Jaipur Stakes

Jaipur Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Jaipur Stakes history at NYRA
Race information
Distance	6 furlong sprint
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$300,000+ (2014)

The Jaipur Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses four-years-old and up, run in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade III race, it is set at a distance of 6 furlongs on turf.

The race is named after Jaipur, the Champion three-year-old colt of 1962 who ran one of the most memorable Travers Stakes on record.^[1]

The race was run at seven furlongs in 1986 to 2005, and again from 2011 to 2013. All other renewals have been at six furlongs.

For three years (1986, 1994, and 1995), it was run in two divisions.

In 2013, heavy rain forced the Jaipur to be moved from the turf to the sloppy main track. Because of the move, the stakes race lost its Grade III status for that renewal.^[2]

Records

Speed record:

• 1:06.76 - Pure Sensation (2016) (at 6 furlongs)
• 1:20.06 - Nijinsky's Gold (1994) (at 7 furlongs)

Most wins:

• 2 - Ecclesiastic (2005, 2007)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Juddmonte Farms (2002, 2008)
• 2 - H. Joseph Allen (2005, 2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Jerry Bailey (1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - H. Allen Jerkens (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Winners

References

• The 2009 Jaipur Stakes at Newsday