of the event was the Detroit based sprinter Johns Joy who broke the seven furlongs time record in 1:224⁄5 which was held by Distinction and stood since 1921.[5]

The distance of the event was decreased to six furlongs for four running held from 1952 to 1955.[6] Soon after return to the now distance of seven furlongs, in 1958 Shac Pan set a new track record of 1:22 flat winning by a head over Ezgo.[7]

The event was held in split divisions twice - 1982 and 1985.[8] In 1983, the conditions of the event were modified from handicap to stakes allowance for four-year-olds and older which reflect in the name of the event.[9]

Since 1986, the event has been scheduled on the same day as the Kentucky Derby. In 1988, the event reverted to a handicap and was held with such conditions until 2006.[9]

In 1992, the event was classified as Grade III.[9] The winner that year, 4/5 odds-on Pleasant Tap would also win the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Suburban Handicap and was awarded the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse.

The event was upgraded to Grade II in 1998.[6] That year the winner 7/5 favorite Distorted Humor set a new track of 1:21.18 winning by 3+1⁄4 lengths over Gold Land.[10] The track record was once again broken in this event in 2001 when Alannan won in a time of 1:20.50. That day on Kentucky Derby Day, three track records were broken.[11]

The 2004 winner six-year-old Speightstown continued his brilliant year capturing the Breeders' Cup Sprint and being crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter.

In 2007, the conditions of the event were changed from handicap to stakes allowance and the name of the event was modified to the Churchill Downs Stakes.[9]

The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to its current Grade I status in 2019.[12] Mitole, the 2019 winner would also win the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap, Forego Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint and was crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 7 furlongs – 1:20.50 Alannan (2001)
  • 6 furlongs – 1:10.60 Roaming (1953)
  • 1 mile – 1:36.60 My Bill (1941)

Margins:

  • 5 lengths – Barbizon Streak (1974), Dreadnought (1981)

Most wins:

  • 3 – Arab's Arrow (1938, 1939, 1940)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 – Louise Hickman (1938, 1939, 1940)
  • 3 – Dixiana Farm (1950, 1952, 1973)
  • 3 – Albert M. Stall Sr. (1980, 1982, 1985)

