The Jenny Wiley Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and Mares, age four and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the spring meeting.
The Jenny Wiley Stakes is named for Jenny Wiley, a pregnant pioneer woman captured in Kentucky by Native Americans in 1789 and who escaped after almost a year in captivity.
[1] The event was inaugurated on 17 April 1989 and was won by Native Mommy, ridden by Craig Perret to a 3⁄4 length margin in a time of 1:433⁄5 over the 1+1⁄16 miles distance.
Dual winner British bred Intercontinental trained by Hall of Fame trainer Robert J. Frankel won this race in 2005.
The Jenny Wiley Stakes was sponsored by Coolmore America Ashford Stud since 2016 until 2021 which was reflected in the name of the event.