Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes

The Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of one and five-sixteenths 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 $1,000,000 which includes $400,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund.

Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
Grade III race
LocationKentucky Downs
Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated2012
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
SponsorAristocrat Gaming (since 2023)
WebsiteKentucky Downs
Race information
Distance1+5⁄16 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$1,000,000 (since 2023)

History

With the introduction of Instant Racing in late 2011 the influx of revenue enabled the administration of the track added new events to an expanded racing season.[1] One of these new events one was the Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes.

The inaugural running of the event was on 15 September 2012 as the third event on the fourth day of the five day meeting at Kentucky Downs. A field of seven entrants lined up and the event was won by the Dreamfields Farm filly Maid of Heaven who started at 8/1 and was ridden by jockey Leandro Goncalves winning by a head in a time of 2:14.06.[2]

Due to sponsorship the event has had several name changes. In 2015 the Thoroughbred auction house Fasig-Tipton located in Lexington, Kentucky sponsored the event. From 2017 until 2019 Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey's Ramsey Farms sponsored the event and it was run as the Ramsey Farms Stakes. In 2020 the event was sponsored by the Television Games Network and was held as the TVG Stakes.[3]

The 2016 winner, Al's Gal proved the improving quality of the event by capturing the Grade 1 E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada in her next start.[4]

With the influx of gaming revenue at Kentucky Downs the purse for the event has risen dramatically to nearly $500,000 offered by 2020.[5]

In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[6]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+5⁄16 miles: 2:08.16 – Family Way (2021)

Margins:

  • 2+1⁄4 lengths – Kitten's Roar (2017)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2023 Vergara 4 Joel Rosario H. Graham Motion Gary Broad 1+5⁄16 miles 2:10.96 $900,000 III [7]
2022 Adventuring 4 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Godolphin 1+5⁄16 miles 2:08.28 $550,000 III [8]
2021 Family Way 4 Tyler Gaffalione Brendan P. Walsh Hunter Valley Farm, Debra L. O'Connor & Marc Detampel 1+5⁄16 miles 2:08.16 $501,000 Listed [9]
TVG Stakes
2020 Theodora B 5 Irad Ortiz Jr. Michael W. Dickinson Augustin Stable 1+5⁄16 miles 2:09.72 $492,575 Listed [5]
Ramsey Farm Stakes
2019 Gentle Ruler 4 Chris Landeros Ian R. Wilkes Morsches Stable 1+5⁄16 miles 2:12.73 $469,000 Listed [10]
2018 Tricky Escape 5 Christopher P. DeCarlo Lynn Ashby Jon A. Marshall 1+5⁄16 miles 2:13.40 $360,000 Listed [11]
2017 Kitten's Roar 5 Jose L. Ortiz Michael J. Maker Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1+5⁄16 miles 2:17.19 $330,800 Listed [12]
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2016 Al's Gal 5 Florent Geroux Michael J. Maker Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1+5⁄16 miles 2:12.16 $199,700 Listed [13]
Fasig-Tipton Ladies Marathon Stakes
2015 Modernstone (GB) 5 Rafael Hernandez Kelly Rubley Brous Stable, Gary Barber & Wachtel Stable 1+5⁄16 miles 2:13.12 $140,000 Listed [14]
Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes
2014 White Rose 4 Shaun Bridgmohan William I. Mott Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis 1+5⁄16 miles 2:13.76 $190,000 [15]
2013 Mystical Star 5 Brice Blanc Christophe Clement Cheyenne Stable 1+5⁄16 miles 2:11.30 $153,583 [16]
2012 Maid of Heaven 4 Leandro Goncalves Kellyn Gorder Dreamfields Farm 1+5⁄16 miles 2:14.06 $75,000 [2]

Legend:
  Turf

See also

References
  1. "KentuckyDowns.com". Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. "2012 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes Black Type – (race 3)". Equibase. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. "KENTUCKY DOWNS LADIES MARATHON - KENTUCKY DOWNS, KY". Thoroughbred Database. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. "Al's Gal (PA) Career Records 27: 8-8-3 $749,775". Equibase. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. "2020 TVG Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. Schweigardt, Andrew (2022). "TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022-January 2023". Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. "2023 Aristocrat Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed - (race 3)". Equibase. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. "2022 AGS Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  9. "2021 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. "2019 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. "2018 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. "2017 Ramsey Farm Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  13. "2016 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  14. "2015 Fasig-Tipton Ladies Marathon Stakes Listed – (race 10)". Equibase. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  15. "2014 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Black Type – (race 7)". Equibase. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. "2013 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes Black Type – (race 9)". Equibase. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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