Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually in early May at Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located in Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs...

 in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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A Grade II

Graded stakes race

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 event, it is open to fillies

Filly

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 and mares

Mare (horse)

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, aged three and older. Contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf

Grass

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, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.

In 2009, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II event..

The race was known as the Capital Holding Mile Stakes until 1995.

Winners of the Distaff Turf Mile Stakes since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Aviate	4	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Bill Mott Bill Mott William I. "Bill" Mott is an American horse trainer, most notable for his work with Cigar. Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1998 at the age of 45, becoming the second-youngest trainer ever...	Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...	1:36.67
2010	Phola	4	Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...	Patterson/Saufley/& others	1:38.35
2009	Tizaqueena	4	Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot is an American jockey. The son of Thoroughbred horse trainer Harold Theriot, he is a nephew of jockey Larry Melancon....	Michael Stidham	Darley Stable	1:38.86
2008	Bayou's Lassie	5	Edgar Prado	Dale Romans	Jacks or Better Farm	1:37.70
2007	Take the Ribbon	4	Rafael Bejarano	Wallace A. Dollase	Eurowest Bloodstock	1:36.89
2006	Mirabilis	4	Pat Valenzuela Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico...	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...	1:35.93
2005	Miss Terrible	6	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Bradley Ross	J. & G. Manoogian	1:35.89
2004	Shaconage	4	Brice Blanc Brice Blanc Brice Blanc is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Blanc attended a jockey's apprentice school in his native France then, encouraged by trainer Ben Cecil, in October 1993 emigrated to the United States where he settled in Southern California and began racing at area tracks...	Mitch Shirota	Andrena Van Doren	1:36.10
2003	Heat Haze	4	Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a top South American jockey, he is the nephew of retired jockey Fernando Toro and trainer, Juan Suarez. He and his family moved to the United States in 1989 and settled in the West Palm Beach, Florida area where his...	Robert J. Frankel	Khalid Abdullah	1:39.96
2002	Stylish	4	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family...	1:35.72
2001	Iftiraas	4	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Gary A. Tanaka	1:36.69
2000	Don't Be Silly	5	Jorge Chavez Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez Dartnell , also known as Géo Chávez, was a Franco – Peruvian aviator. At a young age, he achieved fame for his aeronautical feats...	Merrill R. Scherer	Hall/Lunch/Scherer	1:34.78
1999	Shires Ende	4	John R. Velazquez	Richard Scherer	Carolyn Friedberg	1:35.43