Dogwood Stakes
Winners since 1998
Table:
Year

Winner

Jockey

Trainer

Owner

Time

2018

Divine Queen

Calvin Borel

William Bradley

William B. Bradley & Carl Hurst

1:25.04

2017

Pinch Hit

Jon Court

Brad Cox

Klein Racing

1:23.27

2016

Mines And Magic

Robby Albarado

Victoria Oliver

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.

1:23.29

2015

Super Majesty

Alex Solis

Jerry Hollendorfer

LNJ Foxwoods

1:23.02

2014

Thank You Marylou

Miguel Mena

Michael J. Maker

Ken and Sarah Ramsey

1:23.19

2013

Sky Girl

Corey J. Lanerie

William I. Mott

Alpha Delta Stables

1:23.73

2012

Race not run

2011

Salty Strike

Manoel Cruz

Ken McPeek|

Craig B. Singer

1:35.39

2010

Ailalea

Calvin Borel

Todd Pletcher

Starlight Partners

1:35.89

2009

Hightap

Shaun Bridgmohan

Steve Asmussen

Winchell/Gainesway

1:35.78

2008

Acoma

Robby Albarado

David M. Carroll

Alexander & Groves

1:34.56

2007

Lady Joanne

Calvin Borel

Carl Nafzger

Bentley L. Smith Trust

1:35.35

2006

Joint Effort

Rene Douglas

Dale L. Romans

Donald R. Dizney

1:35.49

2005

Miss Matched

Shaun Bridgmohan

John T. Ward

John C. Oxley

1:43.49

2004

Stellar Jayne

Robby Albarado

D. Wayne Lukas

Spendthrift Farm/Chuck Kidder

1:43.14

2003

Golden Marlin

Shane Sellers

Greg Foley

J. Famularo & W. Glass

1:45.96

2002

Take Charge Lady

Tony D'Amico

Kenneth McPeek

Select Stable (Jerry & Faye Bach)

