Falls City Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1875 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $200,000 added |
The Falls City Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event, the race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It was run in two divisions in 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982 and 1985.
Records
- 1:48.85 - Silent Eskimo (1999)
- Most wins
- 3 - Indian Maid (1959, 1960, 1961)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 7 - Don Brumfield[1]
- 5 - Calvin Borel (1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2008)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ahh Chocolate | 3 | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Neil J. Howard | Stoneway Farm | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.68 |
| 2014 | Frivolous | 4 | Jon Court | Victoria H. Oliver | G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.24 |
| 2013 | Wine Princess | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Margolis | Becky Winemiller | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.12 |
| 2012 | Afleeting Lady | 5 | Joel Rosario | Dale Romans | Alpha Delta Stables/Santulli | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.25 |
| 2011 | Arena Elvira | 4 | Junior Alvarado | Bill Mott | Carolyn Wilson | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.76 |
| 2010 | Dundalk Dust | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Chris Block | Dundalk 5 LLC | 1+1⁄8 | 1:53.37 |
| 2009 | Serenading | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Josie Carroll | John and Glen Sikura | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.66 |
| 2008 | Miss Isella | 3 | Calvin Borel | Ian R. Wilkes | Domino Stud | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.78 |
| 2007 | Kettleoneup | 4 | Calvin Borel | Michael A. Tomlinson | Tom Crouch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.28 |
| 2006 | Ermine | 3 | Eddie Castro | Ronny W. Werner | Oxbow racing LLC | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.90 |
| 2005 | Indian Vale | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk racing | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.25 |
| 2004 | Halory Leigh | 4 | Eddie Martin Jr. | Dale L. Romans | J. Crawford/M. Gannon/C. Grask | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.81 |
| 2003 | Lead Story | 4 | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | A. Stevens Miles, Jr. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.23 |
| 2002 | Allamerican Bertie | 3 | Pat Day | Steve Flint | Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.60 |
| 2001 | Forest Secrets | 3 | Craig Perret | John & Donna Ward | Debby M. Oxley | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.49 |
| 2000 | Bordelaise | 5 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.01 |
| 1999 | Silent Eskimo | 4 | Calvin Borel | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.85 |
| 1998 | Tomisues Delight | 4 | Shane Sellers | Neil J. Howard | Stephen C. Hilbert | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.00 |
Earlier winners
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