Held annually at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race, which features a five furlong sprint on turf open to horses age three and older.It is also known as the Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes. Since inauguration in 1995, every single champion to race has ran the five furlong long course in under a minute! The first champion in this stakes wasLong Suit with Willie Martinez as its jockey and Angel Montano, Sr. as its trainer. The present champion is American thoroughbred Berlino Di Tiger with Leandro R. Goncalves as its jockey and Eduardo Caramori as its trainer.
The current holder for the record is Silver Timber with a time of 0:55.45 in the 2010 competition. At the time, Julien R. Leparoux was the jockey of Silver Timber, while Chad C. Brown was the trainer of the American thoroughbred horse. Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Breeders Cup 2009 was a career best for Julien. He is one of the 2 current holders of the most wins in the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes, alongside Jerry Bailey. Also, Leparoux became the 2nd jockey in history to win 3 breeders’ cup races in a single year.Chad C. Brown, who got into horses at an early age at an upstate New York track, earned his largest win with thoroughbred race horse Maram at theBreeders' Cup, with a purse of over $1,000,000. The most wins by a trainer in the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes features 3 holders, W. Bret Calhoun, Randy Morse, and Neil Drysdale, each with 2 wins of their own.
With a purse of $100,000, American thoroughbred horses come to try and claim victory and set the bar higher. Currently, the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes is a Grade III thoroughbred horse race, the lowest level grade there is in the major stakes races. Presently, the largest American Thoroughbred race in America and Canada would be thethe Breeders’ Cup, placing first in the Grade I Stakes with a massive purse of $5,000,000! In 2014, the Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes will take place on May 2nd and will introduce a new, larger purse of $150,000.
The current holder for the record is Silver Timber with a time of 0:55.45 in the 2010 competition. At the time, Julien R. Leparoux was the jockey of Silver Timber, while Chad C. Brown was the trainer of the American thoroughbred horse. Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Breeders Cup 2009 was a career best for Julien. He is one of the 2 current holders of the most wins in the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes, alongside Jerry Bailey. Also, Leparoux became the 2nd jockey in history to win 3 breeders’ cup races in a single year.Chad C. Brown, who got into horses at an early age at an upstate New York track, earned his largest win with thoroughbred race horse Maram at theBreeders' Cup, with a purse of over $1,000,000. The most wins by a trainer in the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes features 3 holders, W. Bret Calhoun, Randy Morse, and Neil Drysdale, each with 2 wins of their own.
With a purse of $100,000, American thoroughbred horses come to try and claim victory and set the bar higher. Currently, the Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes is a Grade III thoroughbred horse race, the lowest level grade there is in the major stakes races. Presently, the largest American Thoroughbred race in America and Canada would be thethe Breeders’ Cup, placing first in the Grade I Stakes with a massive purse of $5,000,000! In 2014, the Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes will take place on May 2nd and will introduce a new, larger purse of $150,000.
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