STAKES HISTORIES 96ROCK Stakes Three-Year-Olds, One mile, Purse (2013): $50,000 Originally the Presidents Stakes, the race is sponsored by Cincinnati radio station WFTK anad is the second local prep for the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes. Year Winner/Owner Jockey/Trainer Second Third Time Margin 2013 Mac the Man/Sherri Greenhill Norberto Arroyo Jr./Jeff Greenhill Bye Bye Bernie Takin the Sloroad 1:40.52 2 2012 Mr. Prankster/F. Thomas Conway & John McKee/Michael J. Maker Phantom Fury Magical Season 1:39.18 2 Michael J. Maker 2011 Twinspired/Alpha Stables, Skychai Jozbin Santana/Michael J. Maker R Fast Cat Taptowne 1:41.57 4 1/4 Racing LLC & Sand Dollar Stable LLC 2010 Kera’s Kitten/Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey Thomas Pompell/Michael J. Maker Slewzoom Lucky Chuck 1:41.21 2 1/2 2009 Parade Clown/Donamire Farm William Troilo/Katherine Ball Music City Dynamite Bob 1:40.73 2 3/4 2008 Big Glen/John T. L. Jones & Bill Jones James Lopez/Frank Brothers Your Round Mr. Harry 1:38.48 1 1/4 2007 Joe Got Even/Elizabeth Tobin & Joe Vaudo Miguel Mena/Philip Sims Cobrador Eighteenthofmarch 1:39.73 4 1/2 2006 Warrior Within/David Ross Dean Sarvis/Daniel M. Smithwick Jr. Malameeze Final Copy 1:38.99 5 1/4 2005 Snack/Penny Lauer Ramsey Zimmerman/Michael Lauer Catch Me Cat Shaker 1:38.06 3 2004 Silver Minister/Lloyd Madison Farm LLC Rafael Bejarano/Gregory Foley Revolver Six Dollar a Dip 1:41.98 5 1/4 2003 Champali/Lloyd Madison Farm LLC Jason Lumpkins/Gregory Foley Chicken Soup Kid Honeagle 1:40 2/5 2002 Request For Parole/Sam & Jeri Knighton Brian Peck/Steve Margolis Perfect Drift Thunder On Land 1:36 4/5 Presidents Stakes 2001 Bonnie Scot/William A. Kelly Greta Kunzweiler/Roger Anderson Big Will X Country 1:39 1/5 2000 Miami Blase/Don E. Cain Eddie Zuniga/Peter Salmen Jr. Jimie Son I’m Howlin 1:37 4/5 1999 K One King/Yoshiko Sato Francisco Torres/Akiko Gothard Lead Em Home Nikama 1:36 2/5 1998 Yukon Pete/Laura Ann McIngvale Dean Kutz/Steve Moyer Rondevous Technocat 1:37 1/5 1997 Famously Free/Gainesway Thoroughbreds Inc. Donna Barton/D. Wayne Lukas Won for the Road Miswaki Bandit 1:37 2/5 1996 Wavering Warrior/Richard Schultz Donna Barton/D. Wayne Lukas Connecting Terms Malcomb 1:18 3/5 1995 Not run 1994 Cold Execution/Kyle Nagel & Terry Raymond Tracy Hebert/Dale Romans Sir Walter Lyzalot Strawberry A.O.K. 1:17 1/5 1993 Beyond His Years/Kevin & Michael Fulkerson Sam Maple/Thomas Hauswald Rine’s Hope Below The Belt 1:19 4/5 1992 Carry Out/Carl F. Pollard Charles Woods Jr./Walter Bindner Jr. Knockwithone Quiet Enjoyment 1:19 1/5 1991 Bobby M./Elmer E. Miller Inocencio Marte/Arthur Zeis Wilder Than Ever River Fit 1:18 2/5 1990 Spiced Coffee/Frank Weiger Jr. Danny Cox/Angel Montano Fighting Fantasy Sluki 1:19 1989 Pan Piper/W. H. Floyd W. J. Neagle/Eric Reed Never Agree Revive 1:16 4/5 1988 Buck Forbes/Ralph Marquette Sr. Tony D’Amico/Rex Marquette Jr. Glory Afar Ponshewaing 1:16 1/5 1987 U. Con Man/Myrtle Maier Michael McDowell/Gene Maier Crimson Slew Bank Fast 1:19 4/5 1986 Best of Rest/Parish Bros. & York Criswell Francisco Vidal/Thomas Short Urbanna Cowboy Final Destroyer 1:18 3/5 1985 Patcandoit/C. V. Queen Scott Miller/Jerry Burkhart Broad Fancy Mickeydamoke 1:18 1/5 1984 Mars Angel/R. Paquette F. DeLaguardia/Frank Castelluccio Dew Reason Fat Saturday 1:19 3/5 1983 Dangerous Leader/Carter Thornton J. R. Henson/Carter Thornton Runs Like A Prince Just Plain High 1:17 1987-1996: run at 6 1/2 furlongs. 