Colonel Liam Stakes

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Colonel Liam Stakes
Listed race
Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1987 (as Palm Beach Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-Year-Olds
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2023)

The Colonel Liam Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late February or early March on the turf course at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. A listed event open to three-year-old horses and currently offers a purse of $200,000. [1]

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History

The inaugural running in 1987 was run as the Palm Beach Handicap for horses age three and older. [2] Since then it has been run on an allowance weight basis.

Kitten's Joy, who won the race in 2004, went on to be named that year's Champion Turf Horse after winning the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and Secretariat Stakes and finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Turf. [3] 2010 winner Paddy O'Prado finished third in the Kentucky Derby, first in the Secretariat, and sixth in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season. [4] 1993 winner Kissin Kris went on to finish seventh in the that' year's Kentucky Derby, second in the Belmont Stakes, first in the Haskell Invitational Stakes, and third in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season. [5]

Jockey Chris Antley's February 9, 1991 win aboard Magic Interlude was one of his five wins that day. [6]

The race was run in two divisions in 1989. It was switched to dirt in 1990, 1993 and 1995. [1]

The Palm Springs has been run at several distances: [1] [2]

The event was downgraded to Listed status in 2021. [1]

In 2023 the event was renamed as the Colonel Liam Stakes after Colonel Liam who won the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational twice.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1-1/16 miles)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
DistanceTimePurseGrade
Colonel Liam Stakes
2023Dude N Colorado (GB)3Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd Pletcher Three Diamonds Farm1 mile1:35.05$200,000Listed
Palm Beach Stakes
2022Coinage3 Mark E. Casse abt. 1 mile1:36.12Listed
2021Annex3 William I. Mott 11⁄16 M1:40.62Listed
2020Vitalogy (GB)3 Javier Castellano Brendan WalshQatar Racing, M. Detampel & Bottle Rocket Stable11⁄16 M1:41.86$150,000III
2019A Thread of Blue3 Luis Saez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Leonard Green11⁄16 M1:41.93$150,000III
2018Maraud3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Treadway Racing Stable11⁄16 M1:41.01$100,000III
2017Ticonderoga3 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Woodford Racing, LLC11⁄16 M1:40.38$100,000III
2016Converge3 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Paul P. Pompa Jr.11⁄16 M1:40.64$150,000III
2015Eh Cumpari3Jose C. CaraballoMichael DilgerAnstu Stables11⁄16 M1:40.96$150,000III
2014Gala Award3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher M. Tabor/Derrick Smith/Susan Magnier 11⁄8 M1:46.19$150,000III
2013Rydilluc3 Edgar Prado Gary C. Contessa Green/Dellatore-Bobo/et al.11⁄8 M1:48.18$150,000III
2012Howe Great3 John Velazquez Graham Motion Team Valor International 11⁄8 M1:46.56$150,000III
2011Joes Blazing Aaron3Orlando BocachicaAllan hunter Jr.Joseph Witek11⁄8 M1:47.85$150,000III
2010 Paddy O'Prado 3 Jesus Castanon Dale L. Romans Winchell Thoroughbreds 11⁄8 M1:45.40$150,000III
2009El Crespo3 Javier Castellano George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 11⁄8 M1:47.71$150,000III
2008Sporting Art3 Javier Castellano Christophe Clement Jon & Sarah Kelly11⁄8 M1:45.98$150,000III
2007Duveen3 Mark Guidry Dale L. Romans Andrew Farm11⁄8 M1:47.48$150,000III
2006Go Between3 Edgar Prado William I. Mott Peter Vegso 11⁄8 M1:45.80$100,000III
2005Interpatation3Thomas G. TurnerRobert BarbaraElliot Mavorah11⁄8 M1:47.12$100,000III
2004 Kitten's Joy 3 Jerry Bailey Dale L. Romans Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 11⁄8 M1:48.76$100,000III
2003Nothing To Lose3 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 11⁄8 M1:48.28$100,000III
2002Orchard Park3 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Peter Vegso 11⁄8 M1:49.80$100,000III
2001Proud Man3 René Douglas Harry BensonRobert Kaufman et al.11⁄8 M1:48.32$100,000III
2000Mr. Livingston3 Shane Sellers William A. KaplanDavid & Teresa Palmer11⁄8 M1:48.04$75,000III
1999Swamp3 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Heiligbrodt Racing Stable11⁄8 M1:48.38$75,000III
1998Cryptic Rascal3 Mike E. Smith William M. Badgett Jr.Landon Knightabout 11⁄8 M1:55.0$75,000III
1997Unite's Big Red3 Ruben Hernandez Randy MillsJoan Williams11⁄8 M1:47.2$75,000III
1996Harrowman3 Mike E. Smith Robert Reid Jr.Gulyas Stable11⁄8 M1:49.2$75,000III
1995Admiralty3 Julie Krone William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 11⁄8 M1:51.0$75,000III
1994Mr. Angel3 Herb McCauley Martin D. Wolfson Marian Prince11⁄16 M (±)1:44.4$50,000III
1993Kissin Kris3 Dave Penna David R. Bell John Franks 11⁄16 M1:46.4$50,000III
1992Preferences3Jorge DuarteMartin D. Wolfson Harbor View Farm 11⁄16 M1:42.6$50,000III
1991Magic Interlude3 Chris Antley Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Pastime Stable (G. Watts Humphrey Jr. et al.)11⁄16 M1:43.0$50,000III
1990Dawn Quixote3 Craig Perret Sonny Hine Scott C. Savin1:23.4$50,000III
1989-1Shy Tom3 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1 M1:37.2$40,000
1989-2Storm Predictions3Steve GaffalioneLuis A. OlivaresLisa Becker1 M1:36.2$40,000
1988Tanzanid3Douglas ValienteWilliam J. CesareThree G Stable (B. Morton Gittlin family)1 M1:35.6$50,000
1987Racing Star5Santiago SotoManuel A. EstevezFive Star Stable1 M1:34.8$50,000

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Gulfstream Park 2018–2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Gulfstream Park & Casino. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. ↑ "Kitten's Joy profile". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Profile of Paddy O'Prado". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kissin Kris profile". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Five Winners Turn Antley Complaint Into Big Smile". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 1991-02-10. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
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