Lafayette Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Non-graded Stakes
| horse race = Lafayette Stakes
| image =
| caption =
| location = Keeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
| inaugurated = 1937
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = {{URL|http://www.keeneland.com}}
| distance = 7 furlongs
| surface = dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $400,000
| bonuses =
}}
The Lafayette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on the dirt track over a distance of seven furlongs. There is a Lafayette Stakes horse race for three year olds run at six furlongs at in on Evangeline Downs dirt Race Track.
A Listed race from 1983 through 1989, it was elevated to a Grade III event in 1990 then modified to a non-graded status for 2006.
Since inception, the Lafayette Stakes has been raced at a variety of distances:
- 40 feet less than 4 furlongs : 1937–1942, 1946–1953
- {{frac|4|1|2}} furlongs : 1943–1944, 1965–1981
- 4 furlongs, 152 feet : 1954–1964
- 6 furlongs : 1982–1985, 2005–2006
- 7 furlongs : 1986–2004, 2007 to present
The Lafayette Stakes was run in two divisions in 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1968.
Due to wartime restrictions, the race was hosted by Churchill Downs in 1943 and 1944. There was no race run in 1945.
Two horses set new Keeneland course records in winning this race: Mals Boy in 1950 and Loom in 1964.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)
- 1:21.05 - Carnack's Choice (2007) on Polytrack
- 1:21.20 - Cherokee Run (1993) (on dirt)
Most wins by a jockey
- 4 - Pat Day (1988, 1992, 1993, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer
- 4 - Anthony L. Basile (1967, 1971, 1979, 1983)
Most wins by an owner
- 5 - Bwamazon Farm (1967, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983)
Winners
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| style="width:60px" | Year ! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:130px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | Time |
|---|
| 2025
|Colloquial |George Weaver |Harrell Ventures & Starlight Racing |1:23.92 |
| 2024
|Glengarry |Doug L. Anderson |Aaron Kennedy, Toby Joseph & Doug L. Anderson |1:22.91 |
| 2023
|Corona Bolt |1:23.21 |
| 2022
|Old Homestead |Thomas L. Pompell |Brett A. Brinkman |Marablue Farm & Pegasus Stud |1:22.98 |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|2021 | colspan="5" align="center" |Race not held |
| 2020
|Sleepy Eyes Todd |Miguel Angel Silva |Thumbs Up Racing |1:21.77 |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|2016 - 2019 | colspan="5" align="center" |Race not held |
| 2015
|Falling Sky |Newtown Anner Stud & Joseph Bulger |1:22.53 |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|2009 - 2014 | colspan="5" align="center" | Race not held |
| 2008
|Keep Laughing |Vision Racing LLC |1:22.26 |
| 2007
|Carnack's Choice |Sassafras Racing I, LLC |1:21.05 |
| 2006
|Likely |Maurice Miller III & Thomas F. Van Meter II |1:09.32 |
| 2005
|More Smoke |Thomas McClay & Harry Nye |1:09.88 |
| 2004
|Bwana Charlie |1:24.73 |
| 2003
|Posse |1:23.14 |
| 2002
|Cashel Castle |Sandbar Farms (William Kilgore) |1:24.47 |
| 2001
|Griffinite |1:22.61 |
| 2000
|Theresa McArthur & Carolyn M. Chapman |1:21.73 |
| 1999
|Yes It's True |1:22.15 |
| 1998
|Dontletthebigonego |1:23.00 |
| 1997
|Trafalger |1:21.60 |
| 1996
|Wire Me Collect |1:21.80 |
| 1995
|Mr. Greeley |William J. Condren & Joseph M. Cornacchia |1:21.40 |
| 1994
|Exclusive Praline |1:23.80 |
| 1993
