The Louisville Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1986 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Formerly the Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Grade II event run in early May is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested on turf over a distance of 1 ¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Records

Speed record:

• 1:42.43 - Shadow Cast (2005)

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Winners since 1998

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Ginger Punch	5	Rafael Bejarano	Robert J. Frankel	Stronach Stables	1:43.08
2007	Fiery Pursuit	4	Calvin Borel	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	1:44.11
2006	Oonagh Maccool	4	Rafael Bejarano	Todd Pletcher	Charles Wacker	1:42.96
2005	Shadow Cast	4	Robby Albarado	Neil Howard	William S. Farish III	1:42.43
2004	Lead Story	5	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	A. Stephen Miles, Jr.	1:44.37
2003	You	4	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:43.21
2002	Spain	5	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Thoroughbred Corp.	1:43.93
2001	Saudi Poetry	4	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Thoroughbred Corp.	1:42.53
2000	Heritage of Gold	5	Shane Sellers	Tom Amoss	Jack Garey	1:42.99
1999	Silent Eskimo	4	Calvin Borel	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks	1:43.82
1998	Escena	5	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:44.84

Earlier winners

References

• The 2008 Louisville Stakes at the NTRA
• The Louisville Stakes at Pedigree Query