Spinster Stakes

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Spinster Stakes
Grade I race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteKeeneland
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 Furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up, fillies & mares
WeightWeight-for-age
Purse$500,000

The Spinster Stakes (also known as the "Juddmonte Spinster" with Juddmonte Farms sponsorship) is an American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three or up run annually in early October at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. It is set at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and is a Grade I event with a current purse of $500,000.

The Spinster, sponsored by Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms beginning in 2005, is a major prep for the Breeders' Cup Distaff and one of the most important weight-for-age stakes races exclusively for fillies and mares. Now part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Spinster Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Distaff.[1]

In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface, Polytrack synthetic dirt. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.[2]

Records[]

Speed record

On new dirt surface:

  • 1:49.44 – Got Lucky (2015)

On synthetic dirt:

  • 1:46.77 – Carriage Trail (2008)

On old dirt surface:

Most wins
Most wins by an owner
  • 2 – J. Graham Brown (1957, 1958)
  • 2 – Fred W. Hooper (1973, 1975)
  • 2 – (1983, 1988)
  • 2 – (1989, 1990)
  • 2 – Allen E. Paulson (1992, 2004)
  • 2 – Sidney H. Craig (1993, 1996)
  • 2 – Ogden Mills Phipps (1994, 1995)
  • 2 – Select Stable (2002, 2003)
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer

Winners[]

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2021 Letruska Irad Ortiz Jr Fausto Gutierrez St. George Stable 1:49.01
2020 Valiance Luis Saez Todd Pletcher Eclipse T'Bred Partners, Martin Schwartz & China Horse Club 1:49.76
2019 Blue Prize Joe Bravo Ignacio Correas IV Merriebelle Stable LLC 1:50.30
2018 Blue Prize Joe Bravo Ignacio Correas IV Merriebelle Stable LLC 1:50.02
2017 Romantic Vision Brian Hernandez Jr. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1:49.70
2016 I'm A Chatterbox Florent Geroux J. Larry Jones Grayson Farm 1:49.98
2015 Got Lucky Irad Ortiz Jr Todd Pletcher Hill 'n' Dale Equine 1:49.44
2014 Don't Tell Sophia Sims/Namy 1:49.80
2013 Emollient Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 1:47.75
2012 In Lingerie John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Eclipse Thoroughbred/Barber 1:49.42
2011 Ramon Domínguez Graham Motion Flaxman Holdings 1:47.88
2010 Alan Garcia Aexander/Groves 1:48 3/5
2009 Mushka Kent Desormeaux William I. Mott 1:49.01
2008 Kent Desormeaux C. R. McGaughey III S. Janney III/Phipps Stable 1:46.77
2007 Panty Raid Garrett Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm 1:51.30
2006 Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Martin S. Schwartz 1:51.97
2005 Eddie Castro Martin D. Wolfson Martin L. Cherry 1:53.91
2004 Azeri Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Allen E. Paulson 1:49.74
2003 Take Charge Lady Edgar Prado Kenneth G. McPeek Select Stable 1:49.57
2002 Take Charge Lady Edgar Prado Kenneth G. McPeek Select Stable 1:49.90
2001 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Ackerley Brothers Farm 1:49.79
2000 Garrett Gomez W. Elliott Walden 1:48.18
1999 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel C. R. McGaughey III et al. 1:47.19
1998 Banshee Breeze Robby Albarado Carl Nafzger 1:47.00
1997 Pat Day G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1:50.40
1996 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Sidney H. Craig 1:49.60
1995 Inside Information Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:50.00
1994 Pat Day C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:48.80
1993 Paseana Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Sidney H. Craig 1:48.40
1992 Pat Valenzuela Allen E. Paulson 1:49.80
1991 Wilderness Song Pat Day James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:49.60
1990 Bayakoa Laffit Pincay Jr. Ron McAnally 1:47.00
1989 Bayakoa Laffit Pincay Jr. Ron McAnally 1:47.80
1988 Jacinto Vásquez 1:51.00
1987 Sacahuista Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas L.R. French Jr./Barry Beal 1:48.60
1986 Sandy Hawley Jerry M. Fanning Dan J. Agnew 1:48.20
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr. Albert R. Broccoli 1:50.40
1984 Princess Rooney Ed Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale 1:50.40
1983 Pat Day C. R. McGaughey III 1:49.80
1982 Track Robbery Pat Valenzuela John W. Russell Summa Stable 1:47.40
1981 Glorious Song Robin Platts F. Stronach / N. B. Hunt 1:49.20
1980 Bold 'n Determined Ed Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale Saron Stable 1:49.20
1979 Earlie Fires Elizabeth J. Brisbine 1:49.20
1978 Jorge Velásquez John W. Galbreath 1:49.00
1977 Cum Laude Laurie Ángel Cordero Jr. 1:48.40
1976 Craig Perret LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 1:51.60
1975 Susan's Girl Laffit Pincay Jr. Fred W. Hooper 1:49.80
1974 Summer Guest J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 1:48.40
1973 Susan's Girl Braulio Baeza Fred W. Hooper 1:48.80
1972 Numbered Account Laffit Pincay Jr. Roger Laurin Ogden Phipps 1:47.40
1971 E. V. Benjamin III et al. 1:49.00
1970 Eddie Belmonte H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:51.40
1969 Gallant Bloom John L. Rotz William J. Hirsch King Ranch 1:48.80
1968 Eric Guerin John Winans Louise Clements 1:51.60
1967 Howard Grant Ethel D. Jacobs 1:49.20
1966 Open Fire Braulio Baeza Virgil W. Raines Brandywine Stable 1:50.40
1965 Bill Hartack James T. Jones 1:50.20
1964 Old Hat Don Brumfield Stanley Conrad 1:48.40
1963 Lamb Chop Manuel Ycaza James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 1:48.40
1962 Primonetta Bill Shoemaker James P. Conway Darby Dan Farm 1:48.40
1961 Bowl of Flowers Eddie Arcaro J. Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable 1:49.60
1960 John L. Rotz Hal Price Headley 1:49.60
1959 Bill Hartack Perne L. Grissom 1:49.40
1958 Kenneth Church J. Graham Brown 1:49.40
1957 Kenneth Church J. Graham Brown 1:49.20
1956 Doubledogdare Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:49.20

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Keeneland Debuts New Dirt Surface on Main Race Track". www.keeneland.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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