Lafayette Stakes

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Lafayette Stakes
Non-graded Stakes race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1937
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.keeneland.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfacePolytrack synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Lafayette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.

A Listed race from 1983 through 1989, it was elevated to a Grade III event in 1990 then modified to a non-graded status for 2006.

Since inception, the Lafayette Stakes has been raced at a variety of distances:

  • 40 feet less than 4 furlongs : 1937-1942, 1946-1953
  • 4+1⁄2 furlongs : 1943-1944, 1965-1981
  • 4 furlongs, 152 feet : 1954-1964
  • 6 furlongs : 1982-1985, 2005-2006
  • 7 furlongs : 1986-2004, 2007 to present

The Lafayette Stakes was run in two divisions in 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1968.

Due to wartime restrictions, the race was hosted by Churchill Downs in 1943 and 1944. There was no race run in 1945.

Two horses set new Keeneland course records in winning this race: Mals Boy in 1950 and Loom in 1964.

Records[]

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

  • 1:21.05 - Carnack's Choice (2007) on Polytrack
  • 1:21.20 - Cherokee Run (1993) (on dirt)
Most wins by a jockey
  • 4 - Pat Day (1988, 1992, 1993, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer
  • 4 - (1967, 1971, 1979, 1983)
Most wins by an owner
  • 5 - (1967, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983)
  • 3 - Claiborne Farm (1956, 1958, 1988)
  • 3 - William H. Veeneman (1946, 1947, 1952)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2015 Falling Sky Julien Leparoux Martin D. Wolfson Newtown Anner Stud & Joseph Bulger 1:22.53
2009 - 2014 Race not held
2008 Keep Laughing John Velazquez Kiaran McLaughlin Vision Racing LLC 1:22.26
2007 Carnack's Choice Julien Leparoux Sassafras Racing I, LLC 1:21.05
2006 Likely Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Maurice Miller III & Thomas F. Van Meter II 1:09.32
2005 More Smoke Thomas McClay/Harry Nye 1:09.88
2004 Bwana Charlie Shane Sellers Steve Asmussen 1:24.73
2003 Posse Corey Lanerie Steve Asmussen 1:23.14
2002 Cashel Castle Pat Day Sandbar Farms (William Kilgore) 1:24.47
2001 Griffinite José A. Santos 1:22.61
2000 Robbie Davis Theresa McArthur & Carolyn M. Chapman 1:21.73
1999 Yes It's True Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas 1:22.15
1998 Dontletthebigonego Willie Martinez 1:23.00
1997 Trafalger Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Beverly & Robert Lewis 1:21.60
1996 Wire Me Collect Arthur I. Appleton 1:21.80
1995 Mr. Greeley Julie Krone Nick Zito William J. Condren & Joseph M. Cornacchia 1:21.40
1994 Exclusive Praline José A. Santos 1:23.80
1993 Cherokee Run Pat Day Frank A. Alexander Jill Robinson 1:21.20
1992 American Chance Pat Day Niall O'Callaghan John D. Gunther 1:22.00
1991 To Freedom Chris Antley John Tammaro Jr. Herman Heinlein & Prestonwood Farm 1:22.80
1990 Craig Perret Warren A. Croll Jr. Robert P. Levy 1:22.80
1989 Belek Louie J. Roussel III Louie J. Roussel III 1:23.00
1988 Forty Niner Pat Day Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm 1:22.00
