Clark Stakes
Grade I race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1875 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $750,000 (2021) |
The Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Among the oldest races in the United States, it was first run in 1875, the year the racetrack opened for business. Currently a Grade I event, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on dirt over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs). It was known as the Clark Handicap through 2018 before the race conditions were changed to set weights and allowances in 2019.
The race is named in honor of Colonel M. Lewis Clark, founder of the Louisville Jockey Club which built Churchill Downs.
Through 1901, it was restricted to three-year-old horses.
Since inception, the Clark Handicap has been run at various distances:
- 2 miles : 1875–1880
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1881–1895
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1896–1901, 1922–1924, 1955–present
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1902–1921, 1925–1954
The race was run in two divisions in 1953.
Records[]
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)
- 1:47.39 – Premium Tap (2006)
- Most wins
- 2 – Hodge (1915, 1916)
- 2 – Bold Favorite (1968, 1969)
- 2 – Bob's Dusty (1977, 1978)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 4 – Isaac Burns Murphy (1879, 1884,1885, 1890)
- 4 – Pat Day (1984, 1985, 1990, 2000)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 – Ben A. Jones (1942, 1946, 1951)
- 3 – Smiley Adams (1977, 1978, 1979)
- 3 – Bob Baffert (1996, 1998, 2014)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Maxfield | 4 | Jose Ortiz | Brendan Walsh | Godolphin | 1:48.97 |
2020 | Bodexpress | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Gustavo Delgado | Top Racing LLC | 1:49.12 |
2019 | Tom's d'Etat | 6 | Joel Rosario | Albert Stall Jr. | G M B Racing (Gayle Benson) | 1:48.84 |
2018 | Leofric | 5 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | 1:48.59 | |
2017 | Seeking the Soul | 4 | John Velazquez | Dallas Stewart | Charles Fipke | 1:48.88 |
2016 | Gun Runner | 3 | Florent Geroux | Steven M. Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds/Three Chimneys Farm | 1:48.50 |
2015 | 4 | Mike E. Smith | James A. Jerkens | Tri-Bone Stables | 1:48.92 | |
2014 | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Watson/Pegram/Weitman | 1:49.88 | |
2013 | Will Take Charge | 3 | Luis Saez | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:49.39 | |
2012 | Shackleford | 4 | Jesus Castanon | Dale L. Romans | Lauffer/Cubbedge | 1:49.12 |
2011 | Wise Dan | 4 | John Velazquez | Charles Lopresti | 1:48.95 | |
2010‡ | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Virginia H. Tarra Trust | 1:50.82 | ||
2009 | Blame | 3 | Jamie Theriot | Albert Stall Jr. | Adele Dilschneider/Claiborne Farm | 1:49.39 |
2008 | Einstein | 6 | Julien Leparoux | Helen Pitts-Blasi | M. L. Garretson, trustee | 1:49.79 |
2007 | A. P. Arrow | 5 | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Allen E. Paulson LT | 1:48.66 |
2006 | Premium Tap | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | John C. Kimmel | Kline/Alevizos/Whelihan | 1:47.39 |
2005 | Magna Graduate | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Elisabeth Alexander | 1:50.89 |
