Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated
1977 (as Mint Julep Handicap)
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor
Old Forester (since 2015)
Website
Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄16 miles (8+1⁄2 furlongs)
Surface
Turf
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Fillies and Mares, four-year-olds and older
Weight
124lbs with allowances
Purse
$225,000 (2023)
The Mint Julep Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, four years old and older over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on the turf scheduled annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] It currently offers a purse of $225,000.[1]
^ abEquibase.com (2020). "Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes (Gr. 3)". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
The MintJulepStakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, four years old and older over a distance of one and one sixteenth...
McPeek Celebrates 1,000th Win/Spinters Lead Way for Sizzling Calhoun/MintJulep Nominations Out". Churchill Downs. Retrieved 10 May 2024. Denk, Pete (22...
United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders...
a significant role in the Derby atmosphere. The mintjulep—an iced drink consisting of bourbon, mint, and sugar syrup—is the traditional beverage of the...
November 1977)". The Courier-Journal. p. 42. Retrieved 23 August 2020. 1977 MintJulep Handicap Division 2 – Race 8: held 25 November 1978 Adair, Bob (26 November...
his first stakes race the following year in the Black Gold Stakes at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lanerie's first graded stakes race win...
Convention and Visitors Bureau highlights the legacy of the Kentucky mintjulep with her recipe. A reporter from the Los Angeles Times wrote: "One year...
second. On June 14, Dreaming of Anna and Garrett Gomez won the Early Times MintJulep Hanidcap. Dreaming of Anna was retired from racing in October 2008 and...
plot in St. Louis Cemetery, 1215 Barret Avenue, Louisville. The Matt Winn Stakes for three-year-olds held each May at Churchill Downs was named in his honor...
Grade III Gallorette Handicap at Pimlico Race Course and June's Grade II MintJulep Handicap back at Churchill Downs. In August, she won the GII Ballston...
jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He has won multiple graded stakes races, including four grade II level races. For every year since 2003, he...
first stakes win came in 1993 with Tuck's Honey Bear at Louisiana Downs in the Grady Madden Memorial. In 1995, he earned his first graded stakes win aboard...
Request for Parole with whom he won the WEBN and John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. Request For Parole also finished fifth in the 2002 Kentucky...
Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant "Burn for the Worse" entrée: rack of lamb, mintjulep, eggplant, apple spice cake Marc Murphy, Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos...
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