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Churchill Downs Stakes
2024 Gun Pilot 4 Cristian Torres Steven M. Asmussen Three Chimneys Farm 7 furlongs 1:21.95 $1,000,000 I [13]
2023 Cody's Wish 5 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Godolphin 7 furlongs 1:21.17 $750,000 I [14]
2022 Jackie's Warrior 4 Joel Rosario Steven M. Asmussen Kirk & Judy Robison 7 furlongs 1:21.95 $500,000 I [15]
2021 Flagstaff 7 Luis Saez John W. Sadler Lane's End Racing & Hronis Racing 7 furlongs 1:21.82 $500,000 I [16]
2020 Race not held
2019 Mitole 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen William & Corinne Heiligbrodt 7 furlongs 1:21.21 $500,000 I [17]
2018 Limousine Liberal 6 Jose L. Ortiz Ben Colebrook Katherine G. Ball 7 furlongs 1:22.73 $500,000 II [18]
2017 Limousine Liberal 5 Jose L. Ortiz Ben Colebrook Katherine G. Ball 7 furlongs 1:23.22 $500,000 II [19]
2016 Catalina Red 4 Javier Castellano Jorge Navarro Anthony A. Lenci 7 furlongs 1:20.79 $500,000 II [20]
2015 Private Zone (CAN) 6 Martin A. Pedroza Jorge Navarro Good Friends Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.54 $500,000 II [21]
2014 Central Banker 4 Corey Nakatani Albert Stall Jr. Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence 7 furlongs 1:21.15 $464,800 II [22]
2013 Delaunay 6 Rosie Napravnik Thomas M. Amoss Maggi Moss 7 furlongs 1:22.35 $443,600 II [23]
2012 Shackleford 4 Jesus Lopez Castanon Dale L. Romans Michael Lauffer & William D. Cubbedge 7 furlongs 1:21.06 $441,600 II [24]
2011 Aikenite 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Dogwood Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.40 $348,900 II [25]
2010 Atta Boy Roy 5 Calvin H. Borel Valorie Lund R.E.V. Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.54 $290,000 II [26]
2009 Accredit 4 Julien R. Leparoux Michael J. Maker Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 7 furlongs 1:23.24 $280,500 II [27]
2008 Elite Squadron 4 John R. Velazquez James E. Baker Tom R. Walters 7 furlongs 1:21.53 $282,000 II [28]
2007 Saint Anddan 5 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. William Warren Jr. 7 furlongs 1:22.31 $277,750 II [29]
Churchill Downs Handicap
2006 Trickey Trevor 7 Russell Baze Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer, Dan Jelladian & George Todaro 7 furlongs 1:21.68 $229,000 II [30]
2005 Battle Won 5 Ramon A. Dominguez Charles Simon Jay & Gretchen Manoogian 7 furlongs 1:20.56 $231,000 II [31]
2004 Speightstown 6 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 7 furlongs 1:21.38 $221,800 II [32]
2003 Aldebaran 5 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Flaxman Holdings Ltd. 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $233,800 II [33]
2002 † D'wildcat 4 Kent J. Desormeaux Robert B. Hess Jr. Fog City Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.37 $171,450 II [34]
2001 Alannan 5 Edgar S. Prado Carl A. Nafzger Eaglestone Farm 7 furlongs 1:20.50 $179,550 II [35]
Winnercomm Handicap
2000 Straight Man 4 Jorge F. Chavez Bob Baffert Robert & Beverly Lewis 7 furlongs 1:21.53 $169,200 II [36]
Churchill Downs Handicap
1999 Rock and Roll 4 Pat Day William I. Mott Madeleine Paulson & Jenny Craig 7 furlongs 1:22.81 $166,350 II [37]
1998 Distorted Humor 5 Gary L. Stevens W. Elliott Walden Russell L. Reineman & Prestonwood Farms Inc. 7 furlongs 1:21.18 $166,950 II [10]
1997 Diligence 4 Mike E. Smith Nicholas P. Zito Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.37 $113,600 III [38]
1996 Criollito (ARG) 5 Chris McCarron Bob Baffert Robert & Beverly Lewis 7 furlongs 1:22.01 $114,800 III [39]
1995 Goldseeker Bud 4 Willie Martinez Angel O. Montano Sr. Falkon Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.75 $115,700 III [40]
1994 Honor the Hero 6 Garrett K. Gomez Doug Oliver Alan Burdick, Arnulf & Rebecca Ueland 7 furlongs 1:23.05 $109,800 III [41]
1993 Callide Valley 5 Gary L. Stevens Orin J. Glass Jr. Gary & Mary West 7 furlongs 1:22.01 $86,250 III [42]
1992 Pleasant Tap 5 Eddie Delahoussaye Christopher Speckert Buckland Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.32 $85,425 III [43]
1991 Thirty Six Red 4 Jerry D. Bailey Nicholas P. Zito B. Giles Brophy 7 furlongs 1:22.15 $57,900 [44]
1990 Beau Genius 5 Ricardo D. Lopez Gerald S. Bennett D. Brian Davidson 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $58,200 [45]
1989 Dancing Spree 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:24.00 $58,850 [46]
1988 Conquer 4 Gary L. Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Thomas Curnes 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $56,650 [47]
Churchill Downs Stakes
1987 Sovereign's Ace 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Bernard S. Flint Alan Art Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $35,295 [48]
1986 Sovereign's Ace 4 Phil Rubbicco Bernard S. Flint Alan Art Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $35,280 [49]
1985 Rapid Gray 4 Pat Day William I. Mott William Lucas 7 furlongs 1:24.00 $36,400 Division 1[50]
Bayou Hebert 6 James McKnight Judith H. Zouck Albert M. Stall Sr. & Earl Burke 1:23.40 $35,875 Division 2[51]
1984 Habitonia 4 Pat Day Larry D. Edwards Farid Sefa 7 furlongs 1:23.00 $33,225 [52]
1983 Shot n' Missed 6 Leroy Moyers William I. Mott William Lucas 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $33,425 [53]
Churchill Downs Handicap
1982 Top Avenger 4 Ronald D. Ardoin Frank L. Brothers John Franks 7 furlongs 1:23.00 $33,475 Division 1[54]
Bayou Black 6 Randy Romero Robert E. Holthus Albert M. Stall Sr. & Earl Burke 1:22.80 $35,600 Division 2[55]
1981 Dreadnought 4 Julio C. Espinoza James A. Padgett Centurion Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $30,200 [56]