1987 Trick Card Donald Miller Jr. Farish/E. J. Hudson Jr. 1:23.80
1986 Numero Uno Pass Craig Perret Joel Sharenow 1:23.60
1985 Proudest Hour Randy Romero Patrick J. Flavin et al. 1:10.80
1984 Delta Trace Harold Jordan 1:10.40
1983 Freezing Rain Don Brumfield 1:11.20
1982 Jungle Blade M/M Robert Bensinger 1:10.20
1981 Grey Bucket Akuma Stable 0:53.20
1980 Firm Boss James E. Morgan George Steinbrenner 0:53.00
1979 Raised Socially 0:52.20
1978 Spy Charger M/M John Vass 0:53.20
1977 Fiddle Faddle † 0:52.80
1976 United Holme Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus 0:52.00
1975 Inca Roca Albert T. "Tom" Skinner Charles Raymond Jarrell 0:52.80
1974 Paris Dust Craig Perret Smiley Adams 0:51.00
1973 Mr. A.Z. Bobby Ussery Ben Cohen 0:52.60
1972 Cari County T. Alie & J. E. Grissom 0:52.00
1971 Busted 0:51.60
1970 Seen A lot Mike Manganello Mrs. William H. May 0:53.00
1969 Spotted Line T. Alie & J. E. Grissom 0:51.80
1968 Santiago Road Harry Trotsek 0:52.00
1968 Traffic Mark M/M Robert F. Roberts 0:52.60
1967 T.V. Commercial 0:52.00
1966 Quick Swoon Earlie Fires E. Gay Drake 0:51.40
1965 He Jr. Dick Posey Everett Lowrance 0:52.00
1964 Loom Jimmy Nichols Hugh A. Grant 0:48.00
1963 Amastar Jimmy Nichols Norman A. McMaster Grace Creek Farm 0:48.20
1962 Dontstopnow L. G. Culver M/M J. D. Askew 0:48.60
1961 Crimson Satan Crimson King Farm 0:49.00
1960 Bright Silver John L. Rotz C. V. Whitney 0:49.60
1960 Sal's Beau Braulio Baeza Frank A. Kurinec 0:48.80
1959 Vital Force Johnny Sellers Wilma Kennedy Tinkham Veale II et al. 0:49.00
1959 Chuckabuck William Hartack Chester F. Bowles Chester F. Bowles 0:49.80
1958 Grand Wizard Monte Preston E. H. Lane 0:50.80
1958 Bagdad Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 0:50.60
1957 Bumpy Road William Hartack Edwin P. Anspach Mrs. Irving Gushen 0:48.40
1956 Round stable Steve Brooks Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 0:49.60
1955 First Lap Job Dean Jessop Milt Resseguet R. A. Lewis 0:50.00
1954 Royal Note Henry E. Moreno Wilton Stable 0:49.40
1953 Everett Jr. Dick Posey Everett Lowrance 0:45.40
1952-1 Happy Carrier Robert A. Mattingly William H. Veeneman 0:46.00
1952-2 Aerolite Douglas Dodson Dee Brooks Hal Price Headley 0:45.80
1951 Recover Douglas Dodson Dee Brooks Hal Price Headley 0:46.60
1951 Crownlet Robert L. Baird Duval A. Headley 0:46.60
1950 Mals Boy Job Dean Jessop Robert V. McGarvey Mrs. Emil Denemark 0:45.40
1949 Black Sambo Robert L. Baird William J. Resseguet Jr. Mrs. Samuel Rosen 0:47.40
1948 Irish Sun Andy LoTurco Warren G. Douglass William H. Veeneman 0:46.20
1947 Phar Mon Andy LoTurco Warren G. Douglass William H. Veeneman 0:46.20
1946 Colonel O'F William Bailey Claude C. Tanner 0:46.40
1945 Race not held
1944 Poco Mas George Seabo W. M. McClain Bluebird Stock Farm 0:53.80
1943 Ogham Johnny Longden Mrs. Helen Miller 0:54.80
1942 Menex Eddie Arcaro 0:46.60
1941 Black Raider Arthur Craig Roy Waldron Milky Way Farm Stable 0:46.40
1940 Misty Isle Joseph E. Widener 0:47.00
1939 Roman Warren Yarberry Joseph E. Widener 0:47.60
1938 Oddessa Beulah C. Hyde Smith Oddessa Farms 0:46.00
1937 Chic Maud Calumet Farm 0:47.20
  • Run in two divisions in 1952.
* † In 1977, Forever Casting won the race but was disqualified from first and set back to last.

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