Best Pal Stakes

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Best Pal Stakes
Grade III race
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1967 (as Balboa Stakes)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Del Mar
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
Surfacedirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Weight123 lbs with allowances
Purse $200,000 (2021)

The Best Pal Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

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History

The event was inaugurated on 30 October 1967 as the Balboa Stakes with split divisions on the final day of the Del Mar 62 day racing season which went into the deep autumn. [1] The event was for three-year-olds and older, and held on the turf over a distance of nine furlongs. [1] The name reflected several area locations — Balboa Park near San Diego, Balboa Peninsula up the coast in Newport Beach, and Balboa Avenue in Del Mar which is located adjacent to the Del Mar Fairgrounds — all named in honor of the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

The event was not run again until 1972 when conditions changed so that two-year-olds would run over a distance of 7+1⁄2 furlongs. [2] In 1974, the event was moved to the dirt track and run over a one-mile distance. [2]

In 1983 the event was classified as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II in 2003. [3]

In 1995 the event was renamed to honor Best Pal, a three time California Horse of the Year who won the Balboa Stakes in 1990 and whose career earnings totaled more than $5.6 million for his owner-breeder, Golden Eagle Farm. [4]

The event has had several distance changes with last being in 2018 when the journey was set at six furlongs. [3]

The event's position in the racing calendar at Del Mar has led to the race being a preparatory race for the Del Mar Futurity, which is scheduled usually several weeks later.

Other notable winners of this event include the 1994 winner Timber Country who went on that year to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was crowned US Champion Two-Year-Old Horse who the following year became the first horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and American Triple Crown Classic Race when he won the 1995 Preakness Stakes. The 2009 winner, Lookin at Lucky, was crowned US Champion Two-Year-Old Horse and the following year also won the 2010 Preakness Stakes. The 2015 winner Nyquist followed up by winning the Del Mar Futurity and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, along with being crowned the US Champion Two-Year-Old Horse and the following year winning the 2016 Kentucky Derby.

