The Lafayette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually at Keeneland Race Course

Keeneland

Keeneland is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and sales complex in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Operated by the Keeneland Association, Inc., it is also known for its reference library on the sport, which contains more than 10,000 volumes, an extensive videocassette collection, and a substantial...

 in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s.

A Listed race from 1983 through 1989, it was elevated to a Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 event in 1990 then modified to a non-graded status for 2006.

Since inception, the Lafayette Stakes has been raced at a variety of distances:

• 40 feet less than 4 furlongs : 1937-1942, 1946-1953
• 4½ furlongs : 1943-1944, 1965-1981
• 4 furlongs, 152 feet : 1954-1964
• 6 furlongs : 1982-1985, 2005-2006
• 7 furlongs : 1986-2004, 2007 to present

The Lafayette Stakes was run in two divisions in 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1968.

Due to wartime

World War II

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 restrictions, the race was hosted by Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located in Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs...

 in 1943 and 1944. There was no race run in 1945.

Two horses set new Keeneland course records in winning this race: Mals Boy in 1950 and Loom in 1964.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

• 1:21.05 - Carnack's Choice (2007) on Polytrack
• 1:21.20 - Cherokee Run
  Cherokee Run
  Cherokee Run is an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1982 Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Runaway Groom, who in turn was a son of leading sire Blushing Groom...
  
   (1993) (on dirt)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 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...
  
   (1988, 1992, 1993, 2002)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 4 - Anthony Basile
  Anthony Basile
  Anthony Saul Basile is a professional football Forward who last played for Once Municipal-External links:* *...
  
