The Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The Grade III event is run near the end of the fall meet and is open to fillies and mares aged three and older. Contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, the race offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008.
Before 2008, the race was part of the Breeders' Cup Stakes Program and carried $75,000 in additional purse money from the Breeders' Cup Fund. Until 2007 the race was called the Turfway Breeders' Cup Stakes.
With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011.
Records Speed record 1:41.60 - Mariah's Storm (1995)
Most wins 2 - Fit For A Queen (1991, 1992) 2 - Trip (2001, 2002)
Most wins by an owner 2 - Hermitage Farm (1991, 1992) 2 - Claiborne Farm (2001, 2002)
Most wins by a jockey 2 - Chris McCarron (1989, 1994) 2 - Ricardo Lopez (1991, 1992) 2 - Willie Martinez (1999, 2006) 2 - Pat Day (2000, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1989, 1996, 2000, 2004) 3 - William I. Mott (1997, 2005, 2009)
Winners of the Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time2011La Gran Bailadora4Corey LanerieMike MakerTracy Farmer1:44.902010No Race 2009Indescribable5Garrett GomezWilliam I. MottCourtlandt Farms 1:42.922008Bear Now4Eurico Rosa Da SilvaReade BakerBear Stables1:43.372007Danzon4Julien LeparouxPatrick BianconeH. Joseph Allen1:43.422006Beautiful Bets6Willie MartinezGlenn WismerCasa De Caballos1:42.792005Miss Fortunate5Larry MelanconWilliam I. MottLyon Stables1:44.482004Susan's Angel3Rafael BejaranoD. Wayne LukasS. Angel Stable1:44.212003Smok'n Frolic4Edgar PradoTodd PletcherDogwood Stable1:44.982002Trip5Pat DayC. R. McGaughey IIIClaiborne Farm1:43.002001Trip4Craig PerretFrank L. BrothersClaiborne Farm1:42.402000Spain3Pat DayD. Wayne LukasThoroughbred Corp.1:44.801999Ruby Surprise4Willie MartinezRobert E. HolthusJames T. Hines, Jr.1:44.801998Biding Time4Corey NakataniMark HennigEdward P. Evans1:43.001997Feasibility Study5Mike E. SmithWilliam I. MottChar-Mari Stable1:42.401996Golden Attraction3Gary StevensD. Wayne LukasOverbrook Farm1:42.401995Mariah's Storm4Robert LesterDonnie K. Von HemelThunderhead Farm1:41.601994Pennyhill Park4Chris McCarronRoger AttfieldAnderson Farms1:44.201993Gray Cashmere4Dean KutzPeter VestalWillmott Stables1:43.201992Fit For A Queen6Ricardo LopezSteven PenrodHermitage Farm1:43.201991Fit For A Queen5Ricardo LopezSteven PenrodHermitage Farm1:43.201990Barbarika5Aaron GryderPhilip M. HauswaldFares Farm1:44.001989Winning Colors4Chris McCarronD. Wayne LukasEugene V. Klein1:44.801988Darien Miss3Patrick JohnsonGeorge R. Arnold IITaylor Asbury1:43.601987In Neon5Michael McDowellRobert L. De SensiMerly Ann Cassidy1:45.201986Gypsy Prayer5M. BryanJames D. FrederiksenT. H. Seale1:43.20
References The Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes at Pedigree Query Kentucky Cup Stakes restored by WinStar Farm