Alysheba Stakes

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Alysheba Stakes
ClassGrade II
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated2004
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorTwinspires (2024)
WebsiteChurchill Downs
Race information
DistancePage Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles (1.7 km)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds and up
Weight123 lb (56 kg) with allowances
PurseUS$750,000 (since 2024)

The Alysheba Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three and older over a distance of Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles (1.7 km). It is held annually in early May on the dirt on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, during the spring meeting.

History

The Alysheba became the most recent addition to the Derby Week stakes with the inaugural running on 30 April 2004 as the sixth race on the undercard of the Kentucky Oaks day meeting. It was the first stakes to join the Derby Week lineup since 1997.

The event is named for the talented 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Alysheba, who returned to the Downs in 1988 to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. His victory marked the first time a Derby winner had returned to Churchill to win a stakes since Whirlaway took the 1942 Clark Handicap.[1]

The event received graded status in 2007[2] and was upgrade to Grade II in 2012.[3]

The 2012 winner Successful Dan broke the track record for the distance[4] and held it until Fierceness broke it in 2025 in a time of 1:40.76.[5]

Records

Speed record
Margins
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer
Most wins by an owner

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2026 Corporate Power 5 José Ortiz Steven Asmussen Courtlandt Farms (Donald Adam) Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.82 $750,000 II [6]
2025 Fierceness 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Repole Stables Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.66 $750,000 II [5]
2024 First Mission 4 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Godolphin Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.03 $730,000 II [7]
2023 Smile Happy 4 Brian Hernandez Jr. Kenneth G. McPeek Lucky Seven Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.29 $600,000 II [8]
2022 Olympiad 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables, & LNJ Foxwoods Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.60 $500,000 II [9]
2021 Maxfield 4 Jose Ortiz Brendan Walsh Godolphin Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.39 $400,000 II [10]
2020 By My Standards 4 Gabriel Saez W. Bret Calhoun Allied Racing Stable LLC Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.24 $400,000 II [11]
2019 McKinzie 4 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.10 $400,000 II [12]
2018 Backyard Heaven 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.73 $400,000 II [13]
2017 Bird Song 4 Julien R. Leparoux Ian R. Wilkes Marylou Whitney Stables Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.34 $400,000 II [14]
2016 Majestic Harbor 8 Corey J. Lanerie Paul J. McGee Gallant Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.10 $400,000 II [15]
2015 Protonico 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Sumaya U.S. Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.34 $400,000 II [16]
2014 Moonshine Mullin 6 Calvin H. Borel Randy L. Morse Randy Patterson Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.83 $342,000 II [17]
2013 Take Charge Indy 4 Rosie Napravnik Patrick B. Byrne WinStar Farm & Chuck & Maribeth Sandford Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.41 $339,900 II [18]
2012 Successful Dan 4 Julien R. Leparoux Charles LoPresti Morton Fink Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.04 $337,800 II [19]
2011 First Dude 4 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Donald R. Dizney Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.56 $358,500 III [20]
2010 Arson Squad 7 Paco Lopez Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Jay Em Ess Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.28 $169,650 III [21]
2009 Bullsbay 5 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Mitchell Ranch, Frank Lewkowitz & Joe Rice Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.29 $170,400 III [22]
2008 Giant Gizmo 4 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.96 $166,050 III [23]
2007 Wanderin Boy 6 Corey Nakatani Nicholas P. Zito Arthur B. Hancock III Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.45 $112,300 III [24]
2006 Gouldings Green 5 Corey J. Lanerie Anthony L. Reinstedler Melnyk Racing Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.37 $114,500 Listed [25]
2005 Limehouse 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Dogwood Stable Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.32 $112,900 Listed [26]
2004 Congrats 4 John R. Velazquez Claude R. McGaughey III Adele Dilschneider & Claiborne Farm Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.31 $113,600 Listed [27]

See also

References

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