La Troienne Stakes
- For the race for three-year-old fillies formerly known as the La Troienne Stakes, see Eight Belles Stakes
| Grade I race | |
| Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs). |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $300,000 (2014) |
The La Troienne Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1986 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Formerly the Louisville Distaff Handicap, the Grade I event run in early May is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested on dirt over a distance of 7.5 furlongs. It is named after the famous broodmare, La Troienne.
This race was upgraded to a Grade I for its 2014 running.[1]
Records
- Speed record
- 1:42.09 - Authenticity (2013)
- Most wins
- No horse has won this race more than once.
- Most wins by a jockey
- 5 - Calvin Borel (1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Curalina | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | 1:42.45 |
| 2015 | Molly Morgan | 6 | Corey J. Lanerie | Dale L. Romans | W. D. Cubbedge | 1:43.25 |
| 2014 | On Fire Baby | 5 | Joe M. Johnson | Gary G. Hartlage | Anita Cauley | 1:43.48 |
| 2013 | Authenticity | 6 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Padua Stables | 1:42.09 |
| 2012 | Juanita | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Mike Maker | William S. & Graydon Patterson | 1:42.82 |
| 2011 | Blind Luck | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer et al. | 1:42.93 |
| 2010 | Unrivaled Belle | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | William I. Mott | Peter Vegso & Gary Seidler | 1:42.97 |
| 2009 | Miss Isella | 4 | Calvin Borel | Ian R. Wilkes | Domino Stud | 1:42.75 |
| 2008 | Ginger Punch | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stables | 1:43.08 |
| 2007 | Silverinyourpocket | 4 | Calvin Borel | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:30.14 |
| 2006 | Oonagh Maccool | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Todd Pletcher | Charles Wacker | 1:42.96 |
| 2005 | Shadow Cast | 4 | Robby Albarado | Neil Howard | William S. Farish III | 1:42.43 |
| 2004 | Lead Story | 5 | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | A. Stephen Miles, Jr. | 1:44.37 |
| 2003 | You | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:43.21 |
| 2002 | Spain | 5 | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:43.93 |
| 2001 | Saudi Poetry | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:42.53 |
| 2000 | Heritage of Gold | 5 | Shane Sellers | Thomas M. Amoss | Jack Garey | 1:42.99 |
| 1999 | Silent Eskimo | 4 | Calvin Borel | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | 1:43.82 |
| 1998 | Escena | 5 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:44.84 |
| 1997 | Halo America | 7 | Calvin H. Borel | Bobby C. Barnett | John Franks | 1:42.78 |
| 1996 | Jewel Princess | 4 | Chris McCarron | Wallace Dollase | TTC & M. & R. Stephen | 1:42.50 |
| 1995 | Fit To Lead | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Mandella | J. Colbert & R. D. Hubbard | 1:43.46 |
| 1994 | One Dreamer | 6 | Gary Stevens | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:43.73 |
| 1993 | Quilma | 6 | Jose Santos | Claude R. McGaughey III | not found | 1:44.61 |
| 1992 | Fowda | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Richard J. Lundy | Allen E. Paulson | 1:44.16 |
| 1991 | Fit For A Queen | 5 | Jerry Bailey | Steven C. Penrod | Hermitage Farm | 1:43.13 |
| 1990 | Connie's Gift | 4 | Pat Day | not found | W. S. Farish & W. S. Kilroy | 1:45.80 |
| 1989 | Darien Miss | 4 | Patrick Johnson | George R. Arnold II | Taylor Asbury | 1:46.00 |
| 1988 | By Land By Sea | 4 | Fernando Toro | Gary F. Jones | Jayeff B Stable | 1:43.20 |
| 1987 | Queen Alexandra | 5 | Don Brumfield | George M. Baker | Rosalind Rosenthal | 1:42.80 |
| 1986 | Hopeful Word | 5 | Pat Day | Richard E. Mandella | J. Clifton, R. Doll, B. Morris | 1:49.40 |