Rushaway Stakes

Rushaway Stakes
Non-Listed Black Type[1] race
LocationTurfway Park
Florence, Kentucky
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.turfway.com
Race information
Distance11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackTapeta synthetic dirt, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

The Rushaway Stakes is an American ungraded Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. It was first run on March 22, 1986, the last year the racetrack was called Latonia. The race is open to three-year-old horses and run over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).[2] Originally raced on natural dirt, and for the first two years at one mile, since 2021 it has been contested on Tapeta synthetic dirt.[3]

The race is named in honor of the racehorse Rushaway who, on Friday afternoon, May 22, 1936, won the Illinois Derby at Aurora Downs in Aurora, Illinois.[4] That night, the three-year-old gelding was shipped three hundred miles south via express train to the Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky where on Saturday he won the Latonia Derby. Rushaway's feat of endurance is unmatched and still talked about more than eighty years later.[5] His accomplishment in the Latonia Derby was made even more remarkable because Rushaway was carrying top weight in the eight-horse field by three pounds yet won by 6 lengths and did it in a new race record time for the mile-and-a-quarter distance.[6]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1+116 miles - 1:40.60 - Anet (1997) NTR

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Pat Day (1989, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(mi)
Time
Win$
2018 Alternative Route Mitchell Murrill Albert Stall Jr. Spendthrift/Town & Country Racing 1116 1:46.38 $75,000
2017 Montu Rodney Prescott Joseph C. Deegan Deegan/Alfred Pais/Zephyr Racing 1116 1:44.85 $75,000
2016 He'll Pay Mitchell Murrill J. Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 1116 1:44.29 $75,000
2015 Race not held
2014 Race not held
2013 Crop Report Joel Rosario H. Graham Motion Team Valor International 1116 1:45.66 $75,000
2012 Flashy Dresser Luis Contreras Frederick J. Seitz Frederick J. Seitz 1116 1:45.58 $75,000
2011 Swift Warrior Javier Castellano John Terranova II James Covello & James Dolan 1116 1:45.73 $100,000
2010 Exhi Russell Baze Todd Pletcher Wertheimer et Frère 1116 1:44.47 $100,000
2009 Cliffy's Future Jesus Castanon Darrin Miller Silverton Hill LLC 1116 1:44.38 $100,000
2008 Big Glen Rene Douglas Frank L. Brothers John T. L. Jones & Bill Jones 1116 1:44.55 $100,000
2007 Dominican Rafael Bejarano Darrin Miller Silverton Hill LLC 1116 1:43.50 $100,000
2006 High Cotton Christopher DeCarlo Todd Pletcher Peachtree Stable 1116 1:45.19 $100,000
2005 Cat Shaker Joe Bravo Craig Callis William T. Callis 1116 1:44.49 $100,000
2004 Brass Hat Jason Lumpkins William B. Bradley Fred F. Bradley 1116 1:44.36 $100,000
2003 Private Gold Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Mountain Top & R.B & B.J. Lewis 1116 1:45.43 $100,000
2002 Mr. Mellon Pat Day W. Elliott Walden WinStar Farm 1116 1:42.80 $100,000
2001 Percy Hope Jon Court Anthony Reinstedler Waterfall Stable 1116 1:43.40 $100,000
2000 Ronton Garrett Gomez Vladimir Cerin Jaltipan LLC 1116 1:42.80 $100,000
1999 Yankee Victor Shane Sellers Carlos J. Morales Enllomar Stable 1116 1:42.80 $75,000
1998 Shot of Gold Russell Baze Bob Baffert Matt Young, et al. 1116 1:42.40 $75,000
1997 Anet Chris McCarron Bob Baffert Double Diamond Farm 1116 1:40.60 $75,000
1996 Pugnacious Shane Sellers David C. Cross Jr. Gary M. Garber 1116 1:43.00 $75,000
1995 Key Guy Kent Desormeaux Mark A. Hennig Team Valor Stables 1116 1:44.60 $75,000
1994 Oakmont Pat Day Neil J. Howard W. S. Farish III & Oak Cliff Stable 1116 1:43.40 $60,000
1993 Grand Jewel Jerry D. Bailey Neil J. Howard W. S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy 1116 1:44.60 $60,000
1992 Dignitas Julie Krone George R. Arnold II John Peace 1116 1:47.00 $50,000
1991 Wall Street Dancer Pat Day Jesus I. Suarez John D. Gunther 1116 1:41.40 $37,500
1990 Coax Chad Perry Ouzts Arthur J. Zeis Elmer E. Miller 1116 1:46.60 $25,000
1989 Arcadia Falls Pat Day William R. Helmbrecht Arcadia Racing Stable 1116 1:44.00 $25,000
1988 Dee Lance Gary L. Stevens Stig T. Rasmussen Fortune Stable (lessee) 1116 1:44.40 $30,000
1987 Rampaging Native Steve Neff William R. Helmbrecht Wichita Equine 1116 1:39.00 $20,000
1986 Best of Rest Francisco Vidal Thomas C. Short Parrish Bros., York & Criswell 1116 1:38.20 $15,000

References

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  • [1] Turfway Park official site