Grade III race | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2014 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing - Inner Turf |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and Mares, four years old and older |
Weight | 124 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $200,000 (2021) |
The Intercontinental Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four years old and older, over a distance of six furlongs on the turf held annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
The race was inaugurated in 2014 [1] with a stakes purse of $100,000. [2]
The event is held on the Thursday before the Belmont Stakes as part of the Belmont Racing Festival. [3]
In 2017 the event was classified as Grade III. [2]
The race is named after American Champion Female Turf Horse for 2005 Intercontinental who in that year won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. [4]
In 2022 the distance of the event was decreased from seven furlongs to six furlongs. [2]
Speed record:
Largest margin of victory:
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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2023 | Poppy Flower | 4 | Jose Ortiz | William Mott | Arnmore Thoroughbreds | 6 furlongs | 1:08.53 | $200,000 | III | [5] |
2022 | Caravel | 5 | Tyler Gaffalione | Brad H. Cox | Qatar Racing, Madaket Stables, & Marc Detampel | 6 furlongs | 1:07.59 | $200,000 | III | [6] |
2021 | Change of Control | 5 | Colby J. Hernandez | Michelle Lovell | Perry Harrison | 7 furlongs | 1:22.07 | $194,000 | III | [7] |
2020 | Newspaperofrecord (IRE) | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables | 7 furlongs | 1:22.71 | $100,000 | III | [8] |
2019 | Significant Form | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Stephanie Seymour Brant | 7 furlongs | 1:19.83 | $200,000 | III | [9] |
2018 | La Sardane (FR) | 4 | Flavien Prat | Neil D. Drysdale | Team Valor International | 7 furlongs | 1:20.04 | $200,000 | III | [10] |
2017 | Mississippi Delta | 5 | Jose Lezcano | Mark E. Casse | Mike Rutherford & Terry Green | 7 furlongs | 1:20.05 | $250,000 | III | [11] |
2016 | Zindaya | 5 | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | e Five Racing Thoroughbreds | 7 furlongs | 1:22.44 | $150,000 | Listed | [12] |
2015 | Zindaya | 4 | Manuel Franco | Christophe Clement | Regis Racing | 7 furlongs | 1:22.17 | $150,000 | [13] | |
2014 | Free as a Bird | 5 | Joel Rosario | Ian R. Wilkes | Elizabeth J. Valando | 7 furlongs | 1:20.52 | $100,000 | [14] |
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