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11-450: First running of the event was on 24 October 1936, closing day of Keeneland's inaugural fall meeting as a six furlong race for two-year-olds and was won by Manhasset Stable's White Tie who ran as an entry with Greentree Stable 's Tattered (finished 5th) winning by in a time of 1:12 flat. In 1938 the conditions of the event were changed to a handicap for horses three-years-old and older and the distance set at 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles. In 1940

22-466: A horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne Whitney , who also had a large stable of horses. Greentree Stable had a training base at Aiken, South Carolina , while Greentree Farm in Lexington, Kentucky was established in 1925 as its breeding arm. After Whitney's steeplechase horse won the 1911 Greentree Cup race at Great Neck, New York , it was decided to use

33-667: The Calumet Purse for three year old horses which was held in April during the Spring meeting prior to the signature event of the meeting - Blue Grass Stakes . The event was named after Calumet Farm , a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm in Lexington . The 1975 winner of the event, Master Derby not only completed this double but later in May of that year also won the middle leg of the U.S Triple Crown , Preakness Stakes . In 1984

44-546: The 1973 running of the event, Starkers finished first but was disqualified for interference and was placed second. Our Native was declared the winner. § Ran as part of an entry Greentree Stable Greentree Stable , in Red Bank, New Jersey , was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City . Payne Whitney operated

55-636: The Greentree name for several of their properties. Following Payne Whitney's death in 1927, his widow, Helen Hay Whitney , took over the operation. Her son John Hay Whitney was also involved in Thoroughbred racing especially so with his wife Liz Whitney . Daughter Joan Whitney Payson raced horses under the nom de course Manhasset Stable . On their mother's death, they continued to build on Greentree Stable's success. Greentree Stable horses won many important steeplechase and flat races throughout

66-677: The Hall of Fame: Devil Diver in 1980 and Tom Fool in 1960. Helen Whitney's steeplechasers won the American Grand National four times (1926–1928 and 1937). Her horse Jolly Roger (who won the Grand National twice) was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1965. Greentree Stable also had polo ponies and steeplechasers , one of which won the 1946 American Grand National. Other steeplechasers raced in England and Ireland. After

77-619: The United States. As part of a program honoring important Thoroughbred tracks and racing stables, the Pennsylvania Railroad named its baggage car #5859 the Greentree Stable . In January 1928, Thomas W. Murphy, a renowned harness racing trainer, became head trainer for Greentree Stable. Murphy stayed until the end of the 1930 Pimlico fall meeting, and was replaced by James G. Rowe, Jr. Trained by Rowe,

88-872: The Whitney stable's colt Twenty Grand earned the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1931 and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1957. Hall of Fame trainer John M. Gaver, Sr. , who won the Belmont Stakes for the stable three times, trained Devil Diver , Champion Handicap Horse in 1943–1944 and the 1953 Horse of the Year Tom Fool . Both horses were also voted into

99-488: The distance was extended to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles for two runnings in which Joe DeSoto's Steel Heels won both events including setting a new track record in 1941. In October 1942, Keeneland held its last meeting due to the track being closed during World War II , the event was run as the Lexington Purse over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. In 1973 Keeneland schedule an overnight allowance event as

110-644: The event has been the last race with qualification points for the Road to the Kentucky Derby as a Wild Card event. The event was not held 2020 during Keeneland's spring meeting which was moved to July and shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . Speed record Margins Most wins by a jockey Most wins by a trainer Most wins by an owner Legend:    All Weather Track    Dirt Notes: † In

121-658: The event was renamed to the Lexington Stakes . In 1986 the event was upgrade by the American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III . Two years later the event was once again upgraded to Grade II and held this classification until 2010. In 1989 the event has been scheduled after the Blue Grass Stakes and it is rare now that horses will run in both events. The race was downgraded to Grade III status for 2011. Since 2013

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