Spinster Stakes
| Grade I race | |
| Location |
Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1956 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Keeneland |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 Furlongs) |
| Surface | Polytrack synthetic dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up, fillies & mares |
| Weight | Weight-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 2008 Frizette Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.[1]
In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface, Polytrack synthetic dirt.
Records
- Speed record
On synthetic dirt:
- 1:46.77 - Carriage Trail (2008)
On natural dirt:
- 1:47.00 - Bayakoa (1990)
- 1:47.00 - Banshee Breeze (1998)
- 1:47.19 - Keeper Hill (1999)
- Most wins
- 2 - Bornastar (1957, 1958)
- 2 - Susan's Girl (1973, 1975)
- 2 - Bayakoa (1989, 1990)
- 2 - Take Charge Lady (2002, 2003)
- Most wins by an owner
- 2 - J. Graham Brown (1957, 1958)
- 2 - Fred W. Hooper (1973, 1975)
- 2 - John A. Bell III (1983, 1988)
- 2 - Frank E. Whitham (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
- 5 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1972, 1975, 1985, 1989, 1990)
- 5 - Pat Day (1983, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2004)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 4 - Ron McAnally
- 4 - Claude R. McGaughey III
Winners of the Spinster Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Got Lucky | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Todd Pletcher | Hill 'n' Dale Equine | 1:49.44 |
| 2014 | Don't Tell Sophia | Joseph Rocco, Jr. | Philip A. Sims | 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 | Aruna | Ramon Dominguez | Graham Motion | Flaxman Holdings | 1:47.88 |
| 2010 | Acoma | Alan Garcia | David Carroll | Aexander/Groves | 1:48 3/5 |
| 2009 | Mushka | Kent Desormeaux | William I. Mott | Brushwood Stable | 1:49.01 |
| 2008 | Carriage Trail | 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 | Asi Siempre | Julien Leparoux | Patrick Biancone | Martin S. Schwartz | 1:51.97 |
| 2005 | Pampered Princess | 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 | Miss Linda | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Ackerley Brothers Farm | 1:49.79 |
| 2000 | Plenty of Light | Garrett Gomez | W. Elliott Walden | Aaron U. & Marie Jones | 1:48.18 |
| 1999 | Keeper Hill | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | C. R. McGaughey III et al. | 1:47.19 |
| 1998 | Banshee Breeze | Robby Albarado | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 1:47.00 |
| 1997 | Clear Mandate | Pat Day | George R. Arnold, Jr. | G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. | 1:50.40 |
| 1996 | Different | 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 | Dispute | 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 | Fowda | Pat Valenzuela | Alex L. Hassinger, Jr. | 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 | Frank E. Whitham | 1:47.00 |
| 1989 | Bayakoa | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ron McAnally | Frank E. Whitham | 1:47.80 |
| 1988 | Hail a Cab | Jacinto Vasquez | Philip M. Hauswald | John A. Bell III | 1:51.00 |
| 1987 | Sacahuista | Randy Romero | D. Wayne Lukas | L.R. French, Jr./Barry Beal | 1:48.60 |
| 1986 | Top Corsage | Sandy Hawley | Jerry M. Fanning | Dan J. Agnew | 1:48.20 |
| 1985 | Dontstop Themusic | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Randy Winick | Albert R. Broccoli | 1:50.40 |
| 1984 | Princess Rooney | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Paula J. Tucker | 1:50.40 |
| 1983 | Try Something New | Pat Day | C. R. McGaughey III | John A. Bell III | 1:49.80 |
| 1982 | Track Robbery | Pat Valenzuela | John W. Russell | Summa Stable | 1:47.40 |
| 1981 | Glorious Song | Robin Platts | John Cairns | F. Stronach / N. B. Hunt | 1:49.20 |
| 1980 | Bold 'n Determined | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Saron Stable | 1:49.20 |
| 1979 | Safe | Earlie Fires | Joseph M. Bollero | Elizabeth J. Brisbine | 1:49.20 |
| 1978 | Tempest Queen | Jorge Velasquez | Lou Rondinello | John W. Galbreath | 1:49.00 |
| 1977 | Cum Laude Laurie | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 1:48.40 |
| 1976 | Optimistic Gal | Craig Perret | Leroy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone | 1:51.60 |
| 1975 | Susan's Girl | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Thomas W. Kelley | Fred W. Hooper | 1:49.80 |
| 1974 | Summer Guest | Daryl Montoya | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1:48.40 |
| 1973 | Susan's Girl | Braulio Baeza | Chuck Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:48.80 |
| 1972 | Numbered Account | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Roger Laurin | Ogden Phipps | 1:47.40 |
| 1971 | Chou Croute | Robert Kotenko | Robert G. Dunham | E. V. Benjamin III et al. | 1:49.00 |
| 1970 | Taken Aback | 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 | Sale Day | Eric Guerin | John Winans | Louise Clements | 1:51.60 |
| 1967 | Straight Deal II | Howard Grant | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:49.20 |
| 1966 | Open Fire | Braulio Baeza | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 1:50.40 |
| 1965 | Star Maggie | Bill Hartack | Robert E. Wingfield | James T. Jones | 1:50.20 |
| 1964 | Old Hat | Don Brumfield | Charles C. Norman | 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 | Rash Statement | John L. Rotz | Allen R. Hultz | Hal Price Headley | 1:49.60 |
| 1959 | Royal Native | Bill Hartack | Kenny Noe, Sr. | Perne L. Grissom | 1:49.40 |
| 1958 | Bornastar | Kenneth Church | W. Graves Sparks | J. Graham Brown | 1:49.40 |
| 1957 | Bornastar | Kenneth Church | W. Graves Sparks | J. Graham Brown | 1:49.20 |
| 1956 | Doubledogdare | John Heckmann | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:49.20 |
References
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