Shakertown Stakes

Shakertown Stakes (G2)

26th Running • Spring • 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) • 3-year-olds and up

Shakertown, located 25 miles southwest of Lexington, is America’s largest and most completely restored Shaker community and living museum. A national historic landmark, Shakertown also is known as Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.

Milestones – Shakertown Stakes

2021 Purse: $200,000 Stakes Record: 1:00.86, Leinster, 2020 Largest Straight Payoff: $74.40, G.H.’s Pleasure, 1997 Smallest Straight Payoff: $3.40, Soaring Free, 2004 Largest Field: 13, 2019; 2020 Smallest Field: 8, 2007 Largest Value to Winner: $120,000, Undrafted, 2016; Holding Gold, 2017;

Bound for Nowhere, 2018; Imprimis, 2019; Bound for Nowhere, 2021 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.)

Keeneland/Coady

Keeneland sales graduate Bound for Nowhere became a twotime winner of the Shakertown (G2) when he caught 2019 winner Imprimis at the wire to win by a nose.

Shakertown Stakes History

Year Winner/Age/Owner Jockey/Wgt./Trainer 2nd/Age/Jockey/Wgt. 3rd/Age/Jockey/Wgt. Time Margin

2021 Bound for Nowhere (7)* Joel Rosario (122) Imprimis (7)

Wesley A. Ward 2020 Leinster (5) Wesley A. Ward

Paco Lopez (124) Tyler Gaffalione (121) Totally Boss (5) The Critical Way (7) Luis Saez (124) 1:02.19 gd no

Bound for Nowhere (6) 1:00.86 fm hd

Amy E. Dunne, Brenda Miley, George R. Arnold II Brian Hernandez Jr. (123) Julio Garcia (121) (NCR)

Westrock Stables (Joe and Scott Ford) and Jean Wilkinson 2019 Imprimis (5) Paco Lopez (123) Bound for Nowhere (5) Angaston (4) 1:02.33 fm nk

Breeze Easy (Mike Hall) Joseph F. Orseno 2018 Bound for Nowhere (4) Julio Garcia (120) Luis Saez (121) Bucchero (6) Brian Hernandez Jr. (123) Disco Partner (6) 1:03.77 sf 4

Wesley A. Ward 2017 Holding Gold (4) Live Oak Plantation (Mrs. Charlotte C. Weber) 2016 Undrafted (6) Wesley A. Ward Joel Rosario (120) Mark E. Casse

Joe Bravo (120) Fernando De La Cruz (122) Irad Ortiz Jr. (120) Green Mask (6) Hogy (8) Robby Albarado (120) Florent Geroux (120)

Something Extra (8) Commute (4)

Wes Welker and Sol Kumin Wesley A. Ward

Shaun Bridgmohan (120) Jose Lezcano (120) 2015 Something Extra (7) Shaun Bridgmohan (118) Channel Marker (6) Undrafted (5)

John Menary and Gail Cox Gail Cox Francisco Torres (118) John Velazquez (118)

2014 Marchman (4) Robby Albarado (120) Positive Side (6) Something Extra (6)

Martin Racing Stable 2013 Havelock (6) W. Bret Calhoun

Leandro Goncalves (118) Jose Lezcano (118) Garrett Gomez (118) Something Extra (5) Perfect Officer (7) 1:02.29 fm nk

1:02.96 fm 1/2 Keeneland Course 1:02.85 gd 1/2 Keeneland Course 1:02.36 fm nk Haggin Course 1:03.02 fm no

Silverton Hill Darrin Miller Julien Leparoux (120) Javier Castellano (118) Haggin Course

(Bonnie and Tommy Hamilton) 2012 Perfect Officer (6) Javier Castellano (118) Great Mills (4) Zeb (5) 1:01.53 fm no

David A. Ross Racing Stable Anthony W. Dutrow Julien Leparoux (120) Edgar Prado (118) (David A. Ross) Haggin Course (NSR)

2011 Stratford Hill (4)

John R. Velazquez (118) Grand Adventure (5) Melnyk Racing Stables Inc. Todd R. Pletcher Joel Rosario (118)

(Eugene Melnyk) 2010 Silver Timber* (7) Julien Leparoux (118) Grand Adventure (4) Great Attack (4) Garrett Gomez (118)

Moralist (5) 1:03.90 yl 1/2 Haggin Course

1:01.87 fm nk

Michael Dubb and High Grade Chad C. Brown Kent Desormeaux (118) Javier Castellano (118) Haggin Course

