Kentucky Juvenile Stakes

The Kentucky Juvenile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event is open to two-year-old horses. Previously a race contested at 5+12 furlongs on dirt, it has been run at a distance of five furlongs since 2006.

Kentucky Juvenile Stakes
Black Type race
LocationChurchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1988 (as Kentucky Budweiser Breeders' Cup Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance5 furlong sprint
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightBase weights with allowances:
Colts and geldings: 122 lbs.
Fillies: 119 lbs.
Purse$200,000 (since 2022)

It first became a Grade III race in 1999. The event was not run in 2005 and six years later in 2011 was removed from the calendar. The event was resumed in 2016 as a Black Type event.

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