Spinster Stakes


The Spinster Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three or up run annually in early October at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. It is set at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and is a Grade I event with a current purse of $650,000
The Spinster, sponsored by Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms beginning in 2005, is a major prep for the Breeders' Cup Distaff and one of the most important weight-for-age stakes races exclusively for fillies and mares. Now part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Spinster Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface, Polytrack synthetic dirt. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.

Records

;Speed record
On new dirt surface:
  • 1:49.44 – Got Lucky
On synthetic dirt:
  • 1:46.77 – Carriage Trail
On old dirt surface:
Most wins
Most wins by an owner
  • 2 – J. Graham Brown
  • 2 – Fred W. Hooper
  • 2 – John A. Bell III
  • 2 – Frank E. Whitham
  • 2 – Allen E. Paulson
  • 2 – Sidney H. Craig
  • 2 – Ogden Mills Phipps
  • 2 – Select Stable
  • 2 – Juddmonte Farms
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer
  • 5 – Todd A. Pletcher

    Winners