The Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually at Kentucky Downs

Kentucky Downs

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 racetrack in Franklin, Kentucky

Franklin, Kentucky

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. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 turf

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 race open to horses age three and older, it is contested at a distance of 1½ miles (12 furlong

Furlong

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an-style turf course laid out in a kidney shape.

The Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes is run in mid September as the feature event on the racecourse's opening day. It was first run in 1991 as the Sam Houston Handicap but was on hiatus after the track closed due to financial difficulties. When the track reopened in 1998 the race was renamed the Kentucky Cup Turf Handicap as part of the Kentucky Cup Turf Festival http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa091998.htm

Records

Speed record:

• 2:26.98 - General Jumbo (2007) (new course record)

Most wins:

• 2 - Rochester (2002, 2003)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Augustin Stable (2002, 2003)

Most wins by a jockey

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• 2 - 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....
  
   (1994, 1999)
• 2 - Eddie Martin, Jr. (2002, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 2 - William I. Mott (1995, 2000)
• 2 - Jonathan Sheppard
  Jonathan E. Sheppard
  Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....
  
   (2002, 2003)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Rahystrada	7	Greta Kuntzweiler	Byron “Scooter” Hughes	Robert Courtney Jr.	2:32.40
2010	Rezif	5	Greta Kuntzweiler		Sexton/Jacobson/Baughman	2:44.74
2009	Cloudy's Knight Cloudy's Knight Cloudy's Knight is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.Out of Northern Dancer's grandadaughter, Cloudy Spot, he was sired by the 1980 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Lord Avie...	9	Rosemary Homeister, Jr. Rosemary Homeister, Jr. Rosemary Homeister, Jr. is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Both of Homeister's parents were jockeys and as a result she grew up riding horses. Her mother is now a horse trainer at the Calder Race Course where Rosemary won her first race as an apprentice jockey...	Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	S J Stables LLC	2:33.96
2008	Rumor Has It	7	Eddie Perez	David H. Hinsley	W. Patterson/J. Glenn	2:28.27
2007	General Jumbo	5	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	Thomas Conway	2:26.98
2006	Embossed	4	Larry Melancon Larry Melancon Larry J. Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit....	Niall O'Callaghan	Gary A. Tanaka	2:36.92
2005	Silverfoot	5	Rafael Bejarano	Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Keeneland Race Course, Fair Grounds Race Course, Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Course. Before venturing out on his own, he spent 12 years working under the tutelage of leading trainer...	Chrysalis Stables	2:30.30
2004	Sabiango	6	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...	Tim Yakteen	Monty Roberts Monty Roberts Marvin Earl "Monty" Roberts is a horse trainer whose 1996-1997 autobiography, The Man Who Listens to Horses, became a best-seller...	2:33.70
2003	Rochester †	7	Eddie Martin, Jr.	Jonathan Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	2:31.39
2002	Rochester	6	Eddie Martin, Jr.	Jonathan Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	2:38.28
2001	Chorwon	8	Jon Court Jon Court Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....	Hal R. Wiggins	Thomas C. Mueller	2:28.68
2000	Down The Aisle	7	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	William I. Mott	Charles H. Deters	2:27.70
1999	Fahris	5	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....	Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...	Sabine Stable	2:29.60
1998	Yaqthan	8	Brian Peck	Anthony Reinstedler	Merdonmar Stable	2:27.60
1997	no race
1996	no race
1995	Lassigny	4	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...	William I. Mott	Saud al Kabeer	2:30.60
1994	Lindon Lime	4	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....	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	F. ManseII	2:31.40
1993	Know Heights	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:...	Robert B. Hess, Jr.	M. Sloan	2:25.60
1992	Drummer Boy	4	Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...	Dennis W. Ebert	E. Ebert	2:28.40
1991	Silver Medallion	5	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Philip M. Hauswald	John A. Franks John A. Franks John Franks was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. A native of Haughton, Louisiana, he earned a degree in geology from Louisiana State University. In 1962, he founded the highly successful Franks Petroleum Inc. and later invested in real estate with Franks...	2:31.30

* † In 2003, Art Variety finished first but was disqualified for interference and set back to third.