Fleur de Lis Handicap

Fleur de Lis Handicap

Grade II race
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	1975
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1 ^1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000 added

The Fleur de Lis Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. This Grade II event currently carries a purse of $200,000 added.

Since its inaugural running in 1975, the Fleur de Lis Handicap has been contested at various distances:

• 1 mile (8 furlongs) : 1975-1976
• 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1977-1982
• 1 ¹⁄₈ miles (9 furlongs ) : 1983–present

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ¹⁄₈ miles)

• 1:48.26 - Heritage of Gold (2000)

Most wins

• 2 - Likely Exchange (1978, 1980)

Winners of the Fleur de Lis Handicap since 1995

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Frivolous	5	Jon Court	Victoria H. Oliver	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	1:49.22
2014	Molly Morgan	5	Corey J. Lanerie	Dale L. Romans	W. D. Cubbedge	1:50.11
2013	Funny Proposition	4	Joel Rosario	Mark E. Casse	John C. Oxley	1:50.22
2012	Royal Delta	4	Mike E. Smith	Bill Mott	Besilu Stables	1:49.49
2011	No Race	-	No Race	No Race	No Race	0:00.00
2010	Rachel Alexandra	4	Calvin Borel	Steve Asmussen	Jess Jackson	1:48.87
2009	Miss Isella	4	Calvin Borel	Ian Wilkes	Domino Stud	1:49.59
2008	Hystericalady	5	Garrett Gomez	Jerry Hollendorfer	Rancho San Miguel et al.	1:50.88
2007	Indian Vale	5	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Melnyk Racing	1:49.12
2006	Happy Ticket	5	Julien Leparoux	Andrew Leggio, Jr.	Stewart Madison	1:49.23
2005	Two Trail Sioux	4	Pat Day	Wallace Dollase	D. Winton/J. Gunther	1:48.53
2004	Adoration	5	Victor Espinoza	David Hofmans	Amerman Racing	1:52.15
2003	You	4	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:49.12
2002	Spain	5	Jorge Chavez	D. Wayne Lukas	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:49.64
2001	Saudi Poetry	4	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:49.27
2000	Heritage of Gold	5	Shane Sellers	Thomas M. Amoss	Jack Garey	1:48.26
1999	Banshee Breeze	4	Robby Albarado	Carl Nafzger	Jayeff B. Stable/J. Tafel	1:50.02
1998	Escena	5	Shane Sellers	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:50.19
1997	Gold 'n Delicious	4	Calvin Borel	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks	1:52.87
1996	Serena's Song	4	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Robert & Beverly Lewis	1:50.30
1995	Fit To Lead	5	Shane Sellers	Richard Mandella	J. Colbert/R. D. Hubbard	1:51.59

Earlier winners

• 1994 - Trishyde
• 1993 - Quilma
• 1992 - Bungalow
• 1991 - Maskra's Lady
• 1990 - A Penny Is A Penny
• 1989 - Stoneleigh's Hope
• 1988 - Lt. Lao
• 1987 - Infinidad
• 1986 - Queen Alexandra
• 1985 - Straight Edition
• 1984 - Heatherten
• 1983 - Try Something New
• 1982 - Classic Ambition
• 1981 - Forever Cordial
• 1980 - Likely Exchange
• 1979 - Table the Rumor
• 1978 - Likely Exchange
• 1977 - Go On Dreaming
• 1976 - Pago Hop
• 1975 - Bundler

References

• The 2008 Fleur de Lis Handicap at the NTRA