John Battaglia Memorial Stakes

The John Battaglia Memorial Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses held in early March at Turfway Park. The race is open to three-year-olds run at one and one-sixteenth miles on the polytrack. The race is an ungraded stakes with a purse of $100,000.

The race is a prep to the Lane's End Stakes, which itself is a prep for the Kentucky Derby.

Past winners:

• 2007    Catman Running
• 2006    Laity
• 2005    Magna Graduate
• 2004    Silver Minister
• 2003    Champali
• 2002    Request For Parole
• 2001    Bonnie Scot
• 2000    Nature
• 1999    K One King
• 1998    Daniel My Brother
• 1997    Concerto