1980 Dr. Riddick 6 Don Brumfield Frank L. Brothers Albert M. Stall Sr. 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $27,350 [57]
1979 Trimlea 5 Jorge Velasquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 7 furlongs 1:24.60 $28,850 [58]
1978 To the Quick 4 Jose Amy Anthony Basile Bwamazon Farm 7 furlongs 1:25.00 $22,325 [59]
1977 It's Freezing 5 Eddie Delahoussaye William R. O'Neill Bwamazon Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.40 $22,350 [60]
1976 Yamanin 4 Garth Patterson George T. Poole Hajime Doi 7 furlongs 1:23.80 $22,300 [61]
1975 Navajo 5 Jimmy Nichols James Keefer Joe Stevenson & Ray Stump 7 furlongs 1:24.40 $22,775 [62]
1974 Barbizon Streak 6 Rick Wilson Oran Battles Mrs. Herman (Irene C.) Udouj 7 furlongs 1:25.40 $23,100 [63]
1973 Code of Honor 5 Earlie Fires Chuck Werstler Dixiana Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.00 $23,225 [64]
1972 List 4 Jimmy Nichols Alcee Richard Mrs. Joe (Dorothy Dorsett) Brown 7 furlongs 1:23.30 $24,250 [65]
1971 No No Billy 4 Don MacBeth Stanley M. Rieser Paul & Robert Schleicher 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $23,600 [66]
1970 True North 4 Mike Manganello George T. Poole Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $17,000 [67]
1969 Judge Kilday 4 David E. Whited Ronnie Warren Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Roberts 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $17,200 [68]
1968 Cabildo 5 Jimmy Combest Alcee Richard Mrs. Joe (Dorothy Dorsett) Brown 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $16,775 [69]
1967 Bay Phantom 5 Earlie Fires Lyle S. Whiting Charles Viar 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $17,575 [70]
1966 Bay Phantom 4 Ronald J. Campbell Robert E. Holthus Charles Viar 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $16,350 [71]
1965 Little Lu 4 Mike Manganello Virgil H. Jaycox Virgil H. Jaycox 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $14,000 [72]
1964 Olden Times 6 Bill Shoemaker Mesh Tenney Rex Ellsworth 7 furlongs 1:21.40 $11,500 [73]
1963 Editorialist 5 Manuel Ycaza S. Bryant Ott Fourth Estate Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $11,275 [74]
1962 Editorialist 4 Bill Shoemaker S. Bryant Ott Fourth Estate Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $11,550 [75]
1961 Cactus Tom 4 Larney Hansman Thomas H. Stevens Sr. Natjolee Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $11,600 [76]
1960 Little Fitz 5 William A. Peake Robert C. Steele John C. Hauer 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $11,575 [77]
1959 Cuvier Boy 4 Steve Brooks Milton Rinke Sydney I. Crew 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $11,625 [78]
1958 § Shan Pac 4 Johnny Heckman Vester R. Wright T. Alie Grissom 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $11,650 [7]
1957 Swoon's Son 4 David Erb Alexis G. Wilson E. Gay Drake 7 furlongs 1:24.60 $12,000 [79]
1956 Scrutinized 6 William M. Cook Frank J. Baker Buddah Stable 7 furlongs 1:25.40 $12,350 [80]
1955 Torch of War 5 John Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 6 furlongs 1:11.20 $11,650 [81]
1954 § Sunny Dale 6 Paul Bailey Dwight Denham Buddah Stable 6 furlongs 1:11.00 $12,475 [82]
1953 Roaming 4 Jorge Contreras Horatio Luro Herman B. Delman 6 furlongs 1:10.60 $11,675 [83]
1952 ƒ Here's Hoping 5 Steve Brooks Jack Hodgins Dixiana Farm 6 furlongs 1:11.00 $11,725 [84]
1951 Johns Joy 5 William M. Cook John A. Kinard Jr. John A. Kinard Jr. 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $12,025 [85]
1950 Fleeting Star 4 Steve Brooks Jack Hodgins Dixiana Farm 7 furlongs 1:24.00 $12,175 [86]
1949 Free America 4 Steve Brooks Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 7 furlongs 1:25.00 $11,375 Exhibition Race[4]
1948 George Gains 5 Antonio J. Fernandez Keene Daingerfield George R. Schneider 7 furlongs 1:25.20 $12,125 [87]
1947 Dark Jungle 4 Steve Brooks John Milton Goode Lucas B. Combs 7 furlongs 1:25.20 $12,225 [88]
1946 Bull Play 4 Robert J. Campbell Lee Niles Walter W. "Britches" Jones 1 mile 1:42.40 $11,775 [89]
1945 Equifox 8 Albert Bodiou Howard J. Wells Howard J. Wells 1 mile 1:40.00 $5,750 [90]
1944 ƒ Traffic Court 6 Willie Garner Nick Burger Mrs. M. E. Miller & Nick Burger 1 mile 1:36.80 $5,870 [91]
1943 Best Seller 5 Johnny Longden Rollie T. Shepp John W. Galbreath & Robert J. Dienst 1 mile 1:38.40 $3,075 [92]
1942 Royal Crusader 5 Arthur Craig Paul Meredith Rancho Casitas Stable 1 mile 1:37.40 $3,145 [93]
1941 My Bill 3 Conn McCreary John T. Weaver William E. Smith 1 mile 1:36.60 $3,060 [94]
1940 Arab's Arrow 6 Carroll Bierman Gilbert Hardy Louise Hickman 1 mile 1:39.80 $3,160 [95]
1939 Arab's Arrow 5 Carroll Bierman Gilbert Hardy Louise Hickman 7 furlongs 1:24.80 $3,140 Dead heat[96]
Kings Blue 4 Charles Kurtsinger Roscoe Goose John Marsch
1938 Arab's Arrow 4 Willie Lee Johnson Gilbert Hardy Louise Hickman 7 furlongs 1:26.80 $3,020 [97]
1914–1937 Race not held
1913 Rudolfo 4 Johnny Loftus William S. Trevey Harry H. Emmons 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.80 $1,000 [98]
1912 Any Port 4 Joe Byrne Frank D. Weir Emerson E. McCargo 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.60 $1,880 [2]
1911 Carlton G. 4 George Taplin Lon Johnson Lon Johnson 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.80 $2,500 [99]

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
ƒ Filly or Mare
† In the 2002 running of the event Snow Ridge was first past the post but was disqualified due the rider Mike E. Smith accidentally striking D'wildcat's face with his whip as the runners approached the finishing post. D'wildcat was declared the winner.[100]

See also

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References

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