The Coronation Cup Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of furlongs on the turf course scheduled annually in July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.
History
The event was name after the Rokeby Stable Virginia-bred color-bearer Coronation Cup who won the 1994 Nijana Stakes at Saratoga.
The event was inaugurated on 13 August 2012 and was won by the Kentucky-bred filly Sensible Lady, sired by the 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense by lengths in a time of 1:03.14.
In 2015 Lady Shipman set a stakes record when winning by lengths in a time of 1:00.85.
Due to unseasonable rain, the event in 2016 was moved off the turf and run on a sloppy dirt track with only four runners and was reclassified as a Listed event after examination by the Graded Stakes Committee. However, in 2021 and 2023 the event lost its Listed status and was reclassified as a non-Listed Black Type event after the events were moved to the dirt track.
In 2025 the event was upgraded to Grade III by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
Records Speed record: furlongs (turf): 1:00.85 - Lady Shipman (2015) furlongs (dirt): 1:03.80 - Unified Alliance (2023)
Margins: lengths - Lady Shipman (2015)
Most wins by a jockey: 3- Luis Saez (2018, 2024, 2025)
Most wins by a trainer: 2 - Brad H. Cox (2019, 2021) 2 - John P. Terranova II (2018, 2025)
Most wins by an owner: 2 - Klein Racing (2019, 2021)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref2026Cy FairJohn R. VelazquezGeorge WeaverMedallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton furlongs1:01.83$225,000III2025Italian SoireeLuis SaezJohn P. Terranova II Hit The Bid Racing Stable, Morplay Racing & Randell Hartley furlongs1:02.21$175,000III2024Twirling QueenLuis SaezJose F. D'AngeloGU Racing Stable furlongs1:01.93$150,000Listed2023Unified Alliance Javier CastellanoThomas MorleyReagan Jack Racing furlongs1:03.80$139,500 2022Empress Tigress John R. Velazquez Jonathan Thomas Augustin Stables furlongs1:01.70$150,000Listed2021Goin' Good Tyler GaffalioneBrad H. CoxKlein Racing furlongs1:05.26$111,600 2020She's My Type (FR) Joel Rosario Christophe ClementGhislaine Head furlongs1:01.67$100,000Listed2019Break Even Shaun BridgmohanBrad H. CoxKlein Racing furlongs1:01.59$100,000Listed2018Broadway Run Luis SaezJohn P. Terranova II Curragh Stables furlongs1:03.67$100,000Listed2017Morticia Jose LezcanoGeorge R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. furlongs1:01.27$100,000Listed2016Lost Raven Jose OrtizTodd A. PletcherRepole Stable furlongs1:04.42 $95,000Listed2015Lady Shipman Eduardo NunezKathleen O'Connell Ranlo Investments furlongs1:00.85$100,000 2014Irad Ortiz Jr.H. Graham Motion Elite Racing Club furlongs1:02.11$100,000 2013Jewel of a Cat J & J Stables & GSP Racing Stable furlongs1:01.81$98,000 2012Sensible Lady Xavier PerezTimothy SalzmanMatt Lyons furlongs1:03.14$100,000 Listed
Legend:
See also List of American and Canadian Graded races
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