Forward Gal Stakes

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Forward Gal Stakes
Grade III race
Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1981
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Gulfstream Park
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse$125,000 (since 2023)
BonusesQualification points –Road to the Kentucky Oaks

The Forward Gal Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in late January or early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $125,000.

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History


The race is named for Forward Gal, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1970 and a career winner of twelve events in 26 starts. [1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 12 February 1981 and was won by Hickory Tree Stable's Dame Mysterieuse by 1+1⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:221⁄5. Dame Mysterieuse starting as the 8/5 favorite was ridden by French-born jockey Jean-Luc Samyn and was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens. Woody Stephens also trained the second placegetter Heavenly Cause and the fourth place finisher Del La Rose in the race. [2]

The following year, 1982, the event was run in split divisions. [3]

The 1984 winner Miss Oceana began her three-year-old career in the event after winning three Grade I events as a two-year-old. [4] Starting at short odds of 2/5on Miss Oceana breezed winning the race by three lengths in a time of 1:222⁄5 providing Woody Stephens with his third winner after only four runnings of the event. [5]

The event was upgraded in 1986 by the American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III race. [6]

In the 1989 the event was won by Eugene V. Klein's Open Mind, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner from the year before and US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Trained by US Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., Open Mind won by two lengths, winning her third straight event. [7] Open Mind would win seven more straight events including five Grade I events [8] to be voted US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly for 1989.

The event was upgraded to Grade II classification in 1991 and was downgraded back to Grade III in 1997. [6] In 1997, the 17th running of the event H. Joseph Allen's Glitter Woman ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Mike E. Smith blitzed her rivals winning by a then record 9+3⁄4 lengths victory and setting a new stakes record time for the event in 1.21.76. [9] The record stands to date, however the 2012 winner Broadway's Alibi created a new winning margin record thrashing her rivals by 16+3⁄4 lengths. [10]

In 2004 the event was upgraded once again to Grade II and held the classification for fourteen runnings until 2017 when it was downgraded back to Grade III. [11]