2004 | Saint Liam | 4 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | M/M William K. Warren Jr. | 1:50.81 |
2003† | Quest | 4 | Javier Castellano | Nick Zito | A. B. Hancock III/G. F. Healy | 1:52.42 |
2002 | Lido Palace | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | Robert J. Frankel | John & Jerry Amerman | 1:49.13 |
2001 | Ubiquity | 4 | Craig Perret | William I. Mott | Gary & Mary West | 1:48.26 |
2000 | Surfside | 3 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:48.75 |
1999 | Littlebitlively | 5 | Calvin Borel | John A. Franks | 1:50.88 | |
1998 | Silver Charm | 4 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:49.00 |
1997 | Concerto | 3 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Kinsman Stable | 1:49.60 |
1996 | Isitingood | 5 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram & Terry Henn | 1:48.80 |
1995 | Judge T C | 4 | Bea & Robert H. Roberts | 1:49.80 | ||
1994 | Sir Vixen | 6 | Mark & Vickie Copass | 1:51.20 | ||
1993 | Mi Cielo | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Thomas M. Carey | 1:51.40 | |
1992 | Zeeruler | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Donnie K. Von Hemel | John A. Franks | 1:50.00 |
1991 | Out of Place | 4 | Herb McCauley | C. R. McGaughey III | 1:52.20 | |
1990 | Secret Hello | 3 | Pat Day | Frank L. Brothers | 1:50.60 | |
1989 | No Marker | 5 | Billy Ray Gowdy | 1:51.20 | ||
1988 | Balthazar B. | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | et al. | 1:51.20 | |
1987 | Intrusion | 5 | Larry Melancon | Carl J. Maggio | 1:51.40 | |
1986 | Come Summer | 4 | Surf & Turf Stable | 1:49.80 | ||
1985 | Hopeful Word | 3 | Pat Day | M. Clifton/R. Doll/B. Morris | 1:51.00 | |
1984 | Eminency | 6 | Pat Day | C. R. McGaughey III | Happy Valley Farm | 1:49.00 |
1983 | Jack Slade | 3 | Andrew Adams | 1:49.80 | ||
1982 | Hechizado | 6 | Randy Romero | Charles Schmidt Jr. | 1:52.20 | |
1981 | Withholding | 4 | Larry Melancon | M/M Russell Michael Jr. | 1:52.00 | |
1980 | Sun Catcher | 3 | Don Brumfield | Sundance Stable/D. Nedeff | 1:53.40 | |
1979 | Lot o' Gold | 3 | Smiley Adams | 1:50.80 | ||
1978 | Bob's Dusty | 4 | Smiley Adams | 1:50.20 | ||
1977 | Bob's Dusty | 3 | Smiley Adams | 1:49.80 | ||
1976 | Yamanin | 4 | Hajima Doi | 1:54.40 | ||
1975 | Warbucks | 5 | Larry Melancon | Don Combs | Edward E. Elzemeyer | 1:54.40 |
1974 | Mr. Door | 3 | Bromagen Cattle Co. et al. | 1:52.20 | ||
1973 | Golden Don | 3 | Mike Manganello | Archie Donaldson | 1:52.80 | |
1972 | Fairway Flyer | 3 | William Floyd | 1:53.80 | ||
1971 | Sado | 4 | Don Brumfield | Harold Tinker | 1:53.60 | |
1970 | Watch Fob | 5 | C. V. Whitney | 1:51.20 | ||
1969 | Bold Favorite | 4 | Doug Richard | Del W. Carroll | Michael Grace Phipps | 1:50.40 |
1968 | Bold Favorite | 3 | Del W. Carroll | Michael Grace Phipps | 1:49.20 | |
1967 | Random Shot | 4 | James R. Cowden Sr. | 1:50.80 | ||
1966 | Flick II | 4 | Alamode Farm | 1:49.60 | ||
1965 | Big Brigade | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Edgar S. Brumfield | M/M Robert F. Roberts | 1:50.80 |
1964 | Lemon Twist | 4 | Peter C. Keiser | Theodore D. Buhl | 1:50.60 | |
1963 | Copy Chief | 3 | Don Brumfield | Fourth Estate Stable | 1:49.20 | |
1962 | Crimson Satan | 3 | Crimson King Farm | 1:50.00 | ||
1961 | Aeroflint | 3 | Mrs. Raymond Bauer | 1:48.40 | ||
