| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade III |
| Horse Race: | Jefferson Cup Stakes |
| Location: | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Inaugurated: | 1977 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website: | Churchill Downs |
| Distance: | miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-year-olds |
| Weight: | Assigned |
| Purse: | $100,000 |
The Jefferson Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. A race on turf, it is open to three-year-old horses of either gender.
For 2010, the purse was dropped from $200,000 to $100,000 and the race was downgraded from a Grade II event at a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs)[1] to a Grade III level at a mile and a sixteenth.[2]
Since inception, the Jefferson Cup Stakes has been contested at various distances:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance (Miles) | Time | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | One Mean Man | 3 | Robby Albarado | Bernard S. Flint | L. T. B./Hillerich Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:50.23 | III |
| 2015 | Saham | 3 | Joseph Rocco Jr. | Brendan P. Walsh | Sultan Bin Mishal | 1-1 mile | 1:37.76 | III |
| 2014 | Horse to Horse | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Brian A. Lynch | Terry Hamilton | 1-1 mile | 1:34.44 | III |
| 2013 | General Election | 3 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Wesley A. Ward | Ken and Sarah Ramsey | 1-1 mile | 1:35.96 | III |
| 2012 | 1-1/16 | II | ||||||
| 2011 | Banned | 3 | Jose Lezcano | Tom Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:43.66 | II |
| 2010 | Gleam of Hope | 3 | E. T. Baird | Anthony L. Reinstedler | Dr. A. C. & Claire Asbury | 1-1/16 | 1:45.61 | II |
| 2009 | Florentino | 3 | Alan Garcia | Darley Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:51.59 | II | |
| 2008 | Tizdejavu | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Gregory Fox | Michael Cooper & Pamela Ziebarth | 1-1/8 | 1:49.15 | II |
| 2007 | Inca King | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Asmussen | Heiligbrodt Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:48.94 | II |
| 2006 | Brilliant | 3 | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard | Mill House | 1-1/8 | 1:48.47 | II |
| 2005 | Rush Bay | 3 | Robby Albarado | Thomas Amoss | Phoebe Ann Miller Trust | 1-1/8 | 1:48.75 | III |
| 2004 | Prince Arch | 3 | Brice Blanc | Kenneth McPeek | Raymond H. Cottrell Sr. | 1-1/8 | 1:50.61 | III |
| 2003 | Senor Swinger | 3 | Robby Albarado | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1-1/8 | 1:47.54 | III |
| 2002 | Orchard Park | 3 | Mark Guidry | William I. Mott | Peter Vegso | 1-1/8 | 1:48.53 | III |
| 2001 | Indygo Shiner | 3 | Lonnie Meche | W. Elliott Walden | Joseph LaCombe et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:48.81 | III |
| 2000 | King Cugat | 3 | Robby Albarado | William I. Mott | Centennial Farms | 1-1/8 | 1:47.27 | |
| 1999 | Special Coach | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | Bill March | Cecilia Dixon | 1-1/8 | 1:49.82 | |
| 1998 | Buff | 3 | Calvin Borel | 1-1/8 | 1:50.80 | |||
| 1997 | Greed Is Good | 3 | Willie Martinez | 1-1/8 | 1:49.47 | |||
| 1996 | Unruled | 3 | Craig Perret | 1-1/8 | 1:50.07 | |||
| 1995 | Ago | 3 | Shane Sellers | 1-1/8 | 1:49.48 | |||
| 1994 | Milt's Overyure | 3 | Pat Day | 1-1/8 | 1:48.21 | |||