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The Humana Distaff Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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run annually on the first Saturday in May as part of Derby Day

Kentucky Derby

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at Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs

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in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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. Open to filles

Filly

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and mares

Mare (horse)

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, age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 7 furlong

Furlong

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s for a purse of $300,000.

A Grade I

Graded stakes race

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event inaugurated in 1987 as the Brown & Williamson Handicap, the race's name was changed in 1995 to the Humana Distaff. A Listed race until 1990 when it was given Grade III status, it was subsequently upgraded to a Grade II event in 1999 then to its present Grade I status in 2002.

Records

Speed record:

1:20.70 - Dream Supreme (2001)

Most wins:

No horse has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Humana Distaff Handicap since 1995

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Grade
2011	Sassy Image	4	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	Dale Romans	Jerry Romans	7 fur.	1:20.01	I
2010	Mona de Momma Mona de Momma Mona de Momma is a four-year-old Speightstown filly out of the Linkage mare Society Gal, a half sister to Grade 3 winner and sire Mr. Greenly. Owned by Michael Talla and trained by John W...	4	Joel Rosario Joel Rosario Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his...	John W. Sadler John W. Sadler John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area...	Michael Talla	7 fur.	1:22.73	I
2009	Informed Decision Informed Decision Informed Decision is an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. She is sired by Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos out of the His Majesty mare, Palangana. She is trained by Jonathan E. Sheppard and owned by George W. Strawbridge, Jr.'s Augustin Stable.Informed Decision is the first Grade I winner...	4	Julien Leparoux Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...	Jonathan Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	7 fur.	1:23.69	I
2008	Intangaroo	4	Alonso Quinonez	Gary Sherlock	Tom Grether Farms	7 fur.	1:22.03	I
2007	Hystericalady Hystericalady Hystericalady , is a multiple stakes winning American Thoroughbred race horse. Bred in Kentucky by Abbott Properties, Hystericalady is the best daughter of the leading sire Distorted Humor, a half sister to dual Classic winner Funny Cide, and still racing at five. She’s a daughter of 1991 Chilean...	4	Rafael Bejarano	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	Rancho San Miguel et al.	7 fur.	1:21.87	I
2006	Pussycat Doll	4	Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Michael E. Pegram	7 fur.	1:21.62	I
2005	My Trusty Cat	5	Jerry Bailey	David R. Vance David R. Vance David R. Vance is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who has won more than 3,000 races....	Carl Pollard	7 fur.	1:21.18	I
2004	Mayo on the Side	5	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider....	Robert Lothenbach	7 fur.	1:22.78	I
2003	Sightseek Sightseek Sightseek is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and current broodmare. She was bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms and was trained by Bobby Frankel....	4	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...	7 fur.	1:22.12	I
2002	Celtic Melody †	4	Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...	James A. Jerkens James A. Jerkens James A. "Jimmy" Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. His father, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee H. Allen Jerkens, and brother, Steve Jerkens, are also trainers....	Vinery Stables	7 fur.	1:22.98	I
2001	Dream Supreme	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	William I. Mott	Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable is the nom de course for the American Thoroughbred racing stable of George Steinbrenner, best known as the owner of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team...	7 fur.	1:20.70	II
2000	Ruby Surprise	5	Joseph Judice	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	James T. Hines, Jr.	7 fur.	1:21.25	II
1999	Zuppardo Ardo	5	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks John A. Franks John Franks was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. A native of Haughton, Louisiana, he earned a degree in geology from Louisiana State University. In 1962, he founded the highly successful Franks Petroleum Inc. and later invested in real estate with Franks...	7 fur.	1:23.40	II
1998	Colonial Minstrel	4	John Velazquez	Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Born into a horse racing family, his father, John Hennig, was also a trainer. After working with his father, Mark Hennig became an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas before going out on his own in 1991.-References:*...	Edward P. Evans	7 fur.	1:22.12	III
1997	Capote Belle	4	John Velazquez	Daniel C. Peitz	Lawana & Robert Low	7 fur.	1:22.38	III
1996	In Conference	4	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Victor Webster	7 fur.	1:23.30	III
1995	Laura's Pistolette	4	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Murray W. Johnson	Jack Smith	7 fur.	1:22.24	III
1994	Roamin Rachel	4	Mike E. Smith	Claude R. McGaughey, III	Tri Honors Stables	7 fur.	1:23.83	III
1993	Court Hostess	5	Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....	Neil Howard	W. S. Kilroy	7 fur.	1:23.18	III
1992	Ifyoucouldseemenow	4	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Brian Mayberry	Jan Siegel	7 fur.	1:22.22	III
1991	Illeria	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Michael Doyle Michael Doyle Michael W. Doyle is an international relations scholar best known as a theorist of the liberal “democratic peace” and author of “Liberalism and World Politics,” the 16th most cited article in the 100 year history of the American Political Science Review...	Eaton Hall Farm	7 fur.	1:23.20	III
1990	Medicine Woman	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	G. R. Arnold	Glencrest Farm	7 fur.	1:23.40	III

† In 2002, Gold Mover won the race but was disqualified to second after stewards ruled she had bumped and interfered with Celtic Melody near the eighth pole.

Earlier winners (Brown & Williamson Handicap)

1989 - Sunshine Always
1988 - Le l'Argent
1987 - Lazer Show

Records

Winners of the Humana Distaff Handicap since 1995

Earlier winners (Brown & Williamson Handicap)

See also