Kentucky Juvenile Stakes
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This article is about the horse race ran annually since 1988 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. For the horse race at Saratoga Race Course ran annually from 1870 to 1938, see Kentucky Stakes.
The Kentucky Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event is open to two-year-old horses. Previously a race contested at 5+1⁄2 furlongs on dirt, it has been run at a distance of five furlongs since 2006.
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Black Type race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1988 (as Kentucky Budweiser Breeders' Cup Stakes) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlong sprint |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Base weights with allowances: Colts and geldings: 122 lbs. Fillies: 119 lbs. |
Purse | $200,000 (since 2022) |
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It first became a Grade III race in 1999. The event was not run in 2005 and six years later in 2011 was removed from the calendar. The event was resumed in 2016 as a Black Type event.