Juddmonte_Spinster_Stakes

Spinster Stakes

Spinster Stakes

Horse race


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 $600,000.

Quick Facts Location, Inaugurated ...

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 Spinster Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Distaff.[1]

In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface, Polytrack synthetic dirt. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.[2]

Records

Speed record

On new dirt surface:

  • 1:49.44 – Got Lucky (2015)

On synthetic dirt:

  • 1:46.77 – Carriage Trail (2008)

On old dirt surface:

Most wins

Most wins by an owner

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Winners

More information Year, Winner ...

References

  1. "Breeders' Cup Challenge". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  2. "Keeneland Debuts New Dirt Surface on Main Race Track". www.keeneland.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Juddmonte_Spinster_Stakes, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.