Jessamine Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade II
| horse race = Jessamine Stakes
| location = Keeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
| inaugurated = 1991 (as Green River Stakes)
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = [http://www.keeneland.com Keeneland]
| distance = {{frac|1|1|16}} miles
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = Two-year-old fillies
| weight = 122 lbs with allowances
| purse = $350,000 (2022)
| bonuses = Win and You're In Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
| sponsor = Keeneland Sales (since 2023)
}}
The Jessamine Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old filles over a distance of {{frac|1|1|16}} miles on the turf held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting.
History
The event was inaugurated on 22 October 1991 as the Green River Stakes and was won by the second favorite Shes Just Super who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day in a time of 1:44.91. The name of the event was named after the Green River a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. The event was created in parallel with the Hopemont Stakes which was run one day later for two-year-olds regardless of sex.
The event was run in two divisions in 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=view&id=14199 |title=GREEN RIVER STAKES - KEENELAND |work=Thoroughbred Pedigree Online |date=2020 |accessdate=15 September 2020}}
In 2003 the event was renamed to the Jessamine County Stakes – Jessamine County is near Lexington and is considered part of the Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area.{{cite web|title=JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (Gr. 2) |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=3280 |website=Equibase |accessdate=15 September 2020}} In 2005 the event was renamed to the Jessamine Stakes.
In 2009, the race was moved from the turf to the main all weather track due to weather conditions.{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=4522 |title=JESSAMINE STAKES - KEENELAND, KY |work=Thoroughbred Pedigree Online |date=2020 |accessdate=15 September 2020}}
The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Graded stakes race for the first time in 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/60173/2011-graded-stakes-13-fewer-than-10/|title=2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10 |author=Blood-Horse Staff |date=2 December 2010| work=BloodHorse |accessdate=1 January 2015}} and was upgraded to Grade II status in 2018.
The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series and was sponsored by JP Morgan Chase. The winner automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:40.86 – Aunt Pearl (IRE) (2020)
Margins
- {{frac|5|1|2}} lengths – Sweet Melania (2019)
Most wins by an owner
- 3 – William A. Carl (1991, 1997, 2003)
- 3 – Kenneth L. Ramsey (1994, 2000, 2014)
Most wins by a jockey
- 5 – Pat Day (1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001)
Most wins by a trainer
- 4 – Kenneth G. McPeek (1993, 2003, 2009, 2010)
- 4 – Todd A. Pletcher (2002, 2004, 2005, 2019)
Winners
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Winner ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Owner ! Distance ! Time ! Purse ! Grade ! Ref |
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|align="left" colspan=11|Jessamine Stakes |
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|align=center |2024 |May Day Ready | Joseph Lee | KatieRich Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.10 |align=center |$350,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2023 |Buchu | Philip Bauer |Rigney Racing |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.48 |align=center |$350,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2022 |Delight |Jonathan Thomas |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.14 |align=center |$320,463 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2021 |California Angel |George Leonard III |Chris Walsh |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.30 |align=center |$200,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2020 |Aunt Pearl (IRE) |Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Peter Deutsch, Michael E. Kisber, The Elkstone Group |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:40.86 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2019 |Sweet Melania |Lawana L. & Robert E. Low |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.13 |align=center |$200,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2018 |Concrete Rose | Ashbrook Farm & BBN Racing |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.09 |align=center |$200,000 |align=center |II |
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|align=center |2017 |Rushing Fall | e Five Racing Thoroughbreds |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:46.20 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2016 |La Coronel |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.37 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2015 |Harmonize | Larkin Armstrong |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.19 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2014 |{{nowrap|Rainha Da Bateria}} |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.85 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2013 |Kitten Kaboodle |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.01 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2012 |Moonwalk |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.17 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2011 | Caroline A. Forgason |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.39 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2010 |Kathmanblu | Five D Thoroughbreds & Wind River Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.01 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center |Listed |
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|align=center |2009 |House of Grace |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.32 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2008 |Laragh |John P. Terranova II | Golden Goose Enterprise & IEAH Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.54 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2007 |Wind in My Wings | Craig B. Singer |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.34 |align=center |$150,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2006 |Swingit |Hal R. Wiggins | Robert V. Hovelson |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.37 |align=center |$125,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2005 |J'ray | Lawrence Goichman |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.57 |align=center |$112,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align="left" colspan=11|Jessamine County Stakes |
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|align=center |2004 |Paddy's Daisy | Stonehaven Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.33 |align=center |$112,600 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2003 |Galloping Gal | William A. Carl |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.56 |align=center |$113,200 |align=center |Listed |
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|align="left" colspan=11|Green River Stakes |
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|align=center |2002 |Ocean Drive |Bonnie & Sy Baskin |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.30 |align=center |$111,500 |align=center |Listed |
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|align=center |2001 |Stylelistick | Dream With Me Stable & Team Valor |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.88 |align=center |$113,900 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2000 |Word Puzzle |Charles Simon |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.81 |align=center |$84,075 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1999 |Solvig | Bentley L. Smith |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.21 |align=center |$67,025 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1998 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.77 |align=center |$71,500 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1997 |Runnaway Dream | William A. Carl |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.60 |align=center |$68,500 |align=center |Listed |
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|align=center |1996 |Parade Queen | William S. Farish III & Edward J. Hudson |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.21 |align=center |$68,500 |align=center |Listed |
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|align=center |1995 |Antespend |{{nowrap|D. Michael Smithwick Jr.}} | Jack Kent Cooke |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.30 |align=center |$63,000 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center rowspan=2|1994 |Christmas Gift |{{nowrap|Charles R. Woods Jr.}} |align=center rowspan=2|{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.96 |align=center |$46,100 |align=center rowspan=2| |
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|Bail Out Becky |align=center |1:44.16 |align=center |$50,600 |
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|align=center |1993 |Fred's Affair |Joseph J. Steiner |Terry J. Brennan | Jeff Rand |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.59 |align=center |$49,000 |align=center | |
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|align=center |1992 |Warside | Roy K. Monroe |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.36 |align=center |$45,500 |align=center | |
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|align=center |1991 |Shes Just Super | William A. Carl |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.91 |align=center |$43,700 |align=center | |
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Legend:
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See also
References
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Category:Keeneland horse races
Category:Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies
Category:Turf races in the United States
Category:Breeders' Cup Challenge series
Category:Graded stakes races in the United States
Category:Grade 2 stakes races in the United States