The Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually in late September as part of Kentucky Cup Day at Turfway Park

Turfway Park

Turfway Park is an American horse racing track located just outside the city limits to the north of Florence, Kentucky, about 10 miles south of the Ohio River at Cincinnati...

 in the Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

 suburb of Florence, Kentucky

Florence, Kentucky

Florence is a city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,951 at the 2010 census.-History:The Florence area was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road...

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A 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 race for two-year-old colt

Colt (horse)

A colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age....

s, it was raced on natural dirt until 2005 when Turfway Park installed the new synthetic Polytrack surface. For 2009, the race was downgraded from a Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 event to ungraded status and, along with its counterpart for filles

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes

Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes

The Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. A Listed race run near the end of September, it is open to two-year-old fillies and is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt at a distance of one mile .The counterpart...

, was then discontinued due to financial restraints. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2009/August/10/Turfway-drops-Kentucky-Cup-juvenile-stakes.aspx The event offered a purse of $100,000 in 2008.

Inaugurated in 1989 as the In Memoriam Stakes, the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes was also run as the Alysheba Stakes from 1989-1993.

With the support of WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R...

, this race which was suspended in 2009 and 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011. The Juvenile has lost its grade III ranking because it was not run for two consecutive years (2009-10).

Records

Time record:

• 1:42.89 - Boston Harbor
  Boston Harbor (horse)
  Boston Harbor is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by William T. Young's Overbrook Farm near Lexington, Boston Harbor was a son of Capote who won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was voted that year's U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt.Trained by D...
  
   (1996)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Overbrook Farm (1995, 1996) and Padua Stables (1999, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

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• 3 - Mike E. Smith (1997, 2002, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

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• 3 - D. Wayne Lukas
  D. Wayne Lukas
  Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...
  
   (1995, 1996, 1999)

Winners since 1991

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Hanson	Victor Lebron	Mike Maker	Kendall Hanson	1:45.83
2010	Not run
2009	Not run
2008	West Side Bernie	Stewart Elliot	Kelly Breen	Lori & George Hall	1:44.22
2007	Texas Fever	Julien Leparoux Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...	Mike Stidham	Stonerside Stables	1:44.95
2006	U D Ghetto	Mike E. Smith	Anthony Reinstedler	Lucky Seven Stable	1:43.86
2005	Stream Cat	Gary L. Stevens	Patrick L. Biancone	Fab Oak Stable et al.	1:46.42
2004	Greater Good	John McKee	Robert Holthus	Lewis S. Lakin	1:44.96
2003	Mr. Jester	Rafael Bejarano	Steve Wren	Karen J. Biggs	1:46.61
2002	Vindication Vindication (horse) Vindication was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by Payson Stud Inc., he was sired by 1977 U.S. Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew...	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Padua Stables	1:46.70
2001	Repent	Tony D'Amico	Kenneth McPeek Kenneth McPeek Kenneth G. McPeek is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration...	Select Stable	1:45.78
2000	Point Given Point Given Point Given is an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse foaled on March 27, 1998 in Kentucky. As a three-year-old, he won the 2001 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, along with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year...	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	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...	1:47.01
1999	Millencolin	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Padua Stables	1:47.02
1998	Aly's Alley	Patrick A. Johnson	John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland into a horse racing family, John Tammaro was still a young boy when his father died from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Belmont Park...	Eaglestone Farm	1:45.63
1997	Laydown	Mike E. Smith	Nicholas Zito Nick Zito Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer...	James McIngvale	1:43.17
1996	Boston Harbor Boston Harbor (horse) Boston Harbor is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by William T. Young's Overbrook Farm near Lexington, Boston Harbor was a son of Capote who won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was voted that year's U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt.Trained by D...	Donna Barton	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Overbrook Farm	1:42.89
1995	Editor's Note Editor's Note Editor's Note is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat.Trained by D...	Gary L. Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Overbrook Farm	1:45.07
1994	Tejano Run Tejano Run Tejano Run is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Catesby W.Clay at his Runnymede Farm , he was purchased and raced by Roy K. Monroe and his wife, Joyce....	Jerry D. Bailey	Kenneth McPeek Kenneth McPeek Kenneth G. McPeek is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration...	Roy K. Monroe	1:46.10
1993	Bibury Court	Scott Saito	Margaret Grimm	Margaret Grimm	1:47.60
1992	Mountain Cat Mountain Cat Mountain Cat is a mystery novel by Rex Stout, first published in book form in 1939. The story first appeared in the June 1939 issue of The American Magazine, abridged and titled Dark Revenge....	Charles Woods Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Overbrook Farm	1:43.50
1991	Star Recruit	Ricardo Lopez Ricardo Lopez Ricardo “El Finito” López Nava is a retired Mexican boxer. As a professional, he defended the WBC Strawweight Championship a record 21 times. He also won the WBA and WBO championship of the same weight class. Lopez also won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship and defended it twice before retiring...	Jerry Fanning	Dan Dar Farm	1:45.68