1960 | Counterate | 3 | John L. Rotz | C. V. Whitney | 1:49.00 | |
1959 | Las Olas | 4 | Fred A. Smith III | Charles E. Eads | Harry N. Eads | 1:48.40 |
1958 | My Night Out | 5 | John L. Rotz | John J. Gavin Jr. | Wells Bros. | 1:50.00 |
1957 | Ezgo | 3 | John Delahoussaye | Larry H. Thompson | 1:50.80 | |
1956 | Swoon's Son | 3 | David Erb | E. Gay Drake | 1:50.60 | |
1955 | Happy Go Lucky | 6 | 1:51.60 | |||
1954 | Bay Bloom | 5 | J. King | Fred H. Pohl | Fred H. Pohl | 1:44.00 |
1953-1 | Chombro | 6 | D. J. Gleason | 1:45.60 | ||
1953-2 | Second Avenue | 6 | Carroll Bierman | Theodore D. Buhl | 1:45.60 | |
1952 | Seaward | 7 | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | 1:44.40 | |
1951 | Wistful | 5 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:44.00 |
1950 | Mount Marcy | 5 | Steve Brooks | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:44.60 |
1949 | Shy Guy | 4 | Conn McCreary | Dixiana | 1:45.20 | |
1948 | Star Reward | 4 | Steve Brooks | Dixiana | 1:46.60 | |
1947 | Jack S. L. | 7 | Steve Brooks | William Resseguet | Mrs. J. S. Letellier | 1:49.60 |
1946 | Hail Victory | 4 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:47.80 |
1945 | Sentiment Sake | 4 | Fred Wirth | Wathen R. Knebelkamp | 1:47.20 | |
1944 | Alquest | 4 | Johnny Adams | Ernst Farm | 1:45.20 | |
1943 | Anticlimax | 4 | Carroll Bierman | Knox Osborne | Hal Price Headley | 1:46.00 |
1942 | Whirlaway | 4 | Wendell Eads | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:44.80 |
1941 | Haltal | 4 | Conn McCreary | Steve Judge | 1:44.80 | |
1940 | Up the Creek | 4 | G. Wallace | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm | 1:46.00 |
1939 | Arabs Arrow | 5 | Carroll Bierman | Louise J. Hickman | 1:45.80 | |
1938 | Main Man | 4 | Willis F. Ward | Howard Hoffman | 1:46.80 | |
1937 | Count Morse | 4 | Calumet Farm | 1:45.20 | ||
1936 | Corinto | 4 | Charley Kurtsinger | Bert S. Michell | Mrs. Emil Denemark | 1:44.80 |
1935 | Beaver Dam | 3 | R. Montgomery | George Gould | T. S. & J. S. Mulvihill | 1:47.40 |
1934 | Esseff | 4 | Lee Humphries | Clyde Van Dusen | Dixiana | 1:44.00 |
1933 | Osculator | 4 | Silvio Coucci | Joseph H. Stotler | William R. Coe | 1:45.40 |
1932 | Pittsburgher | 4 | Charles Corbett | Jim H. Moody | Shady Brook Farm | 1:50.20 |
1931 | Bargello | 5 | K. Russell | C. V. Whitney | 1:44.80 | |
1930 | Stars and Bars | 4 | L. Jones | Greentree Stable | 1:47.40 | |
1929 | Martie Flynn | 4 | Carl Meyer | Robert V. McGarvey | 1:46.60 | |
1928 | Jock | 4 | Eddie Ambrose | 1:45.00 | ||
1927 | Helen's Babe | 4 | Walter W. Taylor | NF | 1:46.00 | |
1926 | San-utar | 5 | Mack Garner | NF | 1:45.40 | |
1925 | Spic and Span | 4 | George Fields | Harry M. Unna | J. C. McGill | 1:47.60 |
1924 | Chilhowee | 3 | G. Harvey | John & Allen Gallaher | 1:54.40 | |
1923 | Audacious | 7 | Bert Kennedy | Auval John Baker | 1:54.60 | |
1922 | Exterminator | 7 | B. Kennedy | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1:50.00 | |
1921 | Ginger | 5 | T. Murray | H. H. Hewitt | 1:45.00 | |
1920 | 5 | Earl Sande | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1:45.80 | |
1919 | Midway | 5 | Harold Thurber | John S. Ward | 1:46.60 | |
1918 | Beaverkill | 4 | O. Willis | S. Miller Henderson | Ogden Stable | 1:48.20 |
1917 | Old Rosebud | 6 | Danny Connelly | Frank D. Weir | F. D. Weir & H. C. Applegate | 1:45.20 |
