Dogwood Stakes
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| Class | Grade III |
|---|---|
| Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| Inaugurated | 1975 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 122 lbs. with allowances |
| Purse | US$300,000 (2023) |
The Dogwood Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track annually in September at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky.
Distances
The event was inaugurated on 8 June 1975 and was won by the favorite My Juliet who would later the following year win Eclipse Award for Outstanding Sprint Horse.[1]
The event is named after a hardy, blooming tree known as the Dogwood, that adds so much beauty to the spring landscape in Kentucky.[2]
The Dogwood Stakes was run in two divisions in 1981.[3]
The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1998.[4] However, the event lost this classification for the 2016 running and was a Listed event.[4] The event regained its Grade III status in 2020.[5] The 2019 winner Covfefe, would later win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and become champion female sprinter and champion 3-year-old filly.[6]
Since its inauguration in 1975, the race has been contested at a variety of distances:
- 7 furlongs : 1975–1981, 2013 to present
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1982, 1986–2005
- 1 mile : 2006–2012
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1983–1985
Records
Speed records
- 7 furlongs: 1:22.27 – My Mane Squeeze (2024)
- 1 mile: 1:34.56 – Acoma (2008)
- 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:42.73 – Take Charge Lady (2002)
Margins:
- 8 lengths – Covfefe (2019)
Most wins by a jockey
- 4 – Larry Melancon (1982, 1984, 1994, 1996)
- 4 – Pat Day (1983, 1989, 1997, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer
- 5 – D. Wayne Lukas (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2004)
Most wins by an owner
- 2 – Claiborne Farm (1983, 1992)
- 2 – Overbrook Farm (1989, 1990)
- 2 – John C. Oxley (1995, 2005)
- 2 – LNJ Foxwoods (2015, 2019)
- 2 – Winchell Thoroughbreds (2009, 2022)