Falls City Stakes

Falls City Handicap

Grade II race
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	1875
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000 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.

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
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

• 1997 - Feasibility Study
• 1996 - Halo America
• 1995 - Mariah's Storm
• 1994 - Alcovy
• 1993 - Gray Cashmere
• 1992 - Bungalow
• 1991 - Screen Prospect
• 1990 - Screen Prospect
• 1989 - Degenerate Gal
• 1988 - Top Corsage
• 1987 - Royal Cielo
• 1986 - Queen Alexandra
• 1985 - Donut's Pride
• 1984 - Pretty Perfect
• 1983 - Narrate
• 1982 - Mezimica
• 1981 - Safe Play
• 1980 - Sweet Audrey
• 1979 - Holy Mount
• 1978 - Navajo Princess
• 1977 - Time For Pleasure
• 1976 - Hope of Glory
• 1975 - Flama Ardiente
• 1974 - Susan's Girl
• 1973 - Delta Empress
• 1972 - Fairway Flyer
• 1971 - Strider
• 1970 - Mistong

• 1969 - Yes Sir
• 1968 - TV's Princess
• 1967 - Amerigo Lady
• 1966 - Old Hat
• 1965 - De Cathy
• 1964 - Old Hat
• 1963 - Alecee
• 1962 - Primonetta
• 1961 - Indian Maid
• 1960 - Indian Maid
• 1959 - Indian Maid
• 1958 - Bornastar
• 1957 - Leallah
• 1956 - Doubledogdare
• 1955 - Oil Painting
• 1954 - Gala Fete
• 1953 - Gala Fete
• 1952 - Peu-A-Peu
• 1951 - Dickie Sue
• 1950 - Our Request
• 1949 - Brownian
• 1948 - Jack's Jill
• 1947 - Say Blue
• 1946 - Miss Balladier
• 1945 - Jack's Jill
• 1944 - Traffic Court
• 1943 - Burgoo Maid
• 1942 - Pig Tails

• 1941 - Misty Isle
• 1928-1940 - no race
• 1927 - Rhinock
• 1926 - Rothermel
• 1925 - Deeming
• 1924 - Princess Doreen
• 1923 - Guest of Honor
• 1922 - Chatterton
• 1921 - Bit of White
• 1920 - Woodtrap
• 1919 - King Gorin
• 1918 - Last Coin
• 1917 - Vogue
• 1916 - Kathleen
• 1915 - Prince Hermis
• 1914 - Leochares
• 1913 - Wilhite
• 1912 - Buckhorn
• 1910 - Melisande
• 1893 - 1909 - no race
• 1892 - Wadsworth
• 1885 - 1891 - no race
• 1884 - Chance
• 1882 - Freeland
• 1878 - 1881 - no race
• 1877 - Flying Locust
• 1876 - Red Coat
• 1875 - Camargo