Ashland Stakes

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Ashland Stakes
Grade I race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1936
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websiteww2.keeneland.com/default.aspx
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightWeight-For-Age
Purse$500,000

The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It and the Ashland Oaks, the Kentucky Association racetrack's predecessor race, were named for Ashland, the homestead and breeding farm of statesman Henry Clay in Lexington, Kentucky. Restricted to three-year-olds fillies the race is currently run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. The race is a Grade I event with a current purse of $500,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.

Part of the 1936 inaugural events for the new Keeneland Race Course, the first two editions of the Ashland Stakes were open to fillies and mares, 3-years of age and older.[1] Not run again until 1940, it was then made a race exclusively for 3-year-old fillies. During World War II, from 1943 through 1945 the race was hosted by Churchill Downs in Louisville.

The Ashland Stakes was run in two heats in 1952, 1965, 1974 and 1980. Don Brumfield is the only jockey to ever have won both heats. In the 1974 edition, Brumfield rode to victory on , a horse owned by his mother, Viola, then took the second running aboard Darby Dan Farm's, Maud Muller.

Since its inception, the Ashland Stakes has been raced at various distances:

  • 1936–1937, 1981 to present : 1+1⁄16 miles
  • 1940–1973 : 6 furlongs
  • 1974–1980 : 7 furlongs, 184 feet

In 2014, the Ashland finished in a Dead heat between Rosalind and Room Service.

Records[]

Speed record at current distance
  • 1:41.26 – 1+1⁄16 miles set by Speech in 2020.
Most wins by an owner
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer

Winners of the Ashland Stakes since 1969[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Malathaat John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Shadwell Stable 1:42.94
2020 Speech Javier Castellano Michael W. McCarthy Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Madaket Stables LLC 1:41.26
2019 Paco Lopez Dallas Stewart 1:44.95
2018 Monomoy Girl Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Dubb/Monomoy/Elkstone/Bethlehem 1:43.74
2017 Sailor's Valentine Corey Lanerie Semaphore Racing 1:45.54
2016 Corey Lanerie 1:43.57
2015 Lovely Maria J. Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 1:43.66
2014 (DH) Joel Rosario Ken McPeek Landaluce Educe Stable 1:43.38
2014 (DH) Shaun Bridgmohan Wayne Catalano Mary & Gary West 1:43.38
2013 Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 1:43.49
2012 Alex G. Campbell Jr. 1:44.82
2011 Javier Castellano John P. Terranova II Covello, Hicks & Nikkel 1:42.73
2010 Evening Jewel Kent Desormeaux Braly Family Trust 1:43.80
2009 Corey Lanerie Derby Daze Farm/M. Hoffman 1:43.54
2008 Rajiv Maragh Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Stable 1:43.69
2007 René R. Douglas James A. Jerkens Edward P. Evans 1:42.90
2006 Cornelio Velásquez Homewrecker Stable 1:45.16
2005 Edgar S. Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Stonerside Stable et al. 1:46.35
2004 René R. Douglas Frank L. Brothers W. Bruce Lunsford 1:44.55
2003 Robby Albarado J. Paul Reddam 1:43.58
2002 Take Charge Lady Kenneth G. McPeek Select Stable 1:43.29
2001 John R. Velazquez Michael W. Dickinson V.H.W. Stable Inc 1:43.77
2000 Shane Sellers Turf Side Stables 1:44.40
1999 Silverbulletday Jerry D. Bailey Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:41.60
1998 D. Wayne Lukas S. Magnier / M. Tabor 1:43.00
1997 Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III H. Joseph Allen 1:43.80
1996 My Flag Jerry D. Bailey C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:42.60
1995 Eddie Delahoussaye Brian Mayberry Samantha Siegel 1:43.40
1994 Inside Information Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:46.80
1993 Shane Sellers J. Bert Sonnier Sandbar Farms 1:43.40
1992 Prospectors Delite Craig Perret Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III 1:42.60
1991 Shane Sellers Gary C. Contessa DJ Stable 1:43.60
1990 Go for Wand Randy Romero Christiana Stable 1:43.60
1989 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale 1:43.20
1988 Chris McCarron Lorraine Quinichett 1:45.80
1987 Sandy Hawley D. Wayne Lukas Emory Alexander 1:44.60
1986 Earlie Fires 1:44.00
1985 Randy Romero Bruce N. Levine Brandy Hills Farm 1:44.40
1984 Don Brumfield Hardesty/Walden/Ebert 1:49.20
1983 Princess Rooney Jacinto Vásquez 1:45.40
1982 Blush With Pride Bill Shoemaker D. Wayne Lukas Stonereath Farm 1:45.00
1981 Bill Shoemaker Grover G. Delp Windfields Farm 1:44.00
1980-1 Flos Florum Randy Romero Strapro Stable 1:26.40
1980-2 Jeffrey Fell John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1:27.20
1979 Candy Eclair Anthony Black Adele W. Paxson 1:27.00
1978 Mucchina Donald Newman 1:27.20
1977 Sound of Summer Fernando Toro T. Busching/C. Bernstein 1:26.80
1976 Braulio Baeza LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 1:26.80
1975 Sun and Snow C.V. Whitney 1:26.60
1974-1 Winged Wishes Don Brumfield Viola Brumfield 1:28.80
1974-2 Maud Muller Don Brumfield Darby Dan Farm 1:27.00
1973 Raging Whirl Glenn Hild 1:10.80
1972 John L. Rotz Mrs. S. L. Gilmartin 1:11.00
1971 You All C.V. Whitney 1:11.00
1970 Gay Missile Ray Broussard Del W. Carroll Michael Grace Phipps 1:10.00
1969 Double Delta Drymon & Greenslit 1:10.00
*1972 – Hempens Song Disqualified from first and placed eighth.

Earlier winners[]

  • 1968 – Miss Swapsco
  • 1967 – Dun-Cee
  • 1966 – Justakiss
  • 1965 – Terentia
  • 1965 – Bright Bauble
  • 1964 – Blue Norther
  • 1963 – Sally Ship
  • 1962 – Windy Miss
  • 1961 – Goldflower
  • 1960 – Tingle
  • 1959 – Hidden Talent
  • 1958 – Ramadel
  • 1957 – Jota Jota
  • 1956 – Doubledogdare
  • 1955 – Insouciant
  • 1954 – Jenjay
  • 1953 – Cerise Reine
  • 1952 – Free For Me
  • 1952 – Real Delight
  • 1951 – Sickle's Image
  • 1950 – Wondring
  • 1949 – Tall Weeds
  • 1948 – Bewitch
  • 1947 – Cosmic Missile
  • 1946 – Sweet Caprice
  • 1945 – Come And Go
  • 1944 – Harriet Sue
  • 1943 – Valdina Marl
  • 1942 – The Swallow
  • 1941 – Valdina Myth
  • 1940 – June Bee
  • 1939 – No race
  • 1938 – No race
  • 1937 – Drowsy
  • 1936 – Myrtlewood

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Myrtlewood First In Ashland Stakes". New York Times, Section Sports, page 11. 1936-10-18. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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