Listed race | |
Location |
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlong sprint |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
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 five and a half furlongs on dirt, it has been run at a distance of five furlongs since 2006.
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.