2002-2012: sponsored by Cincinnati radio station WEBN. Alysheba Stakes Formerly the In Memoriam Stakes, the Alysheba became the Kentucky Cup Juvenile with the inaugural running of the Kentucky Cup Day of Champions in 1994. (See page 55.) Year Winner/Owner Jockey/Trainer Second Third Time Margin 1993 Bibury Court/Margaret Grimm Scott Saito/Margaret Grimm Moving Van Durham 1:47 3/5 1992 Mountain Cat/William T. Young Charles Woods Jr./D. Wayne Lukas. Saw Mill Shoal Creek 1:43 2/5 1991 Star Recruit/Dan Dar Farm R. Lopez/Jerry Fanning Pick Up The Phone Battenburg 1:45 3/5 continued on next page 17 Alysheba Stakes (continued) Year Winner/Owner Jockey/Trainer Second Third Time Margin 1990 Fire In Ice/Sugar Maple Farm J. Garcia/D. Wayne Lukas Wall Street Dancer Gold Shoulder 1:46 3/5 1989 Fighting Fantasy/Raymond H. Cottrell Sr. Danny Cox/John E. Churchman Jr. Top Snob Hardburly 1:48 2/5 In Memoriam Stakes 1988 Light Crude/Leslie Combs II Rickey Frazier/Raymond Lawrence Jr. Bravoure Revive 1:44 4/5 1987 Jim’s Orbit/James Cottrell Pat Day/Clarence F. Picou Kingpost Delightful Doctor 1:37 4/5 1986 Rainbow East/Aronow Stable O. Aviles/Newcomb Green Alysheba David L.’s Rib 1:37 1/5 1986-1987: run at 1 mile. 1988-1993: run at 1 1/16th miles. John Battaglia Memorial Stakes (L) Three-Year-Olds, One and one-sixteenth miles, Purse (2013): $75,000 Named to honor the late John Battaglia, Latonia general manager who developed the Spiral Stakes in the early 1970s, the Battaglia Memorial is the last of three local preps for the Spiral. Year Winner/Owner Jockey/Trainer Second Third Time Margin 2013 General Election/WinStar Farm LLC Albin Jimenez/Kellyn Gorder Giant Finish For Greater Glory 1:46.13 1/2 2012 State of Play/Team Valor International Victor Lebron/H. Graham Motion Ill Conceived Dynamical 1:46.55 Head 2011 Positive Response/Saul Gevertz, William Julien Couton/William E. Morey Taptowne Son of Posse 1:45.13 7 E. Morey, Roger Newman & Ray Pagano 2010 Vow to Wager (2nd-Pl 1st)/Donegal Racing John McKee/Dale Romans Codoy (1st-DQ 2nd) In the Paint 1:48.94 1 2009 Proceed Bee/William Stiritz Rodney Prescott/Terry Gestes Parade Clown Toccet Rocket 1:47.49 1 1/4 2008 *Absolutely Cindy/R. Keith Kinmon Orlando Mojica/R. Keith Kinmon Your Round Dixie Decision 1:44.69 1 3/4 2007 Catman Running/Joe Harris Willie Martinez/Eric Reed Joe Got Even Cobrador 1:45.42 1 3/4 2006 Laity/Claiborne Farm Corey Lanerie/Frank Brothers Pair of Kings New Awakening 1:46.88 1/2 2005 Magna Graduate/Elisabeth Alexander Dean Sarvis/Patrick Byrne Pavo Ultimate 1:43.94 3 3/4 2004 Silver Minister/Lloyd Madison Farm LLC Rafael