- Jenny Wiley Stakes
The Jenny Wiley Stakes is a American
Thoroughbred horse race run atKeeneland inLexington, Kentucky in the early spring of the year. The Grade IITturf event is for four-year-olds and older fillies andmare s, and is set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth of a mile.The Jenny Wiley Stakes, named for
Jenny Wiley , a pregnantpioneer woman captured inKentucky by Native Americans in 1789 and who escaped after almost a year in captivity, offers a purse of $200,000.In 2005, the race was upgraded from a Grade IIIT to a Grade IIT for the time being. The Jenny Wiley will be in its 21nd running in 2009.
In 1998 the race was set at a distance of 1 and ½ miles.
Thrilling Day (running in 1997) holds the race record at 1:41 flat.
Past winners
* 2008 – Rutherienne (4) (1:44.76) (
Garrett Gomez )
* 2007 –My Typhoon (IRE) (4) (1:43.37) (Eddie Castro )
* 2006 – Wend (5) (1:41.34 (Edgar Prado )
* 2005 – Intercontinental (GB) (5) (1:41.89 (Jerry Bailey )
* 2004 - Intercontinental (GB) (4) (1:41.41)Jerry Bailey )
* 2003 – Sea of Showers (4) (1:41.89) (Jerry Bailey )
* 2002 – Tates Creek (4) (1:42.27) (Kent Desormeaux )
* 2001 – Penny’s Gold (FR) (4) (1:40:93) (Jose Santos )
* 2000 – Astra (4) ((1:42:48) (Corey Nakatani )
* 1999 – Pleasant Temper (5) (1:40:4/5)
* 1998 – Maxzene (5) (2:30:2/5) (Jose Santos )
* 1997 – Thrilling Day (1:41) (Willie Martiniez)
* 1996 -
* 1995 -
* 1994 -
* 1992 – Spinning Round (1:41 2/5)
* 1991 -
* 1990 -
* 1989 -
* 1988 -
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