Commonwealth Turf Stakes

Commonwealth Turf Stakes
Grade III race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 2004
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Commonwealth Turf Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).

Inaugurated in 2004, the Commonwealth Turf Stakes was elevated to Grade III status in 2008.

Records

Speed record
Most wins by an owner
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2015 Almasty Jon Court Brad H. Cox Rupp Racing Wentworth Brochu 1:45.41
2014 Heart to Heart Julien Leparoux Brian A. Lynch Terry Hamilton 1:41.54
2013 River Seven Shaun Bridgmohan Nicholas Gonzalez Tucci Stables 1:44.11
2012 Lea Brian J. Hernandez, Jr. Albert M. Stall, Jr. Claiborne Farm/Dilschneider 1:42.27
2011 Humble and Hungry Jose Lezcano Ignacio Correas IV Sagamore Farm 1:45.24
2010 Yankee Fourtune Victor Santiago Kiaran P. McLaughlin Harvey Clark & Andrew Albstein 1:44.68
2009 Get Stormy Javier Castellano Thomas M. Bush Sullimar Stables 1:41.67
2008 Nistles Crunch Robby Albarado Kenneth McPeek Alien Farm 1:44.48
2007 Inca King Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing 1:43.17
2006 Arbuckle Bandit Brice Blanc Michael Stidham Golden Racing Stable 1:44.19
2005 Therecomesatiger Mark Guidry Thomas F. Proctor Charles R. Patton 1:43.94
2004 Broadway View John McKee Nick Zito Live Oak Plantation Racing 1:44.75

References

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