Bryan Station Stakes

The Bryan Station Stakes is a Grade III 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 $300,000.[1]

Bryan Station Stakes
Grade III race
LocationKeeneland
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1993
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteKeeneland
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight122 lbs with allowances
Purse$300,000 (2022)

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.[2]

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 1⁄2 a length.[3] 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.[4]

The event was shortened to a mile in 1995[1] and the winner Very Special Lite set a new track record of 1:333⁄5.

In 2002 the conditions of entry into the event were changed to only allow three-year-olds and the event was rename to the Storm Cat Stakes.[1] 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.[5] The event's classification was upgraded to Grade III status in 2008.[5]

After 2010 the event was only scheduled in 2015 and it lost its classification status.[1]

The event has been regularly scheduled since 2020 and in 2022 the event regained its Grade III status.[6]

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

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 Ref
Bryan Station Stakes – (three-year-old colts and geldings)
2023 1 mile $300,000 III
2022 Balnikhov (IRE) 3 Tyler Gaffalione Phillip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables & Old Bones Racing Stable 1 mile 1:35.48 $271,088 III [7]
2021 Camp Hope 3 Brian Hernandez Jr. Kenneth G. McPeek Walking L Thoroughbreds 1 mile 1:38.32 $150,000 [8]
2020 Ever Dangerous 3 Javier Castellano George Weaver Reeves Thoroughbred Racing & R. A. Hill Stable 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.74 $150,000 [9]
2016–2019 Race not held
2015 Tweet Kitten 3 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.79 $100,000 [10]
2010–2014 Race not held
2009 Get Stormy 3 Javier Castellano Thomas M. Bush Sullimar Stable 1 mile 1:37.49 $125,000 III [11]
2008 † Cowboy Cal 3 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Robert C. & Janice McNair 1 mile 1:35.70 $150,000 III [12]
2007 Inca King 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 1 mile 1:35.88 $150,000 Listed [13]
2006 Kip Deville 3 Julien R. Leparoux Richard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables 1 mile 1:35.36 $150,000 Listed [14]
2005 T. D. Vance 3 Edgar S. Prado H. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farms 1 mile 1:34.65 $150,000 Listed [15]
Storm Cat Stakes
2004 Good Reward 3 Edgar S. Prado Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps et al. 1 mile 1:36.50 $110,600 Listed [16]
2003 Remind 3 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Claiborne Farm 1 mile 1:36.33 $84,225 Listed [17]
2002 February Storm 3 Calvin H. Borel D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corporation 1 mile 1:36.52 $83,925 Listed [18]
Bryan Station Stakes – (Fillies and mares, three-years-old and older)
2001 Gino's Spirits (GB) 5 Pat Day W. Elliott Walden Rio Aventura Stables & Tom Van Meter 1 mile 1:36.06 $84,750 Listed [19]
2000 White Beauty 5 Timothy Doocy Terry J. Brennan Greg Rand & Terry J. Brennan 1 mile 1:35.20 $77,750 Listed [20]
1999 Pratella 4 Larry Melancon Burk Kessinger Jr. Bruce Barton & Alvin D. Haynes 1 mile 1:34.93 $65,625 Listed Division 1[21]
Mingling Glances 5 Larry Melancon Burk Kessinger Jr. Morven Stud Farm 1:36.39 $75,600 Division 2[22]
1998 Mingling Glances 4 Pat Day Burk Kessinger Jr. Bruce Barton, Alvin D. Haynes & Turf Stable 1 mile 1:34.44 $67,000 Listed [23]
1997 Cut the Cuteness 5 Michael Rowland Carl Bowman Alfred & Mark Corrado 1 mile 1:35.63 $61,000 Listed [24]
1996 Mariuka 3 Willie Martinez Charles LoPresti Calumet Farm 1 mile 1:35.64 $68,500 Listed Division 1[25]
Vice On Ice 5 Shane Sellers William I. Mott Mathew K. Firestone 1:35.71 $57,250 Division 2[26]
1995 Very Special Lite 5 Aaron Gryder W. Elliott Walden Prestonwood Farm 1 mile 1:33:60 $60,680 Listed [27]
1994 Vinista 4 Shane Sellers Alex Hassinger Jr. Allen E. Paulson 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.21 $54,000 [4]
1993 Gray Cashmere 4 Jose Santos Peter M. Vestal Peter S. Willmott 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.44 $53,700 Listed [3]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
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

References
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  5. "BRYAN STATION STAKES - KEENELAND, KY". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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