Grade III race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1990 (as Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Del Mar |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight | 124 lbs. with allowances |
Purse | $100,000 (since 2015) |
The Jimmy Durante Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000. [1]
The event was inaugurated on 19 December 1990 as the Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack as a race for three year old fillies over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles and was won by Dead Heat in a time of 1:41 flat. [2] The following year the event was restricted to two-year-old fillies and the distance was decreased to one mile. [3]
The event was named in honor of the mare Miesque , who won the Breeders' Cup Mile twice and was the United States Champion Female Turf Horse in 1987 and 1988.
In 1995, the event was classified as Grade III. [3]
The 2005 edition of the Miesque Stakes had to be canceled because the newly planted Hollywood Park's turf course had failed to root properly. [4]
When Hollywood Park closed in 2013, the race was renamed in honor of the actor Jimmy Durante as part of a Del Mar rebranding initiative to evoke "old Hollywood cool". [5]
Speed record:
Margins:
Most wins by a Jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an Owner
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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At Del Mar –Jimmy Durante Stakes | |||||||||
2021 | Tezzaray (GB) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Peter Miller | Slam Dunk Racing & Roger H. Newman | 1 mile | 1:37.56 | $103,000 | III | [6] |
2020 | Fluffy Socks | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Head Of Plains Partners | 1 mile | 1:35.35 | $102,500 | III | [7] |
2019 | Alms | Paco Lopez | Michael Stidham | Godolphin Racing | 1 mile | 1:36.01 | $102,106 | III | [8] |
2018 | Elsa | Joe Bravo | Michael Stidham | Godolphin Racing | 1 mile | 1:35.68 | $102,415 | III | [9] |
2017 | Daddy Is a Legend | Joe Bravo | George Weaver | Jim & Susan Hill | 1 mile | 1:36.06 | $102,415 | III | [10] |
2016 | Journey Home | Drayden Van Dyke | H. Graham Motion | Sam-Son Farm | 1 mile | 1:38.24 | $102,760 | III | [11] |
2015 | Family Meeting | Drayden Van Dyke | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1 mile | 1:37.14 | $101,750 | III | [12] |
2014 | Ol' Fashion Gal | Joseph Talamo | Mark E. Casse | Bill & Vicki Poston | 1 mile | 1:37.27 | $151,500 | III | [13] |
At Hollywood Park –Miesque Stakes | |||||||||
2013 | Full Ransom | Victor Espinoza | James M. Cassidy | Deron Pearson | 1 mile | 1:37.51 | $100,250 | III | [14] |
2012 | Travesura | Tyler Baze | Jeff Mullins | Val-U-Chem | 1 mile | 1:37.01 | $100,000 | III | [15] |
2011 | More Than Love | Ramon A. Dominguez | John P. Terranova II | Newtown Anner Stud Farm | 1 mile | 1:36:32 | $100,000 | III | [16] |
2010 | Neversaidiwassweet | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | Red Oak Stable | 1 mile | 1:35.88 | $100,000 | III | [17] |
2009 | The Mailet | Joel Rosario | Bruce N. Levine | J. W. Singer, LLC | 1 mile | 1:35.05 | $100,000 | III | [18] |
2008 | Habaya | Richard Migliore | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Shadwell Farm | 1 mile | 1:37.07 | $113,800 | III | [19] |
2007 | Sea Chanter | Mike E. Smith | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonerside Stable | 1 mile | 1:35.84 | $113,200 | III | [20] |
2006 | Valbenny (IRE) | Alex O. Solis | Patrick Gallagher | LGL Racing, Rita DiPietro, Michael Rosenmayer et al. | 1 mile | 1:36.58 | $100,000 | III | [21] |
2005 | Race not held | ||||||||
2004 | Louvain (IRE) | Ramon A. Dominguez | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1 mile | 1:37.19 | $75,000 | III | Division 1 [22] |
Paddy's Daisy | Corey Nakatani | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonehaven Farm | 1:36.92 | $75,000 | Division 2 [23] | |||
2003 | Mambo Slew | Mike E. Smith | Patrick L. Biancone | Frank Manganaro | 1 mile | 1:36.17 | $100,000 | III | [24] |
2002 | § Atlantic Ocean | David R. Flores | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corporation | 1 mile | 1:34.63 | $200,000 | III | [25] |
2001 | Forty On Line (GB) | Corey Nakatani | Robert B. Hess Jr. | Jack Cohen, Michael Sigband, Rich Ulmer et al. | 1 mile | 1:36.38 | $200,000 | III | [26] |
2000 | Fantastic Filly (FR) | Garrett K. Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Agri-Harvest | 1 mile | 1:35.11 | $200,000 | III | [27] |
1999 | Prairie Princess | Alex O. Solis | Linda L. Rice | Clyde D. Rice | 1 mile | 1:37.30 | $200,000 | III | [28] |
1998 | Here's to You | Eddie Delahoussaye | Simon Magnier | Sally Stacey | 1 mile | 1:36.57 | $200,000 | III | [29] |
1997 | Star's Proud Penny | Garrett K. Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Agri-Harvest | 1 mile | 1:37.42 | $200,000 | III | [30] |
1996 | Ascutney | Eddie Delahoussaye | David G. Donk | December Hill Farm | 1 mile | 1:35.16 | $200,000 | III | [31] |
1995 | § Antespend | Chris Antley | Ron McAnally | Jack Kent Cooke | 1 mile | 1:34.30 | $200,000 | III | [32] |
1994 | Bail Out Becky | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott | Kenneth L. Ramsey | 1 mile | 1:37.26 | $200,000 | Listed | [33] |
1993 | Tricky Code | Corey Nakatani | Gary F. Jones | Kallenberg Thoroughbred | 1 mile | 1:35.15 | $250,000 | Listed | [34] |
1992 | Creaking Board (GB) | Kent J. Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Patrizio Cozzi | 1 mile | 1:35.62 | $250,000 | Listed | [35] |
1991 | More Than Willing | Eddie Delahoussaye | Rodney Rash | Robert E. Hibbert | 1 mile | 1:35.51 | $112,500 | Listed | Division 1 [36] |
Hopeful Amber | David R. Flores | Lewis A. Cenicola | Margaret Elardi | 1:36.72 | $112,500 | Division 2 [37] | |||
1990 | Dead Heat | Julio A. Garcia | John K. Dolan | Larry S. Smith | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.00 | $60,000 | 3YO fillies [2] |
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