Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes (G3) Sponsored by Buffalo Trace
26th Running • Fall • 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) • 3-year-olds and up • fillies and mares This stakes is named for Franklin County of Central Kentucky, whose county seat is the state capital of Frankfort. Buffalo Trace Distillery of Frankfort has sponsored the race since 2005. The race was upgraded from a listed stakes to a Grade 3 event for 2016.
2021 Purse: $150,000 Stakes Record: 1:01 3/5, Chris’s Thunder, 2000 Largest Straight Payoff: $68.20, Mimi’s Bling, 2010 Smallest Straight Payoff: $2.80, Confessional, 2001 Largest Field: 13, 2018 Smallest Field: 7, 1997; 1998 (1st div.) Largest Value to Winner: $116,700, 2009 Through 2016, Keeneland maintained separate course records for the Keeneland Course and the Haggin Course depending on the setting of a temporary rail. Beginning in 2017, Keeneland consolidated the course records into one set based solely on distance, not rail settings. (See page 218.)
STAKES
Keeneland/Coady
Milestones – Franklin County Stakes
Keeneland sales graduate Change of Control became the fourth horse to win the Spring Meet’s Giant’s Causeway (L) and the Fall Meet’s Buffalo Trace Franklin County (G3). The others: Dyna Da Wyna (2004), Confessional (2001) and Ayrial Delight (1999).
Franklin County Stakes History Year
Winner/Age/Owner
2021
Change of Control (5) Colby Hernandez (122) Ambassador Luna (5) Campanelle (IRE) (3) 1:05.89 sf 1 1/2 Perry Harrison Michelle R. Lovell James Graham (120) Joel Rosario (122) Got Stormy* (5) Tyler Gaffalione (124) Into Mystic (4) Jakarta (5) 1:02.33 gd no Gary Barber Mark E. Casse Joseph Talamo (120) Javier Castellano (120) Oleksandra (AUS)* (5) Joel Rosario (120) Morticia (5) Girls Know Best (5) 1:01.79 fm 2 Team Valor International Neil D. Drysdale Tyler Gaffalione (124) Corey Lanerie (120) (Barry Irwin) Chanteline (6) Ricardo Santana Jr. (120) Belvoir Bay (GB) (5) Morticia (4) 1:02.89 fm 3/4 Ten Broeck Farm (David Mowat) Steven M. Asmussen Flavien Prat (122) Jose Lezcano (120) Morticia (3) Jose Lezcano (118) Justa Lady (4) Lull (3) 1:03.92 fm 1/2 G. Watts Humphrey Jr. George R. Arnold II Ricardo Santana Jr. (120) Brian Hernandez Jr. (118) Miss Ella (4) Joel Rosario (120) Fair Point (4) Smoke Signals (4) 1:04.52 fm nk Jack Swain III H. Graham Motion Jose Ortiz (120) James Graham (120) Keeneland Course Ageless (6) Julien Leparoux (124) Lady Shipman (3) Free as a Bird (6) 1:03.66 fm hd Lael Stables Arnaud Delacour Eduardo Nunez (122) Joe Bravo (120) Keeneland Course Free as a Bird (5) Joel Rosario (122) Ageless (5) Sweet Cassiopeia (6) 1:03.60 yl 1 1/2 Elizabeth J. Valando Ian Wilkes Julien Leparoux (124) Joseph Rocco Jr. (120) Haggin Course Queen’s Award (6) Kent Desormeaux (120) Madame Giry (4) Sweet Cassiopeia (5) 1:03.12 fm 1/2 Coudelaria Jessica Inc. Eduardo Caramori Eddie Castro (122) Joseph Rocco Jr. (120) Keeneland Course Madame Giry (3) Eddie Castro (120) Bounding Bi (5) Sensible Lady (3) 1:03.12 fm 2 1/2 Nutmeg Stable Cam Gambolati James Graham (120) Xavier Perez (120) Keeneland Course Wild About Marie (4) Robby Albarado (118) Supreme (4) You Need Me (4) 1:03.01 fm 2 Dawn and Ike Thrash Jeffrey D. Thornbury Luis Garcia (118) Gabriel Saez (120) Keeneland Course Mimi’s Bling (3) Julien Leparoux (116) Canadian Ballet (5) West Ocean (4) 1:03.48 fm 1/2 Eddie Kenneally and Eddie Kenneally Kent Desormeaux (120) John R. Velazquez (122) Haggin Course Peter Kirwin Dubai Majesty* (4) Jamie Theriot (120) Libor Lady (4) Nadeshiko (4) 1:03.64 sf 1 1/4 Martin Racing Stable W. Bret Calhoun Robby Albarado (120) Miguel Mena (120) Keeneland Course (William and Stephanie Martin) and Dan Morgan Sly Storm (3) Jamie Theriot (118) dh-Taletobetold (4)/Adhsilver (3) 1:03.60 fm nk Glen Hill Farm (Leonard H. Lavin) Thomas F. Proctor Julien Leparoux (118)/Brian Hernandez Jr. (116) Haggin Course
2020 2019
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
2009
2008
Rev. 3/7/22 ®
Jockey/Wgt./Trainer
2nd/Age/Jockey/Wgt.
2022 Keeneland Media Guide | Stakes
3rd/Age/Jockey/Wgt.
Time
Margin
95
