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2025 Iroquois Stakes Race Results
| Post | Horse | Jockey / Trainer | Win / Place / Show |
|---|
5 | Spice Runner | Jose L. Ortiz / Steven M. Asmussen | $12.38 / $5.42 / $4.16 |
7 | Comport | Tyler Gaffalione / Eddie Kenneally | $2.80 / $2.42 |
8 | Vost | Florent Geroux / William Walden | $4.00 |
1 | Nothing Personal | Jaime Rodriguez / Greg Compton | |
10 | Maximus Prime | Luis Saez / Anthony Mitchell | |
6 | Shake and Rattle | James Graham / J. Keith Desormeaux | |
9 | Nine Ball | Jaime A. Torres / Riley Mott | |
4 | So Special | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. / Kenneth G. McPeek | |
2 | Sometime | Luan Machado / Mark Simms, Jr. | |
3 | No More Cents | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Kenneth G. McPeek |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $2.00 Exacta (5-7) Paid: $34.88
- $0.50 Trifecta (5-7-8) Paid: $50.66
- $0.10 Superfecta (5-7-8-1) Paid: $29.47
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Iroquois Stakes Race History
The Iroquois Stakes is run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY in mid-September. It’s the first graded stakes race for Thoroughbred horses on opening day at the Churchill Downs Fall Meet. The race is open to 2-year-olds and is part of the ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’. It’s the first race of the tiered points system that awards Derby points to the top-5 finishers (10-5-3-2-1).
The Iroquois (pronounced Ear-Ah-Coy) is named for Iroquois, the first American horse to win the English Epsom Derby. Prior to 2013 the race was one mile on the dirt track, and open to juveniles only. From 2013 to 2019, the Grade III race was run at a distance of 1 1⁄16 miles, until reverting back to its historical distance of 1 mile in 2020. Both the 2021 and 2022 editions were run at 1 1⁄16 miles before reverting back to 1 mile again for the 2023 edition. The Iroquois currently offers a purse of $300,000.
In the 2016 Iroquois, Not This Time finished full of run to win going away by more than 8 lengths over Lookin at Lee, who would go on to finish 2nd in the 2017 Kentucky Derby. Not This Time, a son of the great sire Giant’s Causeway, finished 2nd by a neck to Classic Empire in his next race as the favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. A very unfortunate soft tissue injury to his front right leg during that race ended the promising career of the striking dark bay colt, as Not This Time was an early leading contender for the Kentucky Derby.
Harlan’s Holiday (2001) held the fastest one mile record in the Iroquois (1:35.01). In the 1 1/16 mile editions of the race, Dennis' Moment (2019) finished with the best time in 1:43.60.
Bill Mott and Dale Romans are the trainers with the most wins in the Iroquois (4 each).
Founded in 1982 to honor Iroquois, the first U.S.-bred to win the Epsom Derby in 1881, the Iroquois Stakes was formerly run around the same time as the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. It was moved to the new Churchill Downs September meet in 2013, and increased in distance from one mile to 1 1/16 miles.
Since its move to September, the Iroquois has become an important lead-up to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Most of its winners since 2013 have gone on to contest the Juvenile, with one, 2015 winner Not This Time, running a close second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to Classic Empire.
Notable winners of the race include Tiz Wonderful, Court Vision, and Harlan’s Holiday.
Iroquois Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|
2025 | Spice Runner | Jose L. Ortiz / Steven M. Asmussen | 1 mile / 1:36.59 |
2024 | Johnathan's Way | Joel Rosario / Philip Bauer | 1 mile / 1:36.08 |
2023 | West Saratoga | Rafael Bejarano / Larry W. Demeritte | 1 mile / 1:37.3 |
2022 | Curly Jack | Edgar Morales / Thomas M. Amoss | 1 1/16 miles / 1:45.6 |
2021 | Major General | Javier Castellano / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1/16 miles / 1:44.9 |
2020 | Sittin On Go | Corey Lanerie / Dale L. Romans | 1 mile / 01:35.0 |
2019 | Dennis' Moment | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Dale L. Romans | 1 1/16 miles / 01:43.6 |
2018 | Cairo Cat | Brian Hernandez Jr. / Kenneth G. McPeek | 1 1/16 miles / 01:45.3 |
2017 | The Tabulator | Jose Valdivia Jr. / Larry Rivelli | 1 1/16 miles / 01:45.5 |
2016 | Not This Time | Robby Albarado / Dale L. Romans | 1 1/16 miles / 01:45.2 |
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