Maker's Mark Mile Stakes

Maker's 46 Mile Stakes

Grade 1 race
Location	Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	1989
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.keeneland.com
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$300,000

The Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (2012–present), formerly the Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (1997-2011), and Fort Harrod Stakes (1989-1996)^[1] is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to horses age four and older, it is contested on turf at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

Inaugurated as the Fort Harrod Stakes in 1989 at a distance of about 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles, since 1990 it has been contested at one mile. In 1997 the Maker's Mark distillery, began their sponsorship of the event. A Listed Stakes race in 1989 and 1990, it became a Grade III race from 1991 through 1999, then a Grade 2 race from 2000 through 2007. In 2008, it was listed as a Grade I event.

Records

Speed record

• 1:33.54 - Perfect Soul (2004) (New stakes and course record)

Most wins

• 2 - Kip Deville (2007, 2008)
• 2 - Wise Dan (2013, 2014)

Most wins by an owner

• 2 - Allen E. Paulson (1991, 1993)
• 2 - Gainsborough Farm (1999, 2002)
• 2 - IEAH Stables (2007, 2008)
• 2 - Morton Fink (2013, 2014)

Most wins by a jockey

• 3 - Jerry Bailey (1991, 1993, 1996)
• 3 - Edgar Prado (2004, 2005, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer

• 2 - Roger Attfield (1992, 2004)
• 2 - William I. Mott (1993, 2009)
• 2 - Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. (2007, 2008)
• 2 - Charles LoPresti (2103, 2014)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	Miss Temple City (Filly)	4	Drayden Van Dyke	H. Graham Motion	Sagamore Farm/The Club Racing et al	1:34.09
2015	Jack Milton	5	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	Gary Barber	1:36.30
2014	Wise Dan	7	John R. Velazquez	Charles LoPresti	Morton Fink	1:34.91
2013	Wise Dan	6	Jose Lezcano	Charles LoPresti	Morton Fink	1:36.37
2012	Data Link	4	Alex Solis	Shug McGaughey	Stuart Janney III	1:34.31
2011	Get Stormy	5	Javier Castellano	Thomas M. Bush	Sullimar Stable	1:37.31
2010	Karelian	8	Julien Leparoux	George R. Arnold	Green Lantern Stables	1:34.33
2009	Mr. Sidney	5	Kent Desormeaux	William I. Mott	Circle E Racing	1:41.84
2008	Kip Deville	5	Cornelio Velásquez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables	1:36.78
2007	Kip Deville	4	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables	1:35.51
2006	Miesque's Approval	7	Eddie Castro	Martin D. Wolfson	Live Oak Racing	1:34.06
2005	Artie Schiller	4	Edgar Prado	James A. Jerkens	Timber Bay Farm/Mrs. T. J. Walsh	1:34.09
2004	Perfect Soul	6	Edgar Prado	Roger Attfield	Charles E. Fipke	1:33.54
2003	Royal Spy	5	Robby Albarado	Thomas M. Amoss	V.D. & K.K. Jayaraman	1:35.82
2002	Touch of the Blues	5	Kent Desormeaux	Neil D. Drysdale	Gainsborough Farm	1:35.02
2001	North East Bound	5	Jose Velez, Jr.	William W. Perry	Julian DeMarco/Richard DiSano	1:34.44
2000	Conserve	4	Shane Sellers	Frank L. Brothers	Claiborne Farm	1:35.00
1999	Soviet Line	9	John R. Velazquez	Mark A. Hennig	Gainsborough Farm	1:35.20
1998	Lasting Approval	4	Robby Albarado	Diane L. Perkins	Wimborne Farm	1:35.40
1997	Influent	6	Jean-Luc Samyn	Howard M. Tesher	Richard Kumble/Michael Becker	1:34.40
1996	Tejano Run	4	Jerry Bailey	Kenneth McPeek	Roy K. Monroe	1:35.00
1995	Dove Hunt	4	Jose A. Santos	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III	1:35.80
1994	First and Only	7	Tracy Hebert	Walter M. Bindner, Jr.	Mason Rudd	1:36.60
1993	Ganges	5	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:35.40
1992	Shudanz	4	Craig Perret	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	1:36.40
1991	Opening Verse	5	Jerry Bailey	Richard J. Lundy	Allen E. Paulson	1:36.00
1990	Charlie Barley	4	Robin Platts	Grant Pearce	King Caledon Farms	1:35.80
1989	Yankee Affair	7	Randy Romero	Henry L. Carroll	Ju Ju Gen Stable	1:43.60

References

1. http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=756

• The 2009 Maker's Mark Mile at the NTRA