The Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late September as part of Kentucky Cup Day at Turfway Park in the Cincinnati, Ohio suburb of Florence, Kentucky.
A miles (8.5 furlongs) Grade III race for two-year-old colts, it was raced on natural dirt until 2005 when Turfway Park installed the new synthetic Polytrack surface. For 2009, the race was downgraded from a Grade III event to ungraded status and, along with its counterpart for filles, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes, was then discontinued due to financial restraints. The event offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008.
Inaugurated in 1989 as the In Memoriam Stakes, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes was also run as the Alysheba Stakes from 1989 to 1993.
With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2009 and 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. The Juvenile has lost its grade III ranking because it was not run for two consecutive years (2009–10).
Records Time record 1:42.89 - Boston Harbor (1996)
Most wins by an owner 2 - Overbrook Farm (1995, 1996) and Padua Stables (1999, 2002)
Most wins by a jockey 3 - Mike E. Smith (1997, 2002, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer 3 - D. Wayne Lukas (1995, 1996, 1999)
Winners since 1991 Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time2011HansenVictor LebronMike MakerKendall Hanson1:45.832010Not run2009Not run2008West Side BernieStewart ElliottKelly BreenLori & George Hall1:44.222007 Texas FeverJulien LeparouxMike StidhamStonerside Stables1:44.952006U D GhettoMike E. SmithAnthony ReinstedlerLucky Seven Stable1:43.862005Stream CatGary StevensPatrick L. BianconeFab Oak Stable et al.1:46.422004Greater GoodJohn McKeeRobert HolthusLewis S. Lakin1:44.962003Mr. JesterRafael BejaranoSteve WrenKaren J. Biggs1:46.612002VindicationMike E. SmithBob BaffertPadua Stables1:46.702001RepentTony D'AmicoKenneth McPeekSelect Stable1:45.782000Point GivenShane SellersBob BaffertThe Thoroughbred Corp.1:47.011999MillencolinPat DayD. Wayne LukasPadua Stables1:47.021998Aly's AlleyPatrick A. JohnsonJohn J. Tammaro, Jr.Eaglestone Farm1:45.631997LaydownMike E. SmithNicholas ZitoJames McIngvale1:43.171996Boston HarborDonna BartonD. Wayne LukasOverbrook Farm1:42.891995Editor's NoteGary StevensD. Wayne LukasOverbrook Farm1:45.071994Tejano RunJerry D. BaileyKenneth McPeekRoy K. Monroe1:46.101993Bibury CourtScott SaitoMargaret GrimmMargaret Grimm1:47.601992Mountain CatCharles Woods Jr.D. Wayne LukasOverbrook Farm1:43.501991Star RecruitRicardo LopezJerry FanningDan Dar Farm1:45.68
References
Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes at Pedigree Query Official website for Turfway Park Kentucky Cup Stakes restored by WinStar Farm