Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Turfway Park Florence, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1994 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlong Sprint |
Surface | Polytrack |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1994 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, the Grade III event is open to three-year-old horses.
Contested in late September, previous winners Reraise and Cajun Beat went on to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
With the support of WinStar Farm, this race which was suspended in 2010 due to economic challenges, will return in 2011.
Records
[edit]- Speed record
- 1:08.03 – Fatal Bullet (2008)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 3 – Pat Day (1997, 2001, 2002)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 – D. Wayne Lukas (1997, 2001, 2002)
- Most wins by an owner
- 2 – Overbrook Farm (2001, 2002)