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King's Bishop Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1984

Distance
  
7 furlongs

Website
  
www.nyra.com

Surface
  
Dirt

King's Bishop Stakes

Location
  
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The King's Bishop Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to sprint seven furlongs on dirt. First run in 1984 as a Listed stakes race, since 1999 the race has been a Grade I event, and since 2012 has carried a purse of $500,000. It is the biggest sprint race of the year for three-year-olds only.

The race is named for King's Bishop, a horse originally owned by Craig F. Cullinan, Jr., founding president of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club.

The race was not run in 1986.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:20.54 - Runhappy (2015)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Mike E. Smith (1991, 1992, 1993, 2016)
  • 3 - John Velazquez (2002, 2006, 2010)
  • 3 - Edgar Prado (1998, 2004, 2015)
  • 3 - Pat Day (1989, 1995, 2000)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Lloyd R. French, Jr. (1985, 1989)

    • References

    King's Bishop Stakes Wikipedia
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