Jenny Wiley Stakes

The Jenny Wiley Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-April at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. The Grade IT turf event is for fillies and Mares, age four and older and is contested at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles.

Jenny Wiley Stakes
Grade I race
LocationKeeneland Racecourse
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1989
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.keeneland.com
Race information
Distance1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, four-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$350,000 (since 2016)[1]

The Jenny Wiley Stakes is named for Jenny Wiley, a pregnant pioneer woman captured in Kentucky by Native Americans in 1789 and who escaped after almost a year in captivity.

The Jenny Wiley Stakes has been sponsored by Coolmore America Ashford Stud since 2016.

Inaugurated in 1989 as a Listed race, in 1995 the Jenny Wiley Stakes was elevated to Grade III status and to a Grade II event in 2006. It was elevated to Grade I status in 2012.[1]

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 116 miles)

Most wins
Most wins by an owner
Most wins by a jockey
  • 5 - Jerry D. Bailey (1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2018 Sistercharlie 4 John R. Velazquez Chad C. Brown Peter M. Brant 1:41.41
2017 Dickinson 5 Paco Lopez Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 1:41.98
2016 Tepin 5 Julien Leparoux Mark Casse Robert Masterson 1:40.53
2015 Ball Dancing 4 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Farish/Mooney 1:43.08
2014 Hard Not to Like 5 Javier Castellano Michael R. Matz Hillsbrook Farms 1:42.38
2013 Centre Court 4 Julien Leparoux George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. 1:41.73
2012 Daisy Devine 4 James Graham Andrew McKeever James Miller 1:43.21
2011 Never Retreat 6 Shaun Bridgmohan Chris Block Team Block 1:44.72
2010 Wasted Tears 5 Rajiv Maragh Bart Evans Bart Evans 1:40.86
2009 Forever Together 5 Julien Leparoux Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 1:46.93
2008 Rutherienne 4 Garrett Gomez Christophe Clement Virginia Kraft Payson 1:44.76
2007 My Typhoon 5 Eddie Castro William I. Mott Live Oak Plantation Racing 1:43.37
2006 Wend 5 Edgar Prado William I. Mott Claiborne Farm 1:41.34
2005 Intercontinental 5 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:41.89
2004 Intercontinental 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:41.41
2003 Sea of Showers 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Flaxman Holdings 1:41.89
2002 Tates Creek 4 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:42.27
2001 Penny's Gold 4 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Overbrook Farm 1:40.93
2000 Astra 4 Corey Nakatani Simon Bray Allen E. Paulson 1:42.40
1999 Pleasant Temper 5 Jerry D. Bailey W. Elliott Walden Mark H. Stanley 1:40.80
1998 Maxzene 5 José A. Santos Thomas J. Skiffington Fusao Sekiguchi 1:42.80
1997 Thrilling Day 4 Willie Martinez Michael H. Bell Bloomsbury Stud 1:41.00
1996 Apolda 5 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1:40.60
1995 Romy 4 Francisco Torres Moises R. Yanez W. L. Pacella/J. Rizza/R. Schwed 1:43.20
1994 Misspitch 4 Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Mathew K. Firestone 1:43.80
1993 Lady Blessington 5 Pat Day Mark A. Hennig Team Valor 1:42.40
1992 Indian Fashion 5 José A. Santos James E. Baker C. A. Wigginton & R. Hoeweler 1:41.20
1991 Foresta 5 Angel Cordero, Jr. Thomas Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1:43.80
1990 Regal Wonder 6 Ricardo Lopez James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:46.20
1989 Native Mommy 6 Craig Perret Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. Richard D. Irwin 1:43.60

References

  1. "Jenny Wiley Stakes Profile". Equibase. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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