Bejarano/Gregory Foley Little Matth Man White Mountain Boy 1:44.79 2 3/4 2003 Champali/Lloyd Madison Farm LLC Jason Lumpkins/Gregory Foley Chicken Soup Kid Grey Comet 1:46.23 2002 Request For Parole/Sam & Jeri Knighton Brian Peck/Steven Margolis Perfect Drift Thunder On Land 1:43 2001 Bonnie Scot/William A. Kelly Greta Kunzweiler/Roger Anderson X Country Daring Pegasus 1:45 2000 Nature/Joyce & Roy Monroe Terry Thompson/Kenneth McPeek Valiant Style Soldiers Fortune 1:45 1/5 1999 K One King/Yoshiko Sato Francisco Torres/Akiko Gothard Fort La Roca Make Your Mark 1:44 1998 Daniel My Brother/Star Stables Julie Krone/Gary Sciacca Western City Yukon Pete 1:42 3/5 1997 Concerto/Kinsman Stable Carlos Marquez Jr./John Tammaro III Star of Halo Esteemed Friend 1:42 2/5 1996 Beefchopper/Charles Duncker, et. al. Craig Perret/Philip Hauswald True Valay Beloved Trick 1:45 3/5 1995 Car Dealer/Raymond Cottrell Sr. Dean Kutz/Marcia Lee Butler Sikkim Devil’s Brew 1:45 2/5 1994 Mahogany Hall/Robert Hoeweler Willie Martinez/James Baker Sir Walter Lyzalot Dynafleet 1:42 1/5 1993 Fafa Lemos/Apolon Farm Inc. Brian Peck/Eduardo Caramori Over Jack Mountain Beyond His Years 1:49 3/5 1992 Quiet Enjoyment/J. Carroll, W. Carlisle & T. Gregory James Bruin/David Lemieux Secreto’s Hideaway Apart 1:44 4/5 1991 Discover/Claiborne Farm Aaron Gryder/Steven Penrod Wilder Than Ever Wall Street Dancer 1:44 2/5 1990 Private School/Bruce Hutson Scott Miller/Donald Habeeb Fighting Fantasy Sluki 1:46 3/5 1989 Revive/Robert W. Dommel Mike Morgan/George Isaacs Ridge Escape Arcadia Falls 1:46 2/5 1988 Glory Afar/Bwamazon Farm Michael McDowell/Roger Burton Double Walt Cannon Dancer 1:37 4/5 1987 Lt. Lao/R. C. Keller Patricia Cooksey/Betty Moran Crimson Slew Unleavened 1:40 1986 Blanford Park/C. C. Green Charles Woods Jr./Raymond Lawrence Jr. Best of Rest Iron Bender 1:39 1/5 1985 Aggie’s Best/W. N. Moore Harvey Puckett/John F. Bohannan Mickeydamoke Broad Fancy 1:39 2/5 1984 Magic Ten/Nelson McMakin Michael McDowell/Phillip Sims Dempsey’s Brand Star Champion 1:39 1/5 1983 Runs Like A Prince/C. L. Heekin J. Hampshire/John T. Ward Jr. Run For Greco Happiness Road 1:41 3/5 1982 Baraco/M. L. Warner Charles Woods Jr./William Sweeney Passem Honey Sensational Prince 1:17 4/5 1982: run at 6 1/2 furlongs. 1983-1988: run at 1 mile. *Only filly to win the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes. 18 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks (G3) Three-Year-Old Fillies, One mile, Purse (2013): $100,000 Formerly the Bourbonette Breeders’ Cup, the race was renamed the Bourbonette Oaks in 2007. The Bourbonette Oaks is the filly counterpart to the Spiral Stakes. Year Winner/Owner Jockey/Trainer Second Third Time Margin 2013 Silsita/Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & John Velzaquez/Todd Pletcher Marathon Lady Pure Fun 1:38.27 Nose Tanourin Stable 2012 In Lingerie/Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher Dancing Solo Toxis 1:38.28 6 Gary Barber 2011 Summer Soiree/Wahoo Partners, Brereton Gabriel Saez/J.