   (1967, 1971, 1979, 1983)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Bwamazon Farm (1967, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Keep Laughing	John Velazquez	Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...	Vision Racing LLC	1:22.26
2007	Carnack's Choice	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...	Gregory D. Foley	Sassafras Racing I, LLC	1:21.05
2006	Likely	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...	Patrick Biancone Patrick Biancone Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career...	M. Miller III/T. F. Van Meter II	1:09.32
2005	More Smoke	Clinton Potts	J. C. Zimmerman	T. McClay/H. Nye	1:09.88
2004	Bwana Charlie	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....	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:24.73
2003	Posse	Corey Lanerie	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:23.14
2002	Cashel Castle	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...	Chris M. Block	Sandbar Farms	1:24.47
2001	Griffinite	Jose Santos	Jennifer Pedersen	Paraneck Stable	1:22.61
2000	Caller One	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	James K. Chapman	T. McArthur/C. Chapman	1:21.73
1999	Yes It's True	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Padua Stables	1:22.15
1998	Dontletthebigonego	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	Richard Suttle	Paraneck Stable	1:23.00
1997	Trafalger	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Beverly & Robert Lewis	1:21.60
1996	Wire Me Collect	Kristi Chapman	Kim Chapman	Arthur I. Appleton	1:21.80
1995	Mr. Greeley	Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...	Nick Zito Nick Zito Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer...	W. Condren/J. Cornacchia	1:21.40
1994	Exclusive Praline	Jose Santos	Steve Towne	Frank C. Calabrese	1:23.80
1993	Cherokee Run Cherokee Run Cherokee Run is an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1982 Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Runaway Groom, who in turn was a son of leading sire Blushing Groom...	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...	Frank A. Alexander Frank A. Alexander Frank A. Alexander is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Alexander took out his trainer's license in 1963 and in 1974 opened a public stable in Maryland. He returned to his present base in New York in 1987...	Jill Robinson	1:21.20
1992	American Chance	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...	Niall O'Callaghan Niall M. O'Callaghan Niall M. O'Callaghan is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.O'Callaghan became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing as an apprentice jockey in his native Ireland. In 1982 he emigrated to the United States where he studied at Miami Dade Community College in Florida. In 1988, he...	John D. Gunther	1:22.00
1991	To Freedom	Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero...	John Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland into a horse racing family, John Tammaro was still a young boy when his father died from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Belmont Park...	H. Heinlein/Prestonwood	1:22.80
1990	Housebuster	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...	Warren A. Croll, Jr. Warren A. Croll, Jr. Warren A. "Jimmy" Croll, Jr. was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred race horse trainer.Croll was born in 1920 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. After finishing high school, he attended the University of Pennsylvania with the intention of becoming a veterinarian but left to pursue his passion for...	Robert P. Levy	1:22.80
1989	Belek	Shane Romero	Louie J. Roussel III	Louie J. Roussel III	1:23.00
1988	Forty Niner Forty Niner (horse) Forty Niner is an American champion thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. By Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, File, Forty Niner was the U.S...	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...	Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...	Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:...	1:22.00
1987	Trick Card	Donald Miller, Jr.	Del W. Carroll II	Farish/E. J. Hudson, Jr.	1:23.80
1986	Numero Uno Pass	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...	James J. Crupi	Joel Sharenow	1:23.60
1985	Proudest Hour	Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...	Joseph M. Bollero	P. J. Flavin et al.	1:10.80
1984	Delta Trace	Keith Allen	Harold Jordan, Jr.	Harold Jordan	1:10.40
1983	Freezing Rain	Don Brumfield Don Brumfield Donald Alan Brumfield is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.During his thirty-five year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. He retired from racing in 1989. Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won " at Churchill Downs, where he won 16 riding titles...	Anthony Basile Anthony Basile Anthony Saul Basile is a professional football Forward who last played for Once Municipal-External links:* *...	Bwamazon Farm	1:11.20
1982	Jungle Blade	Jack Neagle	Richard P. Hazelton	M/M Robert Bensinger	1:10.20
1981	Grey Bucket	John Oldham	Magnus A. Fairley	Akuma Stable	0:53.20
1980	Firm Boss	Michael Morgan	James E. Morgan	George Steinbrenner George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series...	0:53.00
1979	Raised Socially	Michael Morgan	Anthony Basile Anthony Basile Anthony Saul Basile is a professional football Forward who last played for Once Municipal-External links:* *...	Bwamazon Farm	0:52.20
1978	Spy Charger	Gary Mahon	John Vass	M/M John Vass	0:53.20
1977	Fiddle Faddle †	William Gavidia	William R. O'Neill	Bwamazon Farm	0:52.80
1976	United Holme	William Gavidia	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....	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....	0:52.00
1975	Inca Roca	Terry Warner	A. T. Skinner	C. R. Jarrell	0:52.80
1974	Paris Dust	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...	Smiley Adams	Golden Chance Farm	0:51.00
1973	Mr. A.Z.	Bobby Ussery Bobby Ussery Robert Nelson "Bobby" Ussery is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22, 1951 where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. By the end of the decade...	Thomas Heard, Jr.	Ben Cohen	0:52.60
1972	Cari County	Phil Rubbicco	H. W. Shadowens	T. A. & J. E. Grissom	0:52.00
1971	Busted	Mickey Solomone	Anthony Basile Anthony Basile Anthony Saul Basile is a professional football Forward who last played for Once Municipal-External links:* *...	Bwamazon Farm	0:51.60
1970	Seen A lot	Mike Manganello Mike Manganello Michael "Mike" Manganello is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his start working for trainer Odie Clelland as a stable hand then began riding professionally in 1959 and earned his first win on March 3, 1960 at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans...	Thomas Stevens, Sr.	Mrs. William H. May	0:53.00
