Arlington Stakes

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Arlington Stakes
ClassGrade III
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1929 (as Arlington Handicap at Arlington Park)
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website Arlington Park
Race information
Distance1+116 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds & older
Weight123 lbs with allowances
Purse200,000

The Arlington Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf held annually in late May or early June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

Contents

It currently offers a purse of $200,000 and served as a final local prep race for the Arlington Million.

The race was hosted by the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the Hawthorne Race Course in 1985.

The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999.

In 2022, the event was moved to Churchill Downs after the closure of Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois and run over the shorter distance of 1+116 miles. [1]

Distances:

Records

Speed record:

1:42.42 - Set Piece (2023) (at 1 1/16 miles on Churchill Downs turf)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
DistanceTime
2022Admission Office7 John R. Velazquez Brian A. LynchAmerman Racing LLC1+116 Miles1:43.52
2021Bizzee Channel5Jareth LoveberryLarry RivelliPatricia's Hope LLC1+316 Miles1:55.08
2020Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2019Bandua4Adam BeschizzaJack SistersonCalumet Farm1+316 Miles1:53.16
2018Divisidero6Jevian ToledoKelly RubleyGunpowder Farms, LLC & Brereton C. Jones 1+316 Miles1:54.03
2017Ghost Hunter7Edwin GonzalezJamie NessTriple K Stables1+316 Miles1:55.86
2016Kasaqui (ARG)6 Robby Albarado Ignacio Correas IV Wimborne Farm1+316 Miles1:55.62
2015Quiet Force5 Julien Leparoux Michael Maker Charles Kevin Warner1+316 Miles1:56.50
2014 Finnegans Wake 5 Victor Espinoza Dale L. Romans Donegal Racing1 14 Miles2:05.42
2013Rahystrada9 Rosie Napravnik Byron G. Hughes Robert E. Courtney Jr.1 14 Miles2:01.66
2012Rahystrada8 Joel Rosario Byron G. Hughes Robert E. Courtney Jr.1 14 Miles2:01.84
2011Tajaaweed6 James Graham Daniel Peitz Shadwell Stable 1 14 Miles2:01.83
2010Rahystrada6 Inez Karlsson Byron HughesRobert Courtney1 14 Miles2:01.26
2009Just As Well6 E. T. Baird Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard 1 14 Miles2:02.84
2008Stream Cat5 James Graham Rusty Arnold Fab Oak Stable / Hurley / Goldthorpe1 14 Miles2:04.83
2007Cosmonaut5 Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Flying Zee Stable 1 14 Miles2:01.32
2006Cosmonaut4 Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Flying Zee Stable 1 14 Miles2:03.10
2005Cool Conductor4 Cornelio Velásquez Ralph Nicks David E. Garner1 14 Miles2.02.26
2004Senor Swinger4 Brice Blanc Bob Baffert Robert & Beverly Lewis 1 14 Miles2:03.38
2003Honor In War4 David Flores Paul McGee Turn Stable LLC1 14 Miles2:02.71
2002Falcon Flight6 René Douglas Donald Burke Jr. Gary A. Tanaka 1 14 Miles2:03.13
2001Make No Mistake6 Robby Albarado Burke Kessinger Jr. Bruce Barton / Alvin D. Haynes1 14 Miles2:02.53
2000Northern Quest5 Robby Albarado Robert J. Frankel Plus U Stables1 14 Miles2:02.13
No race 1998–1999
1997Wild Event4 Mark Guidry Lou M. Goldfine Arthur I. Appleton 1 14 Miles2:01.52
1996Torch Rouge5 Mark Guidry Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1 14 Miles2:03.32
1995Manilaman4 Randy Romero Wallace Howard Herb & Precious Luster1 14 Miles2:02.82
1994Fanmore6 Pat Day Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1 14 Miles2:01.72
1993Evanescent6 Aaron Gryder Lou M. Goldfine Mark Levy1 14 Miles2:00.93
1992 Sky Classic 5 Pat Day James E. Day Sam-Son Farms 1 14 Miles2:00.62
1991Filago4 Pat Valenzuela Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1 14 Miles2:01.40
1990Pleasant Variety6 Earlie Fires Jerry M. Fanning M. B. & E. Alpert1 14 Miles2:04.00
1989Unknown Quantity4 Jorge Velásquez W. Hastings-Bass Queen Elizabeth II 1 14 Miles2:11.20
No race 1988
1987Ifrad5 Gary Baze Charles Whittingham Sidney L. Port & C. E. Whittingham 1 14 Miles2:12.20
1986Mourjane6 José A. Santos Tom Skiffington Jr. Fernwood Stable1 14 Miles2:01.40
1985Pass The Line4 Juvenal Diaz Carl J. Domino Stanley Ersoff1 14 Miles2:00.40
1984Who's For Dinner5 Mike Venezia Jan H. Nerud Tartan Stable 1 14 Miles2:04.00
1983Palikaraki5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Sidney L. Port 1 12 Miles2:35.40