1:42.73

2001

Nasty Storm

Lonnie Meche

Dallas Stewart

Stewart/Crum/Reilly McDonald

1:43.11

2000

Welcome Surprise

Francisco Torres

Neil J. Howard

W. S. Farish/Mrs. W. S. Kilroy

1:46.80

1999

Golden Temper

Shane Sellers

W. Elliott Walden

Mark Stanley

1:43.73

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Calvin H. Borel ( born November 7 , 1966 ) is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby , the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby . His 2009 Derby win with Mine That Bird was the second biggest upset in Derby history , and Borel 's winning margin of ​6 3⁄4 lengths was the greatest in Derby history since Assault won by 8 lengths in 1946 . On May 1 , 2009 , Borel won the Kentucky Oaks aboard Rachel Alexandra , only the second time since 1993 that a jockey has won the Oaks-Derby combo , and just the seventh time overall a jockey has accomplished this feat in the same year . On May 16 , 2009 , Borel won the 2009 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with thoroughbred filly Rachel Alexandra . In doing so , Borel became the first jockey to win the first two jewels of the Triple Crown on different mounts . Borel 's nickname is Bo'rail ' due to his penchant for riding close to the rail to save ground .
Jon Kenton Court ( born November 26 , 1960 in Gainesville , Florida ) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing . Having grown up in Florida , Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980 . He rode in Louisiana for 12 years before moving to Kentucky and Indiana in 1995 , where he was a top rider at Hoosier Park from 1996 to 1998 . In 1999 , he gained his 2,000th win at Kentucky Downs . In 2001 , he rode Percy Hope in the Lone Star Derby , winning , and in the Preakness Stakes , placing 9th . In 2003 , he won the Japan Cup Dirt on Fleetstreet Dancer as a 48-1 longshot . In 2004 , he moved to California tracks on the advice of trainer Doug O'Neill after winning titles at Ellis Park Racecourse , Oaklawn Park , Turfway Park , Kentucky Downs , and Birmingham Racecourse . He rode his 3,000th winner at Santa Anita Park on April 7 , 2005 , 25 years to the day from his first win . In 2006 , Court was elected secretary of the Jockeys ' Guild and is the Guild 's representative board member for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association 's ( NTRA ) Charities-Permanently Disabled Jockeys ' Fund . Court , who has been called an unfailingly polite man by ESPN , received the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in February 2007 . The award is voted on by American jockeys and is given to a jockey who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct , on and off the racetrack . Court was one of the jockeys featured in the first season of Animal Planet 's 2009 reality documentary Jockeys before he moved his tack back to Kentucky .
Robby J. Albarado ( born September 11 , 1973 , in Lafayette , Louisiana ) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey . He began riding at the age of 10 and progressed to riding at bush tracks in his native Louisiana by the age of 12 . After turning professional , he earned his first official win at Evangeline Downs in 1990 . Since then , he has won more than 5,000 races , but his career has endured setbacks as a result of serious injuries . During 1998 and 1999 , he suffered two skull fractures , one of which required doctors to replace a damaged portion of his skull with titanium mesh and polymer plate . Another serious accident in the fall of 2000 kept him out of racing for the better part of 2001 .
G. Watts Humphrey Jr. ( born June 12 , 1944 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a prominent Pittsburgh businessman and thoroughbred owner and breeder .
Alex O. Solis ( born March 25 , 1964 ) is a jockey based in the United States . He lives in Glendora , California and rides predominantly in Southern California . He got his big break and his first gained national prominence when he won the 1986 Preakness Stakes with Snow Chief . In 2014 , he was elected to the horse racing hall of fame and on January 1 , 2015 , became the 29th jockey in North American history to have 5,000 wins .
Jerry Hollendorfer ( born June 18 , 1946 in Akron , Ohio ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose notable horses include Eclipse Award winners Blind Luck , Shared Belief and Songbird . He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers . In 2011 , he was inducted into the US Racing Hall of Fame .
Miguel Mena ( born November 6 , 1986 in Lima , Peru ) is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has been competing in the United States since 2003 . He is from a Peruvian family involved in horse racing . His father Jose is a retired jockey . He is currently married and lives in Louisville , Kentucky with his wife and children .
Michael J . Maker ( born on February 7 , 1969 ) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses . The son of a trainer , he learned the business from his father then set up his own public stable in 1991 . In 1993 he went to work as an assistant to U.S . Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas where he remained until going out on his own again in 2003 . Mike Maker 's most important wins came with Furthest Land in the 2009 Breeders ' Cup Dirt Mile and the 2011 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile with Hansen who would earn American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors . In 2010 he won the Blue Grass Stakes with the colt Stately Victor which qualified him for the Kentucky Derby .
