Northern Dancer Stakes

Northern Dancer Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Inaugurated	2002
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance	(1 ^1⁄16 miles) (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Purse	US $150,000 Added

The Northern Dancer Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Named in honor of the horse, Northern Dancer, the Grade III stakes for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 8.5 furlongs (1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles).

The race currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Canadian-bred and owned honoree Northern Dancer (1961–1990) won the 1964 Kentucky Derby in record time on the Churchill Downs track. He went on to win the Preakness Stakes and Queen's Plate. Retired from racing, Northern Dancer became the most important sire and sire of sires in the second half of the 20th century.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Colizeo	Garrett Gomez	Todd Pletcher	Wertheimer et Frere	1:43.60
2009	Successful Dan	Julien Leparoux	Charles Lopresti	Morton Fink	1:43.30
2008	Pyro	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds	1:43.53
2007	Chelokee	Ramon Dominguez	Michael Matz	Centennial Farms	1:42.46
2006	High Cotton	Garrett Gomez	Todd Pletcher	Peachtree Stable	1:43.33
2005	Don't Get Mad	Gary L. Stevens	Ronald W. Ellis	B. Wayne Hughes	1:42.46
2004	Suave III	Rafael Bejarano	Paul J. McGee	Jay Em Ess Stable	1:44.50
2003	Champali	Pat Day	Gregory Foley	Lloyd Madison Farm	1:34.69
2002	Danthebluegrassman	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	1:35.04