La Troienne Stakes

The La Troienne Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is $500,000.[1]

This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 1986 and run through 2006 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap, in 2007 as the Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes, in 2008 as the Louisville Stakes, and in 2009 as the Louisville Distaff Stakes. For the race for three-year-old fillies known from 1967 to 2008 as the La Troienne Stakes, see Eight Belles Stakes.
La Troienne Stakes
Grade I race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1986 (as Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
SponsorSignify Health (2022)
WebsiteChurchill Downs
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
Weight123lbs with allowances
Purse$750,000 (since 2022)

History

The event was inaugurated on May 3, 1986, on Kentucky Derby Day as the Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles for three-year-olds and older and was won by the favorite, five-year-old gelding Hopeful Word in small field of four starters.[2]

The following year the event's conditions were changed to fillies & mares that were four years old or older.[3]

The event with Budweiser and Breeders' Cup sponsorship and added incentives to base purses attracted good quality runners. The event was classified as a Grade III in 1988 and it was upgraded once more in 1990.[1] The event was renamed to Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes in 2007, Louisville Stakes in 2008 and Louisville Distaff Stakes in 2009.[1] In 2010 the race was renamed after the famous broodmare La Troienne to the La Troienne Stakes.[4]

This event was upgraded to a Grade I for its 2014.[5]

Of the more notable runnings of this event was the 2010 edition which saw the heavily favored 2009 US Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returning to Churchill Downs for the first time since her 2009 Kentucky Oaks victory trying to lead all the way but was defeated by Unbridled Belle by a head.[4] The 1996 winner Escena went on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and become US Champion Older Female Horse. The 2008 winner Ginger Punch won this event easily as the reigning 2007 US Champion Older Female Horse as an overwhelming favorite.[6]

Records
Speed record
  • 1:42.09 – Authenticity (2013)
Margins
  • 7+3⁄4 lengths – You (2003)
Most wins
  • No horse has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by an owner

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
La Troienne Stakes
2023 Played Hard 5 John R. Velazquez Philip A. Bauer Rigney Racing 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.48 $750,000 I [7]
2022 Pauline's Pearl 4 Joel Rosario Steven M. Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.46 $750,000 I [8]
2021 Shedaresthedevil 4 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited & Big Aut Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.69 $500,000 I [9]
2020 Monomoy Girl 5 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group & Bethlehem Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.14 $500,000 I [10]
2019 She's a Julie 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Whispering Oaks Farm, Team Hanley, Tim & Anna Cambron, Bradley Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.58 $500,000 I [11]
2018 Salty 4 Tyler Gaffalione Mark E. Casse Gary Barber, Baccari Racing Stable & Chester Prince 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.78 $350,000 I [12]
2017 Big World 4 Florent Geroux Thomas M. Amoss Maggi Moss 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.91 $300,000 I [13]
2016 Curalina 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.45 $300,000 I [14]
2015 Molly Morgan 6 Corey J. Lanerie Dale L. Romans William D. Cubbedge 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.25 $300,000 I [15]
2014 On Fire Baby 5 Joe M. Johnson Gary G. Hartlage Anita Cauley 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.48 $327,000 I [16]
2013 Authenticity 6 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Padua Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.09 $335,100 II [17]
2012 Juanita 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Michael J. Maker William S. & Graydon Patterson 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.82 $327,000 II [18]
2011 Blind Luck 4 Garrett K. Gomez Jerry Hollendorfer Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo & Jerry Hollendorfer 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.93 $339,900 II [19]
2010 Unrivaled Belle 4 Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Peter Vegso & Gary Seidler 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.97 $418,800 II [20]
Louisville Distaff Stakes
2009 Miss Isella 4 Calvin H. Borel Ian R. Wilkes Domino Stud of Lexington 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.75 $379,700 II [21]
Louisville Stakes
2008 Ginger Punch 5 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.08 $268,200 II [6]
Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes
2007 Fiery Pursuit 4 Calvin H. Borel D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.11 $305,197 II [22]
Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap
2006 Oonagh Maccool (IRE) 4 Rafael Bejarano Todd A. Pletcher Charles H. Wacker III 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.96 $271,000 II [23]
2005 Shadow Cast 4 Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.43 $336,300 II [24]
2004 Lead Story 5 Calvin H. Borel Carl A. Nafzger A. Stephen Miles Jr. 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.37 $327,000 II [25]
2003 You 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.21 $325,500 II [26]
2002 Spain 5 Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corporation 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.93 $332,700 II [27]
2001 Saudi Poetry 4 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corporation 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.53 $279,000 II [28]
2000 Heritage of Gold 5 Shane Sellers Thomas M. Amoss Jack Garey 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.99 $255,250 II [29]
1999 Silent Eskimo 4 Calvin H. Borel Bobby C. Barnett John A. Franks 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.82 $268,250 II [30]
1998 Escena 5 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.84 $287,750 II [31]
1997 Halo America 7 Calvin H. Borel Bobby C. Barnett John A. Franks 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.78 $222,600 II [32]
1996 Jewel Princess 4 Chris McCarron Wallace Dollase Richard J. Stephen 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.50 $220,000 II [33]
Louisville Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap
1995 Fit to Lead 5 Kent Desormeaux Richard E. Mandella Jim Colbert, Randall D. Hubbard, Connie Sczesny 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.46 $212,500 II [34]
1994 One Dreamer 6 Gary Stevens Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.73 $210,200 II [35]
1993 Quilma (CHI) 6 José A. Santos Claude R. McGaughey III Tri-Honors Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.61 $92,800 II [36]
1992 Fowda 4 Pat Valenzuela Richard J. Lundy Allen E. Paulson 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.16 $155,000 II [37]
1991 Fit for a Queen 5 Jerry D. Bailey Steven C. Penrod Hermitage Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.13 $156,200 II [38]
1990 Connie's Gift 4 Pat Day Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.80 $154,500 II [39]
1989 Darien Miss 4 Patrick A. Johnson George R. Arnold II Taylor Asbury 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.00 $155,000 III [40]
1988 By Land By Sea 5 Fernando Toro Gary F. Jones Jayeff B Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.20 $154,150 III [41]
1987 Queen Alexandra 5 Don Brumfield George M. Baker Rosalind Rosenthal 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.80 $154,300 [42]
1986 Hopeful Word 5 Pat Day Carl Bowman James Clifton, Robert Doll & Barrett Morris 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.40 $153,550 †3YO & up[2]

Notes:
† Inaugural event in 1986 the conditions of the event were for horses three years old and older

See also

References
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