1969	Spotted Line	David Whited	Dewey Smith	T. A. & J. E. Grissom	0:51.80
1968	Santiago Road	Kenny Knapp	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	0:52.00
1968	Traffic Mark	Mike McDowell	Ronnie Warren	M/M Robert F. Roberts	0:52.60
1967	T.V. Commercial	Kenny Knapp	Anthony Basile Anthony Basile Anthony Saul Basile is a professional football Forward who last played for Once Municipal-External links:* *...	Bwamazon Farm	0:52.00
1966	Quick Swoon	Earlie Fires Earlie Fires Earlie Stancel Fires is a retired United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey.Fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all American apprentices in wins that year with 224. He retired on September 21, 2008 having won 6,470 races at racetracks across North America...	S. Bryant Ott	E. Gay Drake	0:51.40
1965	He Jr.	Jack Fieselman	Dick Posey	Everett Lowrance	0:52.00
1964	Loom	Jimmy Nichols	B. B. Williams	Hugh A. Grant	0:48.00
1963	Amastar	Jimmy Nichols	N. A. McMaster	Grace Creek Farm	0:48.20
1962	Dontstopnow	Melvin Duhon	L. G. Culver	M/M J. D. Askew	0:48.60
1961	Crimson Satan Crimson Satan Crimson Satan was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred and raced by Peter W. Salmen Sr.'s Crimson King Farm at Lexington, Kentucky. His dam was Salmen's Argentine-bred mare Papila, and his sire was Charles Fisher's good runner Spy Song...	Willie Carstens	Gordon R. Potter	Crimson King Farm	0:49.00
1960	Bright Silver	John L. Rotz John L. Rotz John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions....	J. J. Greely, Jr.	C. V. Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses....	0:49.60
1960	Sal's Beau	Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was...	F. A. Kurinec	Harold M. Florsheim	0:48.80
1959	Vital Force	Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes...	W. Kennedy	Tinkham Veale II et al.	0:49.00
1959	Chuckabuck	William Hartack	C. F. Bowles	C. F. Bowles	0:49.80
1958	Grand Wizard	Vidal Guajardo	Monte Preston	E. H. Lane	0:50.80
1958	Bagdad	John Heckmann	Moody Jolley Moody Jolley Moody Jolley was an American thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and trainer. He began his professional training career in the mid 1930s and by 1940 had his first Kentucky Derby runner. For several years, he trained for Harry Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. After their partnership ended in...	Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:...	0:50.60
1957	Bumpy Road	William Hartack	Eddie Anspach	Mrs. Irving Gushen	0:48.40
1956	Round stable Round Table (horse) Round Table was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He is considered the greatest turf horse in American racing history. He was foaled at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, on the night of April 6, 1954...	Steve Brooks Steve Brooks (jockey) Steve Brooks was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer, he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson...	Moody Jolley Moody Jolley Moody Jolley was an American thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and trainer. He began his professional training career in the mid 1930s and by 1940 had his first Kentucky Derby runner. For several years, he trained for Harry Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. After their partnership ended in...	Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:...	0:49.60
1955	First Lap	Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Born in Utah, Job Jessop was just eighteen years old when on August 9, 1944 as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky...	Milt Resseguet	R. A. Lewis	0:50.00
1954	Royal Note	Henry Moreno Henry Moreno Henry Moreno was a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Moreno's most important win for Harry F. Guggenheim's stable came in the 1953 Kentucky Derby when he rode Dark Star to victory over future the Hall of Fame colt, Native Dancer....	Frank Gilpin	Wilton Stable	0:49.40
1953	Everett Jr.	Al Popara	Dick Posey	Everett Lowrance	0:45.40
1952	Happy Carrier	Gerald Porch	R. A. Mattingly	William H. Veeneman	0:46.00
1952	Aerolite	Douglas Dodson Douglas Dodson Douglas Allan Dodson was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Douglas Dodson was born in Pickardville, Alberta, Canada, the son of James Floyd and Emma Dodson. His family moved to a ranch in Elk River, Idaho when he was still a child and as a small boy he learned to ride horses...	Dee Brooks	Hal Price Headley	0:45.80
1951	Recover	Douglas Dodson Douglas Dodson Douglas Allan Dodson was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Douglas Dodson was born in Pickardville, Alberta, Canada, the son of James Floyd and Emma Dodson. His family moved to a ranch in Elk River, Idaho when he was still a child and as a small boy he learned to ride horses...	Dee Brooks	Hal Price Headley	0:46.60
1951	Crownlet	Robert L. Baird	Duval A. Headley	Duval A. Headley	0:46.60
1950	Mals Boy	Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Born in Utah, Job Jessop was just eighteen years old when on August 9, 1944 as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky...	Robert McGarvey	Mrs. Emil Denemark	0:45.40
1949	Black Sambo	Robert L. Baird	Willie Resseguet	Mrs. Samuel Rosen	0:47.40
1948	Irish Sun	Andy LoTurco	W. G. Douglass	William H. Veeneman	0:46.20
1947	Phar Mon	Andy LoTurco	W. G. Douglass	William H. Veeneman	0:46.20
1946	Colonel O'F	William Bailey	Willie Crump	C. C. Tanner	0:46.40
1945	no race
1944	Poco Mas	George Seabo	W. M. McClain	Bluebird Stock Farm	0:53.80
1943	Ogham	Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son...	B. B. Williams	Mrs. Helen Miller	0:54.80
1942	Menex	Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice...	Allen Hultz	Louis Lee Haggin II	0:46.60
1941	Black Raider	Arthur Craig	Roy Waldron	Milky Way Farm Milky Way Farm Milky Way Farm in Giles County, Tennessee, is the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies. The property is named for the company's Milky Way candy bar. During the Great Depression, the estate was the largest employer in the county...	0:46.40
1940	Misty Isle	Ken McCombs	Danny E. Stewart	Joseph E. Widener Joseph E. Widener Joseph Early Widener was a wealthy American art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C...	0:47.00
1939	Roman	Warren Yarberry	Danny E. Stewart	Joseph E. Widener Joseph E. Widener Joseph Early Widener was a wealthy American art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C...	0:47.60
1938	Oddessa Beulah	Melvin Calvert	C. H. Smith	Oddessa Farms	0:46.00
1937	Chic Maud	Irving Anderson	F. J. Kearns	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	0:47.20

* † In 1977, Forever Casting won the race but was disqualified from first and set back to last.