The Latonia Championship Stakes was created in 1919 by the Kentucky Jockey Club as a race for three-year-olds at the now defunct Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky. During the height of the Great Depression the race was suspended in 1934 and the racetrack closed permanently in 1939. In 1964, the race was revived by the newly built (1959) Turfway Park.
The Fall Championship was run in two divisions in 1971 and there was no race in 1972.
Distances:
1+3⁄4 miles : 1919–1933
1+1⁄16 miles : 1968–1987
1+1⁄8 miles : 1964–1967, 1988–2002
1 mile 2003–2007
1+1⁄2 miles : 2008–2009
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄2 miles)