Kenneth L. Ken Ramsey ( born 1935 ) and Sarah Kathern Kitten Ramsey ( born February 5 , 1939 ) are horse breeders and owners of Thoroughbred race horses . They have multiple graded stakes winners , three Breeders ' Cup winners , and the Ramseys themselves have won multiple Eclipse Awards for outstanding owner and breeder . Ken and Sarah own Ramsey Farm , a 1,200 acre horse breeding operation in Nicholasville , Kentucky , and have raced horses at tracks throughout the United States . Many of their race horses have names incorporating the word Kitten , Ken 's nickname for Sarah Ramsey , used as the inspiration for the name of their leading stallion , Kitten 's Joy , a successful racehorse in longer races on turf racetracks . When his style of racing proved unfashionable and outside breeders were reluctant to send mares to him , the Ramseys bought a herd of their own mares to breed and raced the progeny themselves , with considerable success , punctuated by Ken Ramsey personally leading most of his horses into the winner 's circle after their races . To further promote the stallion , most of his offspring have Kitten in their names and , in some cases such as Breeders ' Cup winners Bobby 's Kitten and Stephanie 's Kitten , the Ramseys honor friends or family members by incorporating their names as well .
Corey James Lanerie ( born November 13 , 1974 ) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing . Based in Kentucky , he has been the leading rider at Churchill Downs , having won the most races during a race meet , 10 times . He has also been named the leading rider at Ellis Park , Lone Star Park , Sam Houston Race Park and Retama Park . Lanerie was born in Lafayette , Louisiana . His father had been a jockey before becoming a horse trainer , and Lanerie 's grandfather also was a trainer . When Lanerie was nine years old , he began exercising race horses . He learned race riding at a farm near Opelousas and started his jockey career at small unrecognized tracks . He began to ride professionally in 1991 , and won his first race on April 19 of that year at Evangeline Downs on a horse named High Hopes Banquet . He won his first stakes race the following year in the Black Gold Stakes at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans , Louisiana . Lanerie 's first graded stakes race win was the Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park in 1999 . Lanerie falls within a tradition of Cajun jockeys who developed their riding skills in their home state prior to achieving success at major tracks , and follows in the footsteps of other Louisiana natives such as Calvin Borel , Kent Desormeaux , and Eddie Delahoussaye , each of whom was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame . Lanerie won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 2004 , an honor bestowed upon him by a vote of his fellow jockeys .
William I . Bill Mott ( born July 29 , 1953 , in Mobridge , South Dakota ) is an American horse trainer , most notable for his work with Cigar . Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996 . He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1998 at the age of 45 , becoming the youngest thoroughbred trainer ever inducted . Mott started training thoroughbreds at age 15 and won the South Dakota Futurity with Kosmic Tour before he was out of high school . He worked his way up the ranks by becoming first an exercise rider , then an assistant trainer for Hall of Fame Trainer Jack Van Berg . In 1976 , Mott , trainer Frank Brothers ( who was also Van Berg 's assistant trainer ) , and a stable crew guided Van Berg 's horses through the wins at Sportsman 's , Hawthorne and Arlington Park race tracks in Chicago . They were so successful that Van Berg was named leading trainer at Arlington Park and leading trainer in the Nation with 496 wins in 1976 , a record that stood until Steve Asmussen broke it in 2003 with 555 wins . Asmussen broke his own record in 2008 and 2009 . Mott worked as an assistant trainer for Van Berg for three years before striking out on his own in 1978 . On the July 28 , 2007 , ABC Sports broadcast of the Diana Handicap , Hall of Fame jockey and race commentator Jerry Bailey said Mott is generally regarded as the best trainer for racing on turf in the United States .
Manoel Manny R. Cruz ( born May 20 , 1970 in Minas Gerais , Brazil ) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing . He has won multiple graded stakes races , including four grade II level races . For every year since 2003 , he has finished in the top 15 jockeys at Gulfstream Park . Manny Cruz has over 2,800 career wins . Manny Cruz resides in Miami , Florida .
Kenneth G. McPeek ( born August 2 , 1962 in Fort Chaffee , Arkansas ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer .
Todd Pletcher ( born June 26 , 1967 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer . He won the Eclipse Award seven times as Trainer of the Year , four of these in consecutive years . His horses Super Saver ( 2010 ) and Always Dreaming ( 2017 ) won the Kentucky Derby . He also won the Belmont Stakes with Rags to Riches ( 2007 ) , Palace Malice ( 2013 ) and Tapwrit ( 2017 ) .