Racing Stable (Peter Randazzo) 2009 Heros Reward (7) Javier Castellano (118) Cannonball (4) Chamberlain Bridge (5) 1:04.24 gd hd

Rob Ry Farm (Charles Haynes) Dale Capuano Rene Douglas (118) Garrett Gomez (121) Haggin Course

and Jayne M. Slysz 2008 Mr. Nightlinger (4)

Jamie Theriot (118) Martin Racing Stable (Bill Martin) W. Bret Calhoun Smart Enough (5) John Velazquez (121) Fort Prado (7) Rene Douglas (118) 1:03.84 gd 1 3/4 Haggin Course

and Carl R. Moore Management (Carl R. Moore) 2007 The Nth Degree (6) Rodney J. Winkler Eddie Castro (118) Congo King (4) Sgt. Bert (6)

1:03.94 gd nk Eduardo C. Caramori Julien Leparoux (118) Rafael Bejarano (118) Haggin Course

Year Winner/Age/Owner Jockey/Wgt./Trainer 2nd/Age/Jockey/Wgt. 3rd/Age/Jockey/Wgt. Time Margin

2006 Atticus Kristy (5) Garrett Gomez (119) Around the Cape (4) Man of Illusion (AUS) (5) 1:01.83 fm nk

Centaur Farms (Vernon H. Merrill R. Scherer Cornelio Velasquez (119) Julien Leparoux (119) Haggin Course

Heath) and Dan Lynch 2005 Soaring Free* (6) Jerry Bailey (121) Mighty Beau (6) Parker Run (4) 1:02.22 fm nk

Sam-Son Farm Mark R. Frostad Garrett Gomez (121) Brian Hernandez Jr. (119) Haggin Course

(Mrs. Elizabeth Samuel) 2004 Soaring Free* (5) Shane Sellers (120) Chosen Chief (5) Banned in Boston (4) 1:01.78 fm 1 1/2

Sam-Son Farm Mark R. Frostad Dean Butler (118) Brice Blanc (118) Haggin Course

(Mrs. Elizabeth Samuel) 2003 No Jacket Required (6) Brice Blanc (118) Testify (6) Abderian (IRE) (6) 1:03.25 fm nk

W. Temple Webber Jr. 2002 Morluc* (6) Thomas M. Amoss

Robby Albarado (120) Edgar Prado (120) Robby Albarado (118) Mighty Beau (3) Grangeville (7) Haggin Course 1:03.25 fm hd

Michael P. Cloonan

Randy L. Morse 2001 Airbourne Command (6) Jorge Chavez (118) Eddie Martin Jr. (116) Mark Guidry (118) Final Row (GB) (4) Grangeville (6) Haggin Course 1:02.71 fm 1/2

Richard Saland 2000 Bold Fact (5) Richard Saland

Eddie Martin Jr. (118) Pat Day (118) Richard Migliore (115) Howbaddouwantit (5) Claire’s Honor (6) Keeneland Course 1:02 3/5 fm 1 1/4

Juddmonte Farms John C. Kimmel Shane Sellers (118) Tony D’Amico (115) Haggin Course

(Khalid Abdullah) 1999 Prankster (6) Shane Sellers (115) Tyaskin (6) Howbaddouwantit (4) 1:02 2/5 fm no

Karnak Galactic Racing Thomas M. Amoss Chris McCarron (120) Mike Smith (123) Haggin Course

Stable (Angus Lind) 1998 Sesaro (6) Shane Sellers (123) Brave Pancho (4) Claire’s Honor (4) 1:02 1/5 fm nk

Calumet Farm Charles LoPresti Eddie Martin Jr. (114) Tony D’Amico (114)

(Henryk de Kwiatkowski) Run as The Minstrel Stakes for 1997. 1997 G H’s Pleasure (5) Jose Santos (114) Louie the Lucky (6)

Tony Canonie Sr., Kenneth E. Hoffman Tammy Fox (114) Parklo (5) Joe Bravo (117)

Tony Canonie Jr. and Kenneth E. Hoffman Haggin Course (NCR)

1:03 fm no Haggin Course (NCR)

* Winning favorite. Grade 3, 2003-2015, Grade 2, 2016-present. For 3-year-olds and up from 1997-2011, 2016-present. For 4-year-olds and up from 2012-2015. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Keeneland did not hold a 2020 Spring Meet but conducted a five-day Summer Meet from July 8-12. This race was run during the Summer Meet.

Keeneland/Photos by Z

Bound for Nowhere is owned by Wesley Ward (third from left), the leading trainer of the 2021 Spring Meet with 20 wins.