Jefferson Cup Stakes
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance ( Miles ) Time Grade
2016 One Mean Man 3 Robby Albarado Bernard S. Flint L. T. B./Hillerich Racing 1- 1/8 1:50.23 III
2015 Saham 3 Joseph Rocco , Jr Brendan P. Walsh Sultan Bin Mishal 1- 1 mile 1:37.76 III
2014 Horse to Horse 3 Julien Leparoux Brian A. Lynch Terry Hamilton 1- 1 mile 1:34.44 III
2013 General Election 3 Ricardo Santana , Jr Wesley A . Ward Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1- 1 mile 1:35.96 III
2011 Banned 3 Jose Lezcano Tom Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1- 1/16 1:43.66 II
2010 Gleam of Hope 3 E. T. Baird Anthony L. Reinstedler Dr. A. C. & Claire Asbury 1- 1/16 1:45.61 II
2009 Florentino 3 Alan Garcia Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Racing 1- 1/8 1:51.59 II
2008 Tizdejavu 3 Garrett Gomez Gregory Fox Michael Cooper & Pamela Ziebarth 1- 1/8 1:49.15 II
2007 Inca King 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing 1- 1/8 1:48.94 II
2006 Brilliant 3 Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard Mill House 1- 1/8 1:48.47 II
2005 Rush Bay 3 Robby Albarado Thomas Amoss Phoebe Ann Miller Trust 1- 1/8 1:48.75 III
2004 Prince Arch 3 Brice Blanc Kenneth McPeek Raymond H. Cottrell , Sr 1- 1/8 1:50.61 III
2003 Senor Swinger 3 Robby Albarado Bob Baffert Bob & Beverly Lewis 1- 1/8 1:47.54 III
2002 Orchard Park 3 Mark Guidry William I. Mott Peter Vegso 1- 1/8 1:48.53 III
2001 Indygo Shiner 3 Lonnie Meche W. Elliott Walden Joseph LaCombe et al 1- 1/8 1:48.81 III
2000 King Cugat 3 Robby Albarado William I. Mott Centennial Farms 1- 1/8 1:47.27
1999 Special Coach 3 Jorge Velasquez Bill March Cecilia Dixon 1- 1/8 1:49.82
1998 Buff 3 Calvin Borel 1- 1/8 1:50.80
1997 Greed Is Good 3 Willie Martinez 1- 1/8 1:49.47
Winners of the Jefferson Cup Stakes since 1999
The Jefferson Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. A race on turf, it is open to three-year-old horses of either gender. For 2010, the purse was dropped from $200,000 to $100,000 and the race was downgraded from a Grade II event at a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs) to a Grade III level at a mile and a sixteenth. Since inception, the Jefferson Cup Stakes has been contested at various distances: