The Bryan Station Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the autumn meeting. It currently offers a purse of $600,000.
History
The Bryan Station Stakes is named after an early fortified settlement known as Bryan Station in Lexington, Kentucky. It was located on present-day Bryan Station Road, about three miles northeast of New Circle Road, on the southern bank of Elkhorn Creek near Briar Hill Road.
The event was inaugurated on 15 April 1993 as a race for fillies and mares that were four-years-old or older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track and was won by Peter S. Willmott's Gray Cashmere starting at 6/1 in a time of 1:44.44 flat by a length. The following year the event was scheduled in the autumn October meeting and held on the turf with conditions of event modified to fillies and mares that were three-years-old or older.
The event was shortened to a mile in 1995 and the winner Very Special Lite set a new track record of 1:33.
In 2002 the conditions of entry into the event were changed to only allow three-year-olds and the event was renamed to the Storm Cat Stakes. Storm Cat was the leading sire in North America in 1999 and 2000.
In 2005 Keeneland reverted the name of event back to the Bryan Station Stakes. The event's classification was upgraded to Grade III status in 2008.
After 2010 the event was only scheduled in 2015 and it lost its classification status.
The event has been regularly scheduled since 2020 and in 2022 the event regained its Grade III status. In 2026 the event was upgraded to Grade II.
Records Speed record 1 mile: 1:33:60 – Very Special Lite (1995)
Margins 6 lengths – Mingling Glances (1998)
Most wins 2 – Mingling Glances (1998, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey 3 – Javier Castellano (2009, 2015, 2020)
Most wins by a trainer 3 – Burk Kessinger Jr. (1998, 1999 twice)
Most wins by an owner 2 – Bruce Barton & Alvin D. Haynes (1998, 1999)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade RefBryan Station Stakes – (three-year-old colts and geldings)2025Troubleshooting 3Tyler GaffalioneGregory D. FoleyDonamire Farm1 mile 1:35.78$600,000III 2024Brilliant Berti 3Brian Hernandez Jr.Cherie DeVauxKlein Racing1 mile1:34.40$591,625III2023Runaway Storm3Colby J. HernandezEthan W. WestRobert J. Hunt1 mile1:35.93$297,307III2022Balnikhov (IRE)3Tyler GaffalionePhillip D'AmatoLittle Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables & Old Bones Racing Stable1 mile1:35.48$271,088III2021Camp Hope3Brian Hernandez Jr.Kenneth G. McPeek Walking L Thoroughbreds 1 mile1:38.32$150,000 2020Ever Dangerous3Javier CastellanoGeorge WeaverReeves Thoroughbred Racing & R. A. Hill Stable miles1:48.74$150,000 2016–2019Race not held2015Tweet Kitten3Javier CastellanoChad C. Brown Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey miles1:51.79$100,000 2010–2014Race not held2009Get Stormy3Javier CastellanoThomas M. Bush Sullimar Stable1 mile1:37.49$125,000III2008† Cowboy Cal3John R. VelazquezTodd A. Pletcher Robert C. & Janice McNair1 mile1:35.70$150,000III2007Inca King3Shaun BridgmohanSteven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable1 mile1:35.88$150,000 Listed 2006Kip Deville3Julien R. LeparouxRichard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables1 mile1:35.36$150,000Listed 2005T. D. Vance3Edgar S. PradoH. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farms1 mile1:34.65$150,000 Listed Storm Cat Stakes2004Good Reward3Edgar S. PradoClaude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps et al.1 mile1:36.50$110,600 Listed 2003Remind3Jerry D. BaileyWilliam I. Mott Claiborne Farm1 mile1:36.33$84,225Listed 2002February Storm 3Calvin H. BorelD. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corporation1 mile1:36.52$83,925Listed Bryan Station Stakes – (Fillies and mares, three-years-old and older)2001Gino's Spirits (GB) 5Pat Day W. Elliott WaldenRio Aventura Stables & Tom Van Meter 1 mile1:36.06$84,750Listed 2000White Beauty 5Timothy DoocyTerry J. BrennanGreg Rand & Terry J. Brennan1 mile1:35.20 $77,750Listed 1999Pratella 4Larry MelanconBurk Kessinger Jr. Bruce Barton & Alvin D. Haynes1 mile1:34.93$65,625Listed Mingling Glances 5Larry MelanconBurk Kessinger Jr. Morven Stud Farm1:36.39$75,6001998Mingling Glances 4Pat DayBurk Kessinger Jr. Bruce Barton, Alvin D. Haynes & Turf Stable1 mile1:34.44$67,000Listed 1997Cut the Cuteness 5Michael RowlandCarl Bowman Alfred & Mark Corrado1 mile1:35.63$61,000Listed 1996Mariuka 3Willie MartinezCharles LoPrestiCalumet Farm1 mile1:35.64$68,500Listed Vice On Ice 5Shane Sellers William I. MottMathew K. Firestone1:35.71$57,2501995Very Special Lite 5Aaron Gryder W. Elliott WaldenPrestonwood Farm1 mile1:33:60$60,680Listed 1994Vinista 4Shane Sellers Alex Hassinger Jr. Allen E. Paulson miles1:46.21$54,000 1993Gray Cashmere 4Jose Santos Peter M. VestalPeter S. Willmott miles1:44.44$53,700 Listed
Legend:
Notes:
† In the 2008 running of the event Seaspeak was first past the finishing post but was disqualified for interference in the stretch run. Cowboy Cal was declared the official winner of the event and Seaspeak was placed second.
See also List of American and Canadian Graded races
External links 2021 Keeneland Media Guide
References