Historical Notes
Five horses have won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and then returned the next spring to the win the Kentucky Derby. The most recent Derby winner was Super Saver (2010). Prior winners were Cannonade (1974), Twenty Grand (1931), Clyde Van Dusen (1929) and Reigh Count (1928).
In 1930, Twenty Grand won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes in a track record time of 1:36 flat which at the time was the fastest mile ever run by a two-year-old in the United States.
In 1933, Mata Hari became the first filly to win the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.
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