1982Flying Target5 Roger Cox Chuck Werstler Dixiana Stable 1 12 Miles2:32.20
1981Spruce Needles4 Julio Espinoza Smiley Adams Golden Chance Farm 1 12 Miles2:35.00
1980Yvonand4 Don Combs Eric Beitia Double Eagle Stable1 12 Miles2:31.40
1979 Bowl Game 5 Jorge Velásquez John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 1 12 Miles2:32.20
1978Romeo5 Earlie Fires Joe Bollero J. E. Johnson1 12 Miles2:32.00
1977Cunning Trick4 Bryan Fann John W. Russell Ogden Phipps 1+316 Miles2:33.80
1976Victorian Prince6 Robin Platts Michael Whittingham Grovetree Stable1+316 Miles1:58.20
1975 Royal Glint 5 Jorge Tejeira Gordon R. Potter Dan Lasater 1+316 Miles1:55.80
1974Buffalo Lark4 Larry Snyder Joe Bollero Rogers Red Top Farm1+316 Miles1:54.40
1973Dubassoff4 Jacinto Vásquez Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 1+316 Miles1:58.60
1972Cloudy Dawn3 Bill Hartack Frank Whiteley Jr. Pen-Y-Bryn Farm 112 miles2:31.00
No race 1969–1971
1968Tumiga4 Walter Blum Roger Laurin George E. Robb+78 Miles1:20.40
1967Stupendos4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 1 Mile1:35.00
1966Tronado6 Balsamino Moreira Arnold N. Winick Herff-Lacroix1 Mile1:35.80
1965 Chieftain 4 Bill Shoemaker Frank Whiteley Jr. Powhatan Stable 1 18 Miles1:49.40
1964Master Dennis4 Don Brumfield Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 1+316 Miles1:55.80
1963Bounding Main4 Jimmy Nichols Pete Divito Lindsay C. Howard 1 Mile1:36.40
1962El Bandito5 Ray Broussard Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Edward A. Seltzer1+316 Miles1:58.60
1961Tudorich4 Sandino Hernandez Paul L. Kelley Spring Hill Farm 1+316 Miles1:57.80
1960One-Eyed King6 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1+316 Miles1:58.60
1959 Round Table 5 Bill Shoemaker William Molter Kerr Stable 1+316 Miles1:53.40
1958 Round Table 4 Bill Shoemaker William Molter Kerr Stable1+316 Miles1:54.40
1957Manassas4 Douglas Dodson John Zitnik John Zitnik 1+316 Miles1:55.40
1956Mister Gus5 Ismael Valenzuela Charles Whittingham Llangollen Farm Stable 1+316 Miles1:54.60
1955Platan5 John H. Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1+316 Miles1:54.40
1954 Stan 4 Eldon Nelson Harry TrotsekHasty House Farm1+316 Miles1:57.00
1953 Oil Capitol 6 Conn McCreary Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm / Harry Trotsek1+316 Miles2:03.40
1952 To Market 4 William Boland Max Hirsch King Ranch 1 18 Miles1:52.20
1951Cochise5 Ovie Scurlock Virgil W. Raines Brandywine Stable 1 14 Miles2:03.40
1950 Ponder 4 Steve Brooks Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1 14 Miles2:01.60
1949 Coaltown 4 Steve Brooks Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1 14 Miles2:03.40
1948Stud Poker5 Robert L. Baird Paul L. Kelley Edward E. Voynow1 14 Miles2:04.40
1947 Armed 6 Douglas Dodson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1 14 Miles2:02.40
1946Historian5 Ovie Scurlock Edwin Anspach Woolford Farm 1 14 Miles2:01.00
1945 Busher 3 Johnny Longden George M. Odom Louis B. Mayer 1 14 Miles2:03.80
1944 War Knight 4 Chaeles Corbett Hurst Philpot Miss Ethel Hill 1 14 Miles2:02.00
1943Marriage7 Guy Burns Rene A. Coward Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy1 14 Miles2:03.60
1942Rounders3 Fred A. Smith Frank Catrone Valdina Farm1 14 Miles2:04.00
1941Equifox4Arthur Craig Howard Wells Howard Wells 1+316 Miles1:58.80
No race 1940
1939Count d'or4 Johnny Longden Don Cameron Fannie Hertz 1 14 Miles2:05.00
1938Cardinalis4 J. G. Wilson Paul L. Kelley Paul L. Kelley 1 14 Miles2:05.00
1937Dellor3 Sterling Young John Milton Goode James W. Parrish1 14 Miles2:03.20
1936Sun Teddy3 Basil James Bert B. Williams Calumet Farm 1 14 Miles2:02.00
1935 Discovery 4 John Bejshak Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1 14 Miles2:01.20
1934Riskulus3 Don Meade Elwood L. Fitzgerald Norman W. Church 1 14 Miles2:02.40
1933 Equipoise 5 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1 14 Miles2:02.60
1932 Plucky Play 5 George Woolf Elwood L. Fitzgerald Northway Stable1 14 Miles2:02.20
1931 Sun Beau 6 Charley Phillips Jack Whyte Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1 14 Miles2:03.20
1930Pigeon Hole5 Robert Finnerty Walter W. Taylor Hal Price Headley 1 14 Miles2:07.60
1929Misstep4 Clarence McCrossen Mose Lowenstein Le Mar Stock Farm1 18 Miles1:50.40

References

  1. "Churchill Downs - Stakes Schedule" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2022.
  2. Arlington Set to Start Shortened Season