In 2022 the event's classification was downgraded from Grade II to Grade III. [5]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Best Pal Stakes – Del Mar Futurity double:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Best Pal Stakes
2023Prince of MonacoFlavien Prat Bob Baffert SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Robert E. Masterson, Waves Edge Capital, Catherine Donovan & Tom Ryan6 furlongs1:09.19$200,000III [6]
2022HavnameltdownJuan Hernandez Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman6 furlongs1:10.22$202,500III [7]
2021Pappacap Joe Bravo Mark E. Casse Rustlewood Farm6 furlongs1:11.66$200,500II [8]
2020Weston Drayden Van Dyke Ryan HansonChris Drakos & Ryan Hanson6 furlongs1:12.72$151,000II [9]
2019Collusion Illusion Joseph Talamo Mark GlattDan J. Agnew, Rodney E. Orr, Jerry Schneider & John V. Xitco6 furlongs1:11.34$200,351II [10]
2018Instagrand Drayden Van Dyke Jerry Hollendorfer OXO Equine6 furlongs1:10.27$200,000II [11]
2017Run Away Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Kaleem Shah 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:17.91$201,035II [12]
2016Klimt Rafael Bejarano Bob Baffert Kaleem Shah6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.11$200,345II [13]
2015 Nyquist Mario Gutierrez Doug F. O'Neill Reddam Racing 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.84$200,250II [14]
2014Skyway Stewart Elliott Mark E. Casse John C. Oxley 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.67$200,250II [15]
2013Alberts HopeAlonso QuinonezMike PuypeJaam Racing6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.71$150,250II [16]
2012Know More Garrett K. Gomez Doug F. O'Neill Reddam Racing 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.14$150,000II [17]
2011Creative Cause Rafael Bejarano Mike HarringtonHeinz Steinmann6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.62$150,000II [18]
2010J P's Gusto Pat Valenzuela David E. Hofmans Gem Inc.6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.61$150,000II [19]
2009 Lookin At Lucky Garrett K. Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.06$150,000II [20]
2008† Azul Leon Rafael Bejarano Doug F. O'Neill Joseph LaCombe Stable 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.73$150,000II [21]
2007Salute the Sarge Michael C. Baze Eric J. Guillot Southern Equine Stable6+1⁄2 furlongs1:19.43$147,000II [22]
2006Principle Secret Alex O. Solis Christopher S. PaaschCharles R. Cono6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.15$150,000II [23]
2005What a Song Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Bob & Beverly Lewis 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.64$147,000II [24]
2004 Roman Ruler Corey Nakatani Bob Baffert Fog City Stable6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.93$147,000II [25]
2003Perfect Moon Pat Valenzuela Melvin F. Stute Annabelle Stute & The Hat Ranch6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.90$150,000II [26]
2002Kafwain Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corporation 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:17.00$150,000III [27]
2001Officer Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corporation 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.08$138,000III [28]
2000Flame Thrower Corey Nakatani Bob Baffert Gary M. Garber6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.51$150,000III [29]
1999 Dixie Union Alex O. Solis Richard E. Mandella Diamond A Racing Corp. & Herman Sarkowsky 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.40$150,000III [30]
1998Worldly Manner Gary L. Stevens Bob Baffert Golden Eagle Farm 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.60$109,300III [31]
1997Old Topper Alex O. Solis Noble Threewitt Barbara Hunter6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.40$108,825III [32]
1996Swiss Yodeler Alex O. Solis Mike HarringtonHeinz Steinmann6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.00$105,550III [33]
Balboa Stakes
1995Cobra King Russell Baze Mike PuypeFrances B. Biszantz6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.80$105,350III [34]
1994 Timber Country Alex O. Solis D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm, Gainesway Stable, Robert & Beverly Lewis, et al.6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.60$80,325III [35]
1993Creston Corey Black Jenine SahadiEvergreen Farm6+1⁄2 furlongs1:16.20$79,650III [36]
1992Devil Diamond Kent J. Desormeaux Gary F. Jones Golden Eagle Farm 7 furlongs1:22.60$79,650III [37]
1991ScherandoFrancisco MenaRichard W. MulhallChase Mishkin7 furlongs1:22.40$81,375III [38]
1990 Best Pal Pat Valenzuela Ian P. D. Jory Golden Eagle Farm 7 furlongs1:22.20$80,325III [39]
1989A. Sir Dancer Eddie Delahoussaye Charles M. MarikianG. Arakelian Farms7 furlongs1:23.00$81,300III [40]
1988Rob an Plunder Chris McCarron Craig Anthony LewisDiamond Jim, et al.7 furlongs1:23.00$81,800III [41]
1987Purdue King Chris McCarron Irv GuineyJohn Valpredo7 furlongs1:23.20$65,500III [42]
1986Temperate Sil Bill Shoemaker Charles E. Whittingham Frankfurt Stable7 furlongs1:23.00$54,750III [43]
1985Swear Eddie Delahoussaye Willard L. Proctor Claiborne Farm 1 mile1:36.60$55,250III [44]
1984Saratoga Six Angel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas, Eaton Farms, L. R. French Jr., Eugene Klein, Mel Hatley, & Samuel Lyon1 mile1:36.80$54,150III [45]
1983Party Leader Ray Sibille Gary F. Jones Elmendorf Farm 1 mile1:37.20$54,050III [46]
1982 Roving Boy Eddie Delahoussaye Joseph ManziRobert E. Hibbert1 mile1:35.40$53,150Listed [47]
1981The Captain Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 1 mile1:36.80$44,400Listed [48]
1980Bold and GoldDean C. HallWilliam A. ReavisTed Rexius1 mile1:37.40$38,300Listed [49]
1979Doonesbury Sandy Hawley Barney Willis Fletcher Jones, Sam Roffe & Barney Willis1 mile1:35.40$32,800Listed [50]
1978Flying Paster Donald R. Pierce Gordon C. Campbell Bernard J. Ridder 1 mile1:35.60$33,000Listed [51]
1977Spanish Way Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 1 mile1:36.00$27,950Listed [52]
1976§ Visible Laffit Pincay Jr. Vincent Clyne Elmendorf Farm 1 mile1:35.80$22,450Listed [53]
1975Crazy Channon Donald Pierce Harold C. McBrideColvin, Engelson & Nadel1 mile1:37.20$22,700Listed [54]
1974Diabolo Bill Shoemaker Sidney Martin Frank M. McMahon 1 mile1:35.60$22,050Listed [55]
1973Battery E. Wayne Harris Dennis W. SparksDiamond M Ranch7+1⁄2 furlongs1:30.60$21,750Listed [56]
1972Brave DanceFernando ToroWayne B. StuckiJ. Kel Houssels7+1⁄2 furlongs1:29.80$21,625 [57]
1968–1971Race not held
1967Acknowledge William Harmatz Gordon C. CampbellVicgray Farm1+1⁄8 miles1:49.40$17,575‡3YO & olderDivision 1 [58]
Het's CadetMiguel YanezLinwood J. BrooksWallace F. Zager1:49.60$17,575Division 2 [1]

Legend:
  All Weather Track  Dirt  Turf
Notes:
‡ The inaugural running of the event in 1967 was for three year olds and older and was split into two divisions. The First Division winner Acknowledge was a six year old. The Second Division winner Het's Cadet was a four year old.
† In the 2008 Kelly Leak was first past the post but caused interference in the straight by drifting in and was disqualified and placed fourth. Azul Leon was declared the winner.
§ Ran as part of an entry

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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