1916 | Hodge | 5 | Claude Hunt | W. J. Weber | 1:45.40 | |
1915 | Hodge | 4 | Charles Borel | Kay Spence | W. J. Weber | 1:44.60 |
1914 | Belloc | 3 | Albert Mott | E. Cunningham | NF | 1:45.00 |
1913 | Buckhorn | 4 | Roscoe Goose | Jack D. Adkins | Rod J. MacKenzie | 1:48.20 |
1912 | Adams Express | 4 | Carroll H. Shilling | Frank M. Taylor | 1:45.20 | |
1911 | 3 | J. Wilson | G. M. Johnson | 1:47.80 | ||
1910 | 7 | Thomas C. McDowell | 1:45.60 | |||
1909 | Miami | 3 | Matt McGee | W. L. Lewis | Johnson N. Camden Jr. | 1:45.20 |
1908 | Polly Prim | 5 | Vincent Powers | Fred Luzader | J. R. Wainwright | 1:58.80 |
1907 | The Minks | 4 | W. Wells | NF | 1:50.80 | |
1906 | Hyperion II | 3 | W. McIntyre | Joseph S. Hawkins | Joseph S. Hawkins & Co. | 1:49.00 |
1905 | Batts | 4 | Richard P. Brooks | William F. Schulte | 1:53.75 | |
1904 | Colonial Girl | 5 | Charles E. Rowe | Charles E. Rowe | 1:48.75 | |
1903 | Love Labor | 6 | Scully | A. Hazlett | NF | 1:48.00 |
1902 | Death | 7 | H. Robinson | NF | 1:47.00 | |
1901 | His Eminence | 3 | James Winkfield | 1:55.00 | ||
1900 | Lieut. Gibson | 3 | Charles Smith | 1:54.00 | ||
1899 | Corsini | 3 | Nash Turner | Edward C. Corrigan | Edward C. Corrigan | 2:01.60 |
1898 | Plaudit | 3 | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 1:56.50 | |
1897 | 3 | Alonzo Clayton | Charles T. Patterson | C. T. Patterson & Co. | 1:55.00 | |
1896 | Ben Eder | 3 | Willie Simms | NF | Hot Springs Stable | 1:56.50 |
1895 | Halma | 3 | Byron McClelland | Byron McClelland | 2:15.50 | |
1894 | Chant | 3 | H. Eugene Leigh | Leigh & Robert L. Rose | 2:19.50 | |
1893 | Boundless | 3 | William Lee McDaniel | John E. Cushing & John W. Orth | 2:12.00 | |
1892 | Azra | 3 | Alonzo Clayton | Bashford Manor Stable | 2:20.00 | |
1891 | High Tariff | 3 | NF | Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie | 2:12.00 | |
1890 | Riley | 3 | Isaac Burns Murphy | Edward C. Corrigan | Edward C. Corrigan | 2:16.25 |
1889 | Spokane | 3 | Noah Armstrong | 2:12.50 | ||
1888 | Gallifet | 3 | NF | Melbourne Stable | 2:15.25 | |
1887 | Jim Gore | 3 | L. Jones | NF | A. G. McCampbell | 2:11.25 |
1886 | Blue Wing | 3 | Edward Garrison | NF | Melbourne Stable | 2:10.00 |
1885 | Bersan | 3 | Isaac Burns Murphy | & James D. Patton | 2:09.25 | |
1884 | Buchanan | 3 | Isaac Burns Murphy | William Bird | William Cottrill | 2:12.00 |
1883 | Ascender | 3 | J. Pate | R. C. Pate | 2:18.00 | |
1882 | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Bros. Stable | 2:15.50 | |
1881 | Hindoo | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Bros. Stable | 2:10.25 |
1880 | Kinkead | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | NF | NF | 3:37.75 |
1879 | Falsetto | 3 | Isaac Burns Murphy | J. W. Hunt Reynolds | 3:40.50 | |
1878 | Leveller | 3 | Robert Swim | NF | R. H. Owens | 3:37.00 |
1877 | McWhirter | 3 | C. Miller | Abraham Perry | Abraham Buford II | 3:30.50 |
1876 | Creedmore | 3 | NF | Williams & Owings | 3:34.75 | |
1875 | Voltigeur | 3 | McGrath | B. Green | W. G. Harding | 3:30.75 |
‡ In 2010, Successful Dan won the race but was disqualified and placed third for interference.
References[]
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- 1875 establishments in Kentucky
- Open mile category horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1875
- Churchill Downs horse races