- Spinster Stakes
Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Spinster Stakes
caption =
location = Keeneland Race CourseLexington, Kentucky flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1956
race type =Thoroughbred -Flat racing
website = [http://ww2.keeneland.com/default.aspx Keeneland]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 Furlongs)
track =Polytrack , left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds & up, fillies & mares
weight = Weight-for-age
purse = $500,000
bonuses = The Spinster Stakes is an AmericanThoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three or up run annually in early October at Keeneland Racecourse inLexington, Kentucky . It is set at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and is a Grade I event with a purse of $500,000.The Spinster, sponsored by Juddmonte Farms beginning in 2005, is a major prep for the
Breeders' Cup Distaff and one of the most important weight-for-age stakes races exclusively for fillies and mares. Now part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Frizette Stakes automatically qualifies for theBreeders' Cup Ladies' Classic . [http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx] The fastest time run at its current Distance, 1:47.00, was set by two horses:Bayakoa in 1990, andBanshee Breeze in 1998, both during the years when times were recorded to fifths of a second. In 1999,Keeper Hill won in a time of 1:47.19.In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface,
Polytrack .Records
Most wins by a
jockey :
* 5 -Laffit Pincay, Jr. &Pat Day Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 -Ron McAnally
* 4 -Claude R. McGaughey III Winners of the Spinster Stakes
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