Blame Stakes Explained

Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Blame Stakes
Location:Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated:2020
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website:Churchill Downs
Distance: miles
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Four-year-olds and older
Weight:123 lbs with allowances
Purse:US$275,000 (since 2024)

The Blame Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older over a distance of miles on the dirt scheduled 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 Blame, the 2006 U.S. Champion Older Male Horse who won the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. In February 2020, Churchill Downs announced that a race named in Blame's honor would be run beginning in May 2020 — The Blame Stakes, a prep race for the $500,000 Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) June 27 at Churchill Downs.[1]

The event was inaugurated on 23 May 2020 and run over a distance of one mile and was won by Rupp Racing's Owendale. Owendale starting as second favorite at odds of 7/2 was ridden by jockey Florent Geroux who settled last from the gate, was in the seven path into the lane, rallied down the stretch while widest and edged past three wide in the final stages to win by half a length over longshot Everfast in a time of 1:34.74.

In 2021, the distance for the event was increased to mile.[2]

In 2023 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[3]

Records

Speed record

Margins

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Most wins by an owner

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
align=center 2024Highland Falls align=center 4Florent GerouxBrad H. CoxGodolphinalign=center milesalign=center 1:48.51align=center $270,000align=center III[4]
align=center 2023Rattle N Roll align=center 4Brian Hernandez Jr.Kenneth G. McPeekLucky Seven Stablealign=center milesalign=center 1:48.93align=center $225,000align=center III[5]
align=center 2022Dynamic One align=center 4Tyler GaffalioneRepole Stable, Phipps Stable & St. Elias Stablealign=center milesalign=center 1:48.54align=center $198,750 align=center Listed[6]
align=center 2021Mighty Heart (CAN)align=center 4 James GrahamJosie Carroll Lawrence Cordesalign=center milesalign=center 1:50.00align=center $150,000align=center [7]
align=center 2020Owendale align=center 4 Florent GerouxBrad H. CoxRupp Racingalign=center 1 mile align=center 1:34.74align=center $100,000align=center [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Churchill Downs Names New Stakes Race After Blame - Claiborne. 28 February 2020.
  2. Web site: BLAME STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2023 . 20 March 2023.
  3. Web site: American Graded Stakes Committee Releases 2023 Grades; The Stephen Foster Stakes is the only new grade 1 stakes for 2023. . 16 December 2022 . 20 March 2023 . Bloodhorse.com . Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
  4. Web site: 2024 Blame Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 1 June 2024 . 3 June 2024.
  5. Web site: 2023 Blame Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 3 June 2023 . 4 June 2023.
  6. Web site: 2022 Blame Stakes Listed – (race 10) . Equibase . 4 June 2022 . 20 March 2023.
  7. Web site: 2021 Blame Stakes (Black Type) – (race 6) . Equibase . 29 May 2021 . 20 March 2023.
  8. Web site: 2020 Blame Stakes (Black Type) – (race 9) . Equibase . 23 May 2020 . 20 March 2023.

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