Shawnee Stakes

Shawnee Stakes
Grade III race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1983
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteChurchill Downs
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & mares, four years old & older
Weight123 lbs. with allowance
PurseUS$275,000 (since 2024)

The Shawnee Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles held annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently offers a purse of $275,000.

History

The event is named after the Shawnee, who are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands where currently Louisville is located.

The event was inaugurated on 23 July 1983 as an event for fillies and mares of age three and older, and run over a distance of one mile and was won by Everett Lowrance's Leader Miss. Leader Miss was a longshot starting at odds of 12/1 was ridden by jockey Keith Allen, led almost all the way, opening up a lead of three lengths before winning by a length over Kitchen with Queen Of Song in third place in a time of 1:364⁄5.[1]

The following year the event was won by the Grade I winning mare Try Something New who started as a short 3/10 odds-on favorite.[2]

The event was discontinued and was idle for thirty-six years when in 2020 it was reintroduced over slightly longer distance of 1+1⁄16 miles.[3]

In 2023 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[4]

Records

Speed record

  • 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:42.13 – Idiomatic (2023)
  • 1 mile: 1:36.70 – Leader Miss (1983)

Margins

  • 4+1⁄4 lengths – Envoutante (2021)

Most wins by a jockey

  • No jockey has won the event more than once

Most wins by a trainer

  • No trainer has won the event more than once

Most wins by an owner

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 Scylla 4 Javier Castellano William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.38 $275,000 III [5]
2023 Idiomatic 4 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Juddmonte Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.13 $224,750 III [6]
2022 She's All Wolfe 5 Francisco Arrieta Donnie Von Hemel Robert H. Zoellner 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.34 $179,500 Listed [7]
2021 Envoutante 4 Brian Hernandez Jr. Kenneth G. McPeek Walking L Thoroughbreds & Three Chimneys Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.59 $150,000 [8]
2020 Dunbar Road 4 José Ortiz Chad C. Brown Peter M. Brant 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.65 $100,000 [9]
1985–2019 Race not held
1984 Try Something New 5 Garth Patterson Claude R. McGaughey III John A. Bell III 1 mile 1:38:00 $41,250 [2]
1983 Leader Miss 4 Keith Allen James J. Eckrosh Everett Lowrance 1 mile 1:36.80 $40,550 [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sowers, Richard (24 July 1983). "Leader Miss fools 'em all in easy win (1983 Shawnee Stakes – race 9: held 23 July 1983)". The Courier-Journal - Archival. pp. 37, 53. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rees, Jennie (22 July 1984). "Try Something New starts comeback with Spinster win (1984 Shawnee Stakes – race 8: held 23 July 1983)". The Courier-Journal - Archival. pp. 31, 49. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "SHAWNEE STAKES - CHURCHILL DOWNS, KY". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. ^ "American Graded Stakes Committee Releases 2023 Grades; The Stephen Foster Stakes is the only new grade 1 stakes for 2023". Bloodhorse.com. Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ^ "2024 Shawnee Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 Shawnee Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 Shawnee Stakes Listed – (race 7)". Equibase. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ "2021 Shawnee Stakes Black type – (race 7)". Equibase. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ^ "2020 Shawnee Stakes Black type – (race 7)". Equibase. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.