Street Sense Stakes Explained

Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Street Sense Stakes
Location:Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated:2013
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website:Churchill Downs
Distance: miles
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Two-year-olds
Purse:US$200,000 (since 2021)

The Street Sense Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of miles on the dirt scheduled annually in late October or early November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The event is named after Street Sense the 2006 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs and won the 2007 Kentucky Derby.

The event was inaugurated on 27 October 2013 and run over a distance of one mile and was won by John C. Oxley's Coastline. Coastline starting at odds of 4/1 was ridden by jockey Shaun Bridgmohan who pressed the pace three wide, gained a short lead with a furlong to go and drew clear to win by three lengths over Ichiban Warrior in a time of 1:36.77.

The most impressive of the winners of the event was the 2018 winner Improbable who dominated the field, winning by lengths. As a four-year-old, Improbable won three Grade I events and was second in the 2020 GI Breeders' Cup Classic. His performance earned him U.S. Champion Older Male Horse honors.

In 2020, the distance for the event was increased to mile.[1]

In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[2]

In 2023 the event was included in the qualification process for the Kentucky Derby as an event in the prep season in the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Records

Speed record

Margins

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Most wins by an owner

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
align=center 2024SovereigntyJunior AlvaradoWilliam I. MottGodolphinalign=center milesalign=center 1:43.86align=center $197,500align=center III[3]
align=center 2023Liberal ArtsCristian A. TorresRobert MedinaStephen Ferraro & Evan Ferraroalign=center milesalign=center 1:46.50align=center $199,000 align=center III[4]
align=center 2022Two Phil's Jareth LoveberryLarry RivelliPatricia's Hope & Phillip Seganalign=center milesalign=center 1:41.31align=center $199,800align=center III[5]
align=center 2021Howling Time Joseph TalamoDale L. RomansAlbaugh Family Stables align=center milesalign=center 1:44.68align=center $200,000align=center Listed[6]
align=center 2020King Fury Brian Hernandez Jr.Kenneth G. McPeekFern Circle Stables & Three Chimneys Farmalign=center milesalign=center 1:44.30align=center $98,000align=center Listed [7]
align=center 2019South BendStanley HoughSagamore Farm align=center 1 mile align=center 1:35.56align=center $123,664align=center [8]
align=center 2018Drayden Van DykeBob BaffertWinStar Farm, China Horse Club & SF Racing align=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.61align=center $100,000align=center [9]
align=center 2017Gotta Go Chris LanderosIan R. WilkesLothenbach Stablesalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:37.48align=center $83,001align=center [10]
align=center 2016McCraken Brian Hernandez Jr.Ian R. WilkesWhitham Thoroughbredsalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.55align=center $83,470 align=center [11]
align=center 2015Mo Tom Corey J. LanerieChris RichardG M B Racingalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.78align=center $81,750 align=center [12]
align=center 2014Conquest Tsunami Shaun BridgmohanMark E. CasseConquest Stables align=center 1 milealign=center 1:37.00align=center $55,221align=center [13]
align=center 2013CoastlineShaun BridgmohanMark E. CasseJohn C. Oxleyalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.77align=center $61,800align=center [14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STREET SENSE STAKES - CHURCHILL DOWNS, KY . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2022 . 23 July 2022.
  2. Web site: TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022-January 2023 . 2022 . 22 July 2022 . . Andrew . Schweigardt.
  3. Web site: 2024 Street Sense Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 27 October 2024 . 28 October 2024 .
  4. Web site: 2023 Street Sense Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Street Sense Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 30 October 2022 . 31 October 2022.
  6. Web site: 2021 Street Sense Stakes Listed – (race 10) . Equibase . 31 October 2021 . 23 July 2022.
  7. Web site: 2020 Street Sense Stakes Listed – (race 10) . Equibase . 25 October 2020 . 23 July 2022.
  8. Web site: 2019 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 10) . Equibase . 27 October 2019 . 23 July 2022.
  9. Web site: 2018 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 4) . Equibase . 2 November 2018 . 23 July 2022.
  10. Web site: 2017 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 10) . Equibase . 29 October 2017 . 23 July 2022.
  11. Web site: 2016 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 8) . Equibase . 30 October 2016 . 23 July 2022.
  12. Web site: 2015 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 8) . Equibase . 1 November 2015 . 23 July 2022.
  13. Web site: 2014 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 4) . Equibase . 26 October 2014 . 23 July 2022.
  14. Web site: 2013 Street Sense Stakes Black Type – (race 5) . Equibase . 27 October 2013 . 23 July 2022.

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