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Kentucky Turf Cup

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Kentucky Turf Cup
Grade II race
LocationKentucky Downs
Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1990 (as Sam Houston Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
SponsorFanDuel Racing (since 2023)
WebsiteKentucky Downs
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
PurseUS$2,000,000 (since 2024)
BonusesWinner automatic entry into Breeders' Cup Turf

The Kentucky Turf Cup is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles on the turf, held annually in September at Kentucky Downs racetrack in Franklin, Kentucky, during their short turf meeting. The event currently carries a purse of $2,000,000, which includes $1,000,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund.

History

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The event was inaugurated on 22 April 1990 as the Sam Houston Stakes on the first ever meeting at the new track, then the Duelling Grounds Racecourse.[1] The race was in honor of Sam Houston, who took part in a duel on the site of where the racetrack is located near the border of Kentucky and Tennessee.[2] The following year, the event was renamed the Sam Houston Handicap, and conditions were changed to a handicap.[3][4]

In 1996 and 1997, the event was not held because the track was shut down and in bankruptcy proceedings.[5]

When the track reopened in 1998, the race was renamed the Kentucky Cup Turf Handicap as part of the Kentucky Cup Turf Festival. In 2001, the event was classified as a Grade III.[6]

In 2019, the purse was increased to $1,000,000.[6]

In 2021, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association upgraded the event to a Grade II.[7] For the 2021 running, Kentucky Downs renamed the event The Calumet Turf Cup, which Calumet Farm sponsors.[8] The event winner, Imperador, set a new track record for the distance of 2:25.70.[9]

Records

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Speed record
  • 1+1⁄2 miles: 2:24.93 – Grand Sonata (2024) (new track record)
Margins
  • 6+3⁄4 lengths – Silverfoot (2005)
Most wins
  • 2 – Rochester (2002, 2003)
  • 2 – Da Big Hoss (2015, 2016)
  • 2 – Arklow (2018, 2020)
Most wins by an owner
  • 2 – Augustin Stable (2002, 2003)
  • 2 – Robert E. Courtney Jr. (2011, 2012)
  • 2 – Skychia Racing (2015, 2016)
  • 2 – Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Peter Coneway (2018, 2020)
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Kentucky Turf Cup
2024 Grand Sonata 5 Tyler Gaffalione Todd A. Pletcher Whisper Hill Farm 1+1⁄2 miles 2:24.93 $1,995,000 II [10]
2023 Get Smokin 6 Fernando De La Cruz Mark E. Casse Ironhorse Racing Stable, BlackRidge Stables, T-N-T Equine Holdings & Saratoga Seven Racing Partners 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.66 $1,675,429 II [11]
2022 Red Knight 8 Gerardo Corrales Michael J. Maker Trinity Farm 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.96 $694,180 II [12]
Calumet Turf Cup
2021 Imperador (ARG) 5 Joseph Talamo Paulo Lobo Bonne Chance Farm and Stud R D I 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.10 $715,105 II [9]
Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes
2020 Arklow 6 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Peter Coneway 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.66 $910,000 III [13]
2019 Zulu Alpha 6 Jose L. Ortiz Michael J. Maker Michael M. Hui 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.62 $986,500 III [14]
2018 Arklow 4 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Peter Coneway 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.56 $746,500 III [15]
2017 Oscar Nominated 4 Julien R. Leparoux Michael J. Maker Ken & Sarah Ramsey 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.37 $594,000 III [16]
2016 Da Big Hoss 5 Florent Geroux Michael J. Maker Skychai Racing (Harvey Diamond & Jim Shircliff) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:35.08 $594,180 III [17]
2015 Da Big Hoss 4 Joseph Rocco Jr. Michael J. Maker Skychai Racing (Harvey Diamond & Jim Shircliff) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.40 $600,000 III [18]
2014 Suntracer 6 Florent Geroux Chris M. Block Team Block 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.12 $347,400 III [19]
2013 Temeraine 4 Gary L. Stevens Thomas F. Proctor Niall Racing (Timothy B. & Patrick F. Turney) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.18 $399,000 III [20]
2012 Ioya Bigtime 8 Jeffrey Sanchez Chris M. Block Robert E. Courtney Jr. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.06 $200,000 III [21]
2011 Rahystrada 7 Greta Kuntzweiler Byron G. Hughes Robert E. Courtney Jr. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:32.40 $150,000 III [22]
2010 Rezif 5 Greta Kuntzweiler Matthew Jacobson Donald Sexton, Matthew Jacobson & Thomas Baughman 1+1⁄2 miles 2:44.74 $150,000 III [23]
2009 Cloudy's Knight 9 Rosemary Homeister Jr. Jonathan E. Sheppard S J Stables (Shirley & Jerrold Schwartz) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.96 $150,000 III [24]
2008 Rumor Has It 7 Eduardo E. Perez David H. Hinsley William S. Patterson & James F. Glenn 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.27 $200,000 III [25]
2007 General Jumbo (GB) 5 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Thomas Conway 1+1⁄2 miles 2:26.98 $200,000 III [26]
2006 Embossed (IRE) 4 Larry Melancon Niall M. O'Callaghan Gary A. Tanaka 1+1⁄2 miles 2:36.92 $200,000 III [27]
2005 Silverfoot 5 Rafael Bejarano Dallas Stewart Chrysalis Stables (Stephanie S. Clark) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.30 $200,000 III [28]
Kentucky Turf Cup Handicap
2004 Sabiango (GER) 6 Brice Blanc Tim Yakteen Monty Roberts 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.70 $200,000 III [29]
2003 † Rochester 7 Eddie Martin Jr. Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.39 $200,000 III [30]
2002 Rochester 6 Eddie Martin Jr. Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:38.28 $300,000 III [31]
2001 Chorwon 8 Jon Court Hal R. Wiggins Phoebe Ann Mueller 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.68 $300,000 III [32]
2000 Down the Aisle 7 Robby Albarado William I. Mott Charles H. Deters 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.70 $300,000 Listed [33]
1999 Fahris (IRE) 5 Shane Sellers Kiaran P. McLaughlin Shadwell Stable 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.60 $300,000 Listed [34]
1998 Yaqthan (IRE) 8 Brian Dale Peck Anthony L. Reinstedler Merdonmar Stable (Sheikh Abdullah Majid Al Qasin) 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.60 $300,000 Listed [35]
1996–1997 Race not held
Sam Houston Handicap
1995 Lassigny 4 Pat Day William I. Mott Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:30.60 $250,000 Listed [36]
1994 Lindon Lime 4 Shane Sellers W. Elliott Walden Frank ManseII abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.40 $300,000 Listed [37]
1993 Know Heights (IRE) 4 Kent Desormeaux Robert B. Hess Jr. Mike H. Sloan, et al. abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:25.60 $300,000 Listed [38]
1992 Drummer Boy 4 Garrett Gomez Dennis W. Ebert Elise M. Ebert & Eleanore Cohen abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:28.40 $300,000 Listed [39]
1991 Silver Medallion 5 Craig Perret Philip M. Hauswald John A. Franks abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:31.30 $200,000 Listed [3]
1990 Slow Fuse 6 Randy P. Romero J. Bert Sonnier Saron Stable abt. 1+1⁄2 miles 2:33.60 $250,000 [1]

Notes:
† In the 2003 running, Art Variety was first past the post but was disqualified for interference in the straight and placed third. Rochester was declared the winner.


See also

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List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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