The event carries qualification points to the Kentucky Oaks as part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
2024R Harper RoseEdgard ZayasSaffie A. Joseph Jr.Averill Racing & Two Eight Racing7 furlongs1:24.34$145,000III [12]
2023Red Carpet Ready Luis Saez George R. Arnold IIAshbrook Farm & Upland Flats Racing7 furlongs1:23.54$125,000III [13]
2022Girl With a Dream Luis Saez Brad H. Cox Jim Bakke & Gerald Isbister7 furlongs1:23.42$100,000III [14]
2021Zaajel Luis Saez Todd A. Pletcher Shadwell Stable 7 furlongs1:24.72$100,000III [15]
2020Tonalist's Shape Irad Ortiz Jr. Saffie A. Joseph Jr.Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham & Legacy Ranch7 furlongs1:24.47$150,000III [16]
2019Feedback Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 7 furlongs1:23.51$150,000III [17]
2018Take Charge Paula Paco Lopez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Peter Deutsch7 furlongs1:23.47$200,000III [18]
2017Tequilita Luis Saez Michael R. Matz Dorothy Alexander Matz7 furlongs1:24.36$200,000II [19]
2016 Cathryn Sophia Joel Rosario John C. Servis Cash is King7 furlongs1:22.04$200,000II [20]
2015Birdatthewire Irad Ortiz Jr. Dale L. Romans Forum Racing7 furlongs1:24.92$200,000II [21]
2014 Onlyforyou Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee)7 furlongs1:22.50$200,000II [22]
2013Kauai Katie John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Stonestreet Stables 7 furlongs1:22.13$200,000II [23]
2012Broadway's Alibi John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher E. Paul Robsham7 furlongs1:21.94$200,000II [10]
2011Pomeroys Pistol Paco Lopez Amy TarrantHardacre Farm7 furlongs1:22.89$200,000II [24]
2010Bickersons Joe Bravo Kelly J. BreenLori & George Hall7 furlongs1:22.35$150,000II [25]
2009Frolic's DreamJermaine Bridgmohan Martin D. Wolfson Dare To Dream Farm7 furlongs1:24.15$150,000II [26]
2008BsharpsonataEric CamachoTimothy E. SalzmanCloverleaf Farm II7 furlongs1:23.09$150,000II [27]
2007 Forever Together Elvis Trujillo Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 7 furlongs1:22.60$150,000II [28]
2006Miraculous Miss Jeremy Rose Steve KlesarisPuglisi Stables & Steve Klesaris7 furlongs1:22.78$150,000II [29]
2005Letgomyecho Javier Castellano George R. Arnold II Dixiana Farm 7 furlongs1:23.24$150,000II [30]
2004Madcap Escapade Jerry D. Bailey Frank L. Brothers Bruce Lunsford 7 furlongs1:22.97$150,000II [31]
2003Midnight Cry Edgar S. Prado Kenneth G. McPeek Barrister Hall Stables7 furlongs1:22.55$100,000III [32]
2002Take the Cake Rene R. Douglas Carl A. Nafzger Elizabeth J. Valando 7 furlongs1:25.47$100,000III [33]
2001Gold Mover Jerry D. Bailey Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 7 furlongs1:22.43$113,000III [34]
2000Miss InquistiveTommy TurnerFrank A. Passero Jr.Colebrook Farms7 furlongs1:22.25$75,000III [35]
1999China Storm Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 7 furlongs1:23.69$75,000III [36]
1998Uanme Shane Sellers Dallas Stewart Horton Stable7 furlongs1:24.56$75,000III [37]
1997Glitter Woman Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III H. Joseph Allen 7 furlongs1:21.76$75,000III [9]
1996Mindy Gayle Julie Krone Julian CanetHarvey Tenenbaum7 furlongs1:24.54$75,000II [38]
1995Chaposa Springs Heberto Castillo Jr. Martin D. Wolfson Suresh Chintamaneni7 furlongs1:24.18$73,100II [39]
1994Mynameispanama Marco Castaneda Odin J. Londono Sr.A. Garcia-de-Parades & Jorge Ameglio7 furlongs1:22.97$72,600II [40]
1993Sum Runner Randy Romero Donald R. WinfreeS Solon Cohen Stables7 furlongs1:23.67$74,850II [41]
1992Spinning Round Jose A. Santos James E. Baker Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs1:24.85$73,050II [42]
1991Withallprobability Craig Perret D. Wayne Lukas Edward P. Evans 7 furlongs1:22.50$79,650II [43]
1990 Charon Earlie Fires Eugene NavarroStanley Ersoff7 furlongs1:24.80$60,300III [44]
1989 Open Mind Angel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs1:24.20$61,300III [7]
1988On To Royalty Craig Perret Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. & Neil Litten7 furlongs1:23.20$61,700III [45]
1987Added Elegance Jacinto Vasquez Frank GomezWimborne Farm7 furlongs1:24.60$67,700III [46]
1986Noranc Herb McCauley Joseph ProvostPeter Rosbeck & Jack Roberts7 furlongs1:23.80$60,000III [47]
1985Lucy Manette Craig Perret J. Willard ThompsonWilliam M. Hackman7 furlongs1:23.40$66,150 [48]
1984 Miss Oceana Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens Newstead Farm 7 furlongs1:22.40$40,180 [5]
1983UnaccompaniedRobert WoodhouseDennis W. EbertBen P. Walden & Wells P. Hardesty7 furlongs1:23.40$47,005 [49]
1982TroveLarry Saumell Woodford C. Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 7 furlongs1:22.80$29,712Division 1 [50]
All MannersOdin J. LondonoDuke DavisMrs. Rosemary Bailey1:23.00$29,962Division 2 [51]
1981Dame Mysterieuse Jean-Luc Samyn Woodford C. Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 7 furlongs1:22.20$43,400 [2]

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  43. ↑ "1991 Forward Gal Breeders' Cup Stakes Grade 2 - (race 9)". Equibase. 7 February 1991. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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  46. ↑ Evans, Dick (10 March 1987). "Gamble pays for Vasquez, 'Elegance' (1987 Forward Gal Stakes – race 9: held 11 March 1987)". The Miami Herald . p. 55. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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