Round Table Stakes

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Round Table Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Arlington Park,
Arlington Heights, Illinois,
United States
Inaugurated1961
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Purse$100,000

The Round Table Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run on dirt and on turf forty-four times between 1961 and 2007. First run at Washington Park Race Track in Homewood, Illinois as the Round Table Handicap, in 1963 it was moved to Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights. In 1985 a fire destroyed the track's grandstand and clubhouse and its races were hosted that year by Chicago's Hawthorne Race Course. A stakes race open to three-year-old horses, it was last contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of one and one-eighth miles. From inception through 1968, it was a handicap race for horses age three and older. [1]

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The race was named for Round Table, the 1958 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Round Table retired with earnings of $1,749,869, the most for any horse in world Thoroughbred racing history. [2] Kerr Stable's win with Rambler II in the 1964 edition of the Round Table Handicap was particularly special for stable owner Travis Kerr who was the owner of Round Table. [3]

The Round Table was run in two divisions in 1974, 1975 and 1983. It was not run in 1988, 1998 and 1999.

Notable past winners include John Henry who won his first graded stakes in impressive style with a twelve-length margin of victory in the September 16, 1978 Round Table Handicap. [1]

In its last running in 2007, the colt Pavarotti set a track record in winning the 2007 edition of the Round Table Stakes. The race was slated to be run in 2008 but was placed on hiatus and dropped from the 2009 schedule.

Track

Surface

Distances

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Gr.
2007Pavarotti3 René Douglas Todd Pletcher Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith1+18 m1:49.75
2006Casino Evil3Francisco TorresMichael A. TomlinsonHaps Stable (Paul Hanifl & Vince Foglia)1+18 m1:50.12
2005Devilment3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Michael Stidham Pin Oak Stable 1+18 m1:47.73
2004Cryptograph3 Don Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Pin Oak Stable 1+18 m1:51.53
2003Wiggins3 Eusebio Razo Jr. Anthony GranitzWilliam Pacella, Joseph Rizza, Ronald Schwed1+18 m1:50.47
2002Cowboy Stuff3 Pat Valenzuela Don Von Hemel Sr. Shelley Bates & Don Von Hemel Sr.1+18 m1:48.98
2001Discreet Hero3Shane Laviolette Albert Stall Jr. B. Wayne Hughes 1+18 m1:49.72G3
2000Fan The Flame3 Eddie Martin Jr. Randy L. MorseMichael Langford1+18 m1:50.08G3
1998– 1999Race not held
1997Rojo Dinero3 Mark Guidry Kelly Von HemelSteven D. Caldwell1+18 m1:51.90G3
1996Slew O' Mink3 Don Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Bad Boy Racing Ltd.1+18 m1:51.51G3
1995Kingdom City3 Craig Perret W. Elliott Walden Jeffrey S. Sullivan & John L. Wieczorek1+18 m1:50.38G3
1994Danville3 Larry Melancon William G. HuffmanTop of the Key Stable (Gary Lavin & partners)1+18 m1:51.07G3
1993Snake Eyes3Wigberto RamosSteven L. MorguelanMelvin Isenstein1+18 m1:49.80G3
1992World Class Splash3 Garrett Gomez P. Noel Hickey Richard E. Trebat1+18 m1:47.40G3
1991 Fraise 3 Robbie Davis Richard J. Lundy Madeleine Paulson 1+316 m1:56.25G3
1990Super Fan3 Shane Sellers Steven PenrodHermitage Farm (Warner L. Jones Jr.)1+316 m2:02.40G3
1989Ebros3 Jorge Velásquez Richard J. Lundy Allen E. Paulson 1+316 m1:58.40G2
1988Race not held
1987Blue Finn3 Dave Penna James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1+18 m1:56.40G2
1986Marvin's Policy3 Sandy Hawley Darrell Vienna David Milch 1+18 m1:49.20G2
1985Montagnet3 Don Brumfield Dennis W. EbertJim H. Plemmons1+316 m1:56.40G2
1984Tall Grass Walker3 Earlie Fires Henry M. "Pete" WylieKenneth C. Plattner1+18 m1:53.40G2
1983-1Jack Slade3 Don Brumfield David C. KassenAndrew Adams1+18 m1:49.60G2
1983-2Susie's Table3 Gerland Gallitano Robin FrankOriental Stable (Vernal Lee & Eric Frank)1+18 m1:49.80G2
1982Lucence3 Pat Day Steven Penrod Claiborne Farm 1+18 m1:52.80G2
1981Waterway Drive3 Jerry Bailey Robin FrankEric Frank1+18 m1:56.80G2
1980The Messanger3 Pat Day Oscar Dishman Jr.Archie Donaldson1+18 m1:58.00G3
1979 Rossi Gold 3 Ron Hirdes Raymond S. Lawrence Jr. Frank McMahon 1+18 m1:53.60G3
1978 John Henry 3 Jose Amy Robert A. Donato Dotsam Stable 1+116 m1:45.80G3
1977True Colors3 Ed Delahoussaye Willard C. Freeman Robert C. Billips1+116 m1:44.80G3
1976 Effervescing 3 Rudy Turcotte John W. Russell Ogden Phipps 1+116 m1:44.60G3
1975-1Brents Prince3Ben Feliciano James Morgan Mary Classen1+116 m1:43.80G3
1975-2Crafty Drone3John Powell Richard P. Hazelton Harham Farm1+116 m1:45.80G3
1974-1Emperor Rex3Hector Viera Howard M. Tesher Harold Snowden1 m1:36.60G3
1974-2Hasty Flyer3Mike Miceli Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1 m1:37.20G3
1973King's Reel3Robert BreenWilliam J. Resseguet Jr.Gerald Robins1 m1:37.20G3
1972 King's Bishop 3 Jacinto Vásquez Thomas J. Kelly Craig F. Cullinan Jr. 1+116 m1:43.40
1971Mr. Pow Wow3 Ray Broussard Joseph M. Bollero Greenbrier Stable1+116 m1:43.40
1970Pass The Drink3 Mike Venezia Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1+116 m1:43.80
1969Larceny Kid3 David Whited MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1+116 m1:43.40
1968Come On II7 Walter Blum Jose d'AgostinoAlberto d'Agostino1+116 m1:47.80
1967 Assagai 4 Larry Adams MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1+18 m1:51.40
1966Maris4 Earlie Fires Willard L. Proctor Josephine Potrykus1+116 m1:42.80
1965Lord Date4 Mickey Solomone Frank H. Merrill Jr. North Star Ranch1+116 m1:43.20
1964Rambler II5 Herberto Hinojosa Warren Stute Kerr Stable 1+116 m1:42.00
1963Bronze Babu5 Herberto Hinojosa Jose de Murguiondo Hill 'n' Dale Farms 1+18 m1:55.80
1962Porvenir II8 Avelino Gomez Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1+116 m1:43.20
1961Oink4 Johnny Sellers Steve IppolitoJacnot Stable (O. T. & Jack R. Hogan)1+116 m1:43.00

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