Shaun Xavier Bridgmohan ( born June 24 , 1979 in Spanish Town , Jamaica ) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing . At age thirteen , Bridgmohan 's family emigrated to the United States , settling in South Florida where he developed an interest in horse racing . Before becoming a jockey , and while still in school , he worked at a Florida racetrack as a hot walker , groom , and as an exercise rider . After graduating from high school he pursued a riding career and in August 1997 earned his first win at Calder Race Course . Six months later on February 15 , 1998 he won six races on a single card at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens , New York , finishing 1998 , which was his breakout year , as the winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey . On December 22 , 2007 he again won six races on a single card , this time at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans , Louisiana . On April 1 , 2017 he recorded his 3,000th win .
Steven Mark Asmussen ( born November 18 , 1965 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer . He is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2016 . His horses have won the Breeders ' Cup Classic , Preakness Stakes , Belmont Stakes , Breeders ' Cup Distaff , Kentucky Oaks and Dubai World Cup .
David M. Carroll ( born 5 January 1942 ) is an American naturalist , author and illustrator . He has investigated for the endangered species programs of New Hampshire , Vermont , Maine , the Environmental Protection Agency , and the National Park Service . He lives in Warner , New Hampshire and is among the greatest wiffleball pitchers in the history of the game .
Carl A. Nafzger ( born August 29 , 1941 in Plainview , Texas ) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer . Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship rodeo bull rider . Nafzger trained Unbridled who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders ' Cup Classic . In 1990 he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and the Big Sport of Turfdom Award . In 1994 , he wrote a book on the training of Thoroughbred horses titled Traits Of A Winner that was published by R. Meerdink Co. no-repeat ; background-position : right .1em center } . In 1998 , Nafzger trained Banshee Breeze who won that year 's Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly . In 2006 he was back in the national spotlight as the trainer of the colt Street Sense who won the 2006 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile and the 2007 Kentucky Derby . In the late 2000s and early 2010s , Nafzger moved into semi-retirement , training only for two clients : James B. Tafel , owner of Street Sense , and Bentley Smith . Smith 's first wife ( who died in 1999 ) was the daughter of Unbridled 's owner , Frances A. Genter , and ran the Genter stable before its dissolution . Nafzger was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2008 .
René R. Douglas ( born March 3 , 1967 in Panama City , Panama ) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing . Born into a Thoroughbred racing family , after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983 . His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious Washington , D.C. International . In 1996 , he rode Editor 's Note to victory in the Belmont Stakes , the third leg of the U.S . Triple Crown series . Rene Douglas has won three riding titles at Calder Race Course and Hialeah Park Race Track and a record four in a row from 2001 through 2004 at Arlington Park . He won seven races on a single card at Arlington Park on July 24 , 2003 and has twice won six on a single card at Calder Race Course . In the richest win of his career , Rene Douglas captured the 2006 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies aboard Dreaming of Anna . Douglas may be paralyzed from the waist down after a spill , doctors still are not certain . Arlington Matron Handicap at Arlington Park on May 23 , 2009 . Douglas 's horse , Born to Be , clipped heels with the fading pacesetter Boudoir and fell forward and flipped on to her back , crushing Douglas underneath . Jockey Jamie Theriot 's horse , Sky Mom , was disqualified by the stewards for causing the accident .
Dale L. Romans ( born August 14 , 1966 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer , best known for winning the 2011 Preakness Stakes with Shackleford and the Breeders ' Cup Turf with Little Mike . He also upset American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers Stakes with Keen Ice . He won the 2012 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer .
John T. Ward Jr. ( born August 2 , 1945 ) is an American racehorse trainer . He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agricultural Economics , where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity . He is a third generation horseman on both sides of his family . He took charge of the family farm at age twenty-five when his father became ill in 1970 . Ward met his wife , Donna , when he was showing horses . They now operate John T. Ward Stables and Sugar Grove Farm in Central Kentucky .
John C. Oxley , a.k.a . Jack , ( born 1937 ) is an American oilman , horse breeder and polo player .
Darrell Wayne Lukas ( born September 2 , 1935 in Antigo , Wisconsin ) is an American horse trainer and a U.S . Racing Hall of Fame inductee . He has won twenty Breeders ' Cup races , received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments , and his horses have won 25 year-end Eclipse Awards . He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007 .
Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington , Kentucky currently owned by B. Wayne Hughes . It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion Spendthrift , who was owned by Combs ' ancestor , Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm . Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o ' War . Although Spendthrift Farm is known mostly as a commercial breeding operation , they maintain a small racing stable as well . Their most notable runners are Beholder , a 4-time Eclipse Award winning mare , Lord Nelson , a three-time Gr.I winning sprinter , and Court Vision , who won the Breeders ' Cup Mile and now stands at Spendthrift .
Shane Jude Sellers ( born September 24 , 1966 in Erath , Louisiana ) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey . At age eleven , he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs . Sellers won several national riding championships and was a leading rider at Arlington Park . Over his career , he rode in the Kentucky Derby 14 consecutive times , with his best finish a third with Wild Gale in 1993 . The two took third again that year in the Belmont Stakes . He rode 29 thoroughbreds in the Breeders Cup races , with two wins in 1997 and 1998 , however one of his most exciting wins had to be his ride of Skip Away over the great Cigar in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 1996 . During his career Shane Sellers won more than 4,000 races and earned purses worth more than $ 122 million .
Take Charge Lady ( foaled 4 February 1999 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare . She was one of the leading fillies of her generation in the United States , winning 11 of her 22 races between April 2001 and November 2003 , earning over $ 2 million . She recorded Grade I victories in the Ashland Stakes and consecutive editions of the Spinster Stakes , and also won the Alcibiades Stakes , Silverbulletday Stakes , Fair Grounds Oaks , Dogwood Stakes and Arlington Matron Stakes . After her retirement from racing she became a successful broodmare , producing the Grade I winners Take Charge Indy , winner of the 2012 Florida Derby and Will Take Charge , 2013 Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse . In addition , her first foal Charming is the dam of the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Take Charge Brandi .
Kenneth G. McPeek ( born August 2 , 1962 in Fort Chaffee , Arkansas ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer .
Dallas Stewart ( born September 15 , 1959 in McComb , Mississippi ) trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs , Turfway Park , Keeneland Race Course , Fair Grounds Race Course , Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Course . Before venturing out on his own , he spent 12 years working under the tutelage of leading trainer D. Wayne Lukas . There , he oversaw such horses as Lady 's Secret , Thunder Gulch , Serena 's Song , Timber Country , Tabasco Cat , and many other Grade I winners . In 1999 , Stewart trained Kimberlite Pipe to win the Grade II Louisiana Derby and Sapphire and Silk to win the Grade III Prioress Stakes at Belmont Park . Stewart won his first training title at the 2000 Keeneland Race Course Spring Meet . His stakes performers during 2000 included Dollar Bill , who won the Grade II Brown & Williamson Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill and competed in all three legs of the Triple Crown . In 2001 , his stabled earned more than $ 3.8 million , topped by Unbridled Elaine 's payday for winning the Grade I Breeders ' Cup Distaff . He also won two graded events with Nasty Storm - the Grade II Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap and Grade III Dogwood Stakes . In 2002 , Stewart won the Grade II Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park with Nasty Storm , and other stakes with Sweet Nanette , Kazoo and Saintly Look . In 2003 , Saintly Look won the Grade III Lecomte Stakes and Stewart also won the Mardi Gras Handicap at Fair Grounds with Even the Score and the Perryville Stakes at Keeneland Race Course with Clock Stopper . In 2006 , he won the Kentucky Oaks ( G1 ) with Lemons Forever , which was the longest shot to ever win the race . He was the trainer of multiple graded stakes winners Silverfoot and Macho Again .
Denzel Edwin Denny Crum ( born March 2 , 1937 ) is a former American men 's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001 , compiling a 675-295 record . He guided the Cardinals to two NCAA championships ( 1980 , 1986 ) and six Final Fours . Honored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 1994 , Crum is one of the major figures in the history of sports in Kentucky and in college basketball in general . As the head coach at U of L , Crum is widely credited with pioneering the now-common strategy of scheduling tough non-conference match-ups early in the season in order to prepare his teams for March 's NCAA tournament , where one defeat ends the season . Crum 's prolific post-season play and calm demeanor earned him the monikers Mr. March and his most well-known nickname , Cool Hand Luke .
Neil J. Howard ( February 23 , 1949 in Riverdale , Bronx , New York ) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer . Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979 . With Summer Squall , in 1990 Neil Howard won the second leg of the U.S . Triple Crown series , the Preakness Stakes and in 2003 trained Mineshaft to American Horse of the Year honors .
William Stamps Farish III ( born March 17 , 1939 , in Houston , Texas ) is an American businessman and a former US ambassador to the UK from 2001 until 2004 .
W. Elliott Walden ( born February 10 , 1963 in Lexington , Kentucky ) is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles , Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer .