Shawnee Stakes Explained

Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Shawnee Stakes
Location:Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated:1983
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website:Churchill Downs
Distance: miles
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Fillies & mares, four years old & older
Weight:123 lbs. with allowance
Purse:US$275,000 (since 2024)

The Shawnee Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of miles held 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 the Shawnee, who are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands where currently Louisville is located.

The event was inaugurated on 23 July 1983 as an event for fillies and mares of age three and older, and run over a distance of one mile and was won by Everett Lowrance's Leader Miss. Leader Miss was a longshot starting at odds of 12/1 was ridden by jockey Keith Allen, led almost all the way, opening up a lead of three lengths before winning by a length over Kitchen with Queen Of Song in third place in a time of 1:36.

The following year the event was won by the Grade I winning mare Try Something New who started as a short 3/10 odds-on favorite.

The event was discontinued and was idle for thirty-six years when in 2020 it was reintroduced over slightly longer distance of miles.[1]

In 2023 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[2]

Records

Speed record

Margins

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Most wins by an owner

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
align=center 2024Scylla align=center 4Javier CastellanoWilliam I. MottJuddmonte Farmsalign=center milesalign=center 1:42.38align=center $275,000align=center III[3]
align=center 2023align=center 4Florent GerouxBrad H. CoxJuddmonte Farmsalign=center milesalign=center 1:42.13align=center $224,750align=center III[4]
align=center 2022She's All Wolfe align=center 5Francisco ArrietaDonnie Von HemelRobert H. Zoellneralign=center milesalign=center 1:43.34align=center $179,500align=center Listed[5]
align=center 2021Envoutante align=center 4Kenneth G. McPeekWalking L Thoroughbreds & Three Chimneys Farmalign=center milesalign=center 1:42.59align=center $150,000align=center [6]
align=center 2020Dunbar Roadalign=center 4José OrtizChad C. BrownPeter M. Brantalign=center milesalign=center 1:43.65align=center $100,000align=center [7]
1985 - 2019Race not held
align=center 1984align=center 5Garth PattersonJohn A. Bell IIIalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:38:00align=center $41,250align=center [8]
align=center 1983Leader Missalign=center 4Keith AllenJames J. EckroshEverett Lowrancealign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.80align=center $40,550align=center [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SHAWNEE STAKES - CHURCHILL DOWNS, KY . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2023 . 23 April 2023.
  2. 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 . 28 December 2022 . Bloodhorse.com . Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
  3. Web site: 2024 Shawnee Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8) . Equibase . 1 June 2024 . 2 June 2024.
  4. Web site: 2023 Shawnee Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8) . Equibase . 3 June 2023 . 4 June 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Shawnee Stakes Listed – (race 7) . Equibase . 4 June 2022 . 24 April 2023.
  6. Web site: 2021 Shawnee Stakes Black type – (race 7) . Equibase . 29 May 2021 . 24 April 2023.
  7. Web site: 2020 Shawnee Stakes Black type – (race 7) . Equibase . 23 May 2020 . 24 April 2023.
  8. News: Try Something New starts comeback with Spinster win (1984 Shawnee Stakes – race 8: held 23 July 1983) . The Courier-Journal - Archival . Jennie . Rees . 22 July 1984 . 24 April 2023 . 31, 49.
  9. News: Leader Miss fools 'em all in easy win (1983 Shawnee Stakes – race 9: held 23 July 1983) . The Courier-Journal - Archival . Richard . Sowers . 24 July 1983 . 24 April 2023 . 37,53 .

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