|Jill Robinson |1:21.20 |
| 1992
|American Chance |John D. Gunther |1:22.00 |
| 1991
|To Freedom |Herman Heinlein & Prestonwood Farm |1:22.80 |
| 1990
|Robert P. Levy |1:22.80 |
| 1989
|Belek |1:23.00 |
| 1988
|1:22.00 |
| 1987
|Trick Card |William S. Farish & E. J. Hudson Jr. |1:23.80 |
| 1986
|Numero Uno Pass |Joel Sharenow |1:23.60 |
| 1985
|Proudest Hour |Patrick J. Flavin et al. |1:10.80 |
| 1984
|Delta Trace |Harold Jordan |1:10.40 |
| 1983
|Freezing Rain |1:11.20 |
| 1982
|Jungle Blade |M/M Robert Bensinger |1:10.20 |
| 1981
|Grey Bucket |Akuma Stable |0:53.20 |
| 1980
|Firm Boss |0:53.00 |
| 1979
|Raised Socially |0:52.20 |
| 1978
|Spy Charger |M/M John Vass |0:53.20 |
| 1977
|Fiddle Faddle † |0:52.80 |
| 1976
|United Holme |0:52.00 |
| 1975
|Inca Roca |Albert T. "Tom" Skinner |Charles Raymond Jarrell |0:52.80 |
| 1974
|Paris Dust |0:51.00 |
| 1973
|Mr. A.Z. |Ben Cohen |0:52.60 |
| 1972
|Cari County |T. Alie & J. E. Grissom |0:52.00 |
| 1971
|Busted |0:51.60 |
| 1970
|Seen A lot |Mrs. William H. May |0:53.00 |
| 1969
|Spotted Line |T. Alie & J. E. Grissom |0:51.80 |
| 1968
|Santiago Road |0:52.00 |
| 1968
|Traffic Mark |M/M Robert F. Roberts |0:52.60 |
| 1967
|T.V. Commercial |0:52.00 |
| 1966
|Quick Swoon |E. Gay Drake |0:51.40 |
| 1965
|He Jr. |Dick Posey |Everett Lowrance |0:52.00 |
| 1964
|Loom |Hugh A. Grant |0:48.00 |
| 1963
|Amastar |Norman A. McMaster |Grace Creek Farm |0:48.20 |
| 1962
|Dontstopnow |L. G. Culver |M/M J. D. Askew |0:48.60 |
| 1961
|Crimson King Farm |0:49.00 |
| 1960
|Bright Silver |0:49.60 |
| 1960
|Sal's Beau |Frank A. Kurinec |0:48.80 |
| 1959
|Vital Force |Wilma Kennedy |Tinkham Veale II et al. |0:49.00 |
| 1959
|Chuckabuck |Chester F. Bowles |Chester F. Bowles |0:49.80 |
| 1958
|Grand Wizard |Monte Preston |E. H. Lane |0:50.80 |
| 1958
|Bagdad |0:50.60 |
| 1957
|Bumpy Road |Edwin P. Anspach |Mrs. Irving Gushen |0:48.40 |
| 1956
|0:49.60 |
| 1955
|First Lap |Milt Resseguet |R. A. Lewis |0:50.00 |
| 1954
|Royal Note |Wilton Stable |0:49.40 |
| 1953
|Everett Jr. |Dick Posey |Everett Lowrance |0:45.40 |
| 1952-1
|Happy Carrier |Robert A. Mattingly |William H. Veeneman |0:46.00 |
| 1952-2
|Aerolite |Dee Brooks |0:45.80 |
| 1951
|Recover |Dee Brooks |0:46.60 |
| 1951
|Crownlet |Duval A. Headley |0:46.60 |
| 1950
|Mals Boy |Mrs. Emil Denemark |0:45.40 |
| 1949
|Black Sambo |William J. Resseguet Jr. |Mrs. Samuel Rosen |0:47.40 |
| 1948
|Irish Sun |Andy LoTurco |Warren G. Douglass |William H. Veeneman |0:46.20 |
| 1947
|Phar Mon |Andy LoTurco |Warren G. Douglass |William H. Veeneman |0:46.20 |
| 1946
|Colonel O'F |William Bailey |Claude C. Tanner |0:46.40 |
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|1945 | colspan="5" align="center" | Race not held |
| 1944
|Poco Mas |W. M. McClain |Bluebird Stock Farm |0:53.80 |
| 1943
|Ogham |Mrs. Helen Miller |0:54.80 |
| 1942
|Menex |0:46.60 |
| 1941
|Black Raider |Arthur Craig |0:46.40 |
| 1940
|Misty Isle |0:47.00 |
| 1939
|Roman |Warren Yarberry |0:47.60 |
| 1938
|Oddessa Beulah |C. Hyde Smith |Oddessa Farms |0:46.00 |
| 1937
|Chic Maud |0:47.20 |
- Run in two divisions in 1952.
{{refbegin}}* † In 1977, Forever Casting won the race but was disqualified from first and set back to last.{{refend}}
References
- [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2008/April/06/Keep-Laughing-fends-off-challenge-to-win-Lafayette.aspx The 2008 Lafayette Stakes at Thoroughbred Times]
Category:Ungraded stakes races in the United States
Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1937