The Commonwealth Turf Stakes is a
Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
for three-year-olds run over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on
turf held annually in November at
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...
in
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana borde ...
during the fall meeting.
History
The event was inaugurated on 14 November 2004 and was won by the shortest of margins, a nose by the 18-1 outsider in field Broadway View, who was trained by
US Hall of Fame trained
Nick Zito
Nicholas Philip Zito (born February 6, 1948, in New York City, New York) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.
Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer. His first top l ...
in a time of 1:44.75.
[
The American Graded Stakes Committee classified the event as Grade III in 2008.]
Records
Speed record
* 1:41.54 - Heart to Heart (2014)
Margins
* lengths - Almasty (2015)
Most wins by an owner
* No owner has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey
* 2 - Shaun Bridgmohan
Shaun Xavier Bridgmohan (born June 24, 1979 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
At age thirteen, Bridgmohan's family emigrated to the United States, settling in South Florida where he developed an interes ...
(2007, 2013)
Most wins by a trainer
* 2 - Brad H. Cox
Brad H. Cox (born March 3, 1980) is a Thoroughbred racehorse horse trainer, trainer whose most notable horses include multiple Eclipse Award winner Monomoy Girl, Knicks Go, Covfefe (horse), Covfefe, Mandaloun (horse), Mandaloun, and Essential Qua ...
(2015, 2017)
* 2 - Steve Asmussen
Steven Mark Asmussen (born November 18, 1965) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. The leading trainer in North America by wins, he is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and was inducted into the National M ...
(2007, 2018)
Winners
''Legend:''
See also
* List of American and Canadian Graded races
External site
Churchill Downs Media Guide - $175,000 Commonwealth Turf (Grade III)
References
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Graded stakes races in the United States
Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
Turf races in the United States
Horse races in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 2004
Churchill Downs horse races
2004 establishments in Kentucky