Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes


The Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A six furlong sprint raced on dirt, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It was run on Polytrack synthetic dirt from 2006-2013. The Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" program which gives the annual winner entry into the Filly and Mare Sprint.

Historical notes

Originally raced as the TCA Dinner Purse from 1941 through 1980, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Graded Stakes Committee elevated it to a stakes race in 1981. From then through 1985 the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes was restricted to horses whose owner was a member of the Club. Dropping that restriction allowed the race to qualify for Graded stakes consideration which it achieved in 1988. A Grade III event from 1988 through 2008 it was given Grade II status for 2009.

Indyanne's record run

Owned by David & Jill Heerensperger and trained by Greg Gilchrist, Indyanne came into the 2008 race as a favorite, having won the Azalea Stakes at Calder Race Course by 9½ lengths before finishing second in the Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga. With the lead in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes coming down the stretch, Indyanne was hard pressed to hold off Wild Gams, Everrett Novak's very fast filly and winner of the 2007 TCA race. Indyanne held on to win by a head in a new stakes record time which through 2019 still stands. After an illness kept Indyanne out of Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, she came back to racing on November 22 and finished second in the Sausalito Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. In her next outing, the December 27 Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Park, she suffered a fractured sesamoid in her left front ankle. Two weeks later veterinarians at the renowned Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital advised that complications had set in which meant they could not perform successful surgery and that it would be inhumane to continue treatment. Indyanne was euthanized on January 13, 2009.

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