Secretariat Stakes

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Secretariat Stakes
Grade II race
Location Colonial Downs
New Kent County, Virginia
Inaugurated1974 at Arlington Park
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website Colonial Downs
Race information
DistanceOne mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight126 lbs. with allowances
Purse$300,000 (2022)

The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf. The event was originally raced at the now-closed Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois as a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program.

Contents

Churchill Downs, whose parent company owns the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, originally planned to run the Secretariat Stakes in 2022, [1] but the race was not run due to issues with the Churchill Downs turf course. [2] The 2023 race will be run at Churchill-owned Colonial Downs in Virginia. [3]

History

Precursor — Arlington Invitational

In 1973, after Secretariat became the first U.S. Triple Crown winner in twenty five years, many race tracks wanted to have him race at their tracks. Arlington racetrack management offered to run him in the American Derby but it was too soon after his Belmont Stakes victory. [4] Management pursed to create an event that would entice Secretariat's connections. This event was called the Arlington Invitational with $125,000 stakes offered in order to showcase Secretariat to Chicago racing fans and it was held 29 June 1973. A crowd of 41,223 witnessed seeing the three challengers grouped as a single betting entry at 6–1 and Secretariat was 1–20 odds-on which created a minus pool of $17,941. Secretariat won the 1+18 miles race by nine lengths in 1:47 flat, just 15 off the track record set by Damascus with My Gallant and Our Native running second and third respectively. Both of these horses had lost to the Champion in the Triple Crown series. [5] The performance produced a lasting impression to Arlington Park management.

Event

One year and one day after Secretariat's performance at Arlington Park, track management scheduled a race in his honor. The inaugural event was held 30 June 1974 over a distance of 1+116 miles on the turf. The event was won in an upset with the 39-1 longshot Glossary winning. [6] The event was set with Grade II status.

It was run over 1+18 miles (1,800 meters) in 1975/76 and extended to 1+12 miles (2,400 meters) from 1978 to 1984, before settling at 1+14 miles from 1985 to 2018.

In 1984 the event was upgraded to Grade I status. [7]

In 1985 the event was held at Hawthorne Race Course over a shorter distance of 1+14 miles. [8]

There was no race run in 1988, 1998 and 1999. [8]

In 2005 it was included in the Grand Slam of Grass, which offered a substantial bonus to the winner of this race, the Colonial Turf Cup, the Virginia Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf.

In 2019 the race was cut back to one mile. [8]

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Arlington Park did not schedule the event in their shortened meeting. [9]

During the last year of racing at Arlington Park in 2021, the race was renamed the Bruce D. Stakes in honor of the late Bruce Duchossois, the son of track owner Richard L. Duchossois. [10]

In March 2022 Churchill Downs Incorporated (which owns the Arlington Park property) announced that it would move the Secretariat Stakes to Churchill Downs along with several of Arlington's traditional stakes races, including the Arlington Million. [1] A week and a half before the Secretariat was supposed to be run, Churchill announced that the Secretariat would not be contested due to issues with the Churchill Downs turf course, while the other major turf stakes formerly run at Arlington—the Arlington Million and the Beverly D. Stakes—would be run as scheduled. [2]

In December 2022 an agreement was reached between Churchill Downs and the American Graded Stakes Committee to move the 2023 Arlington Million and its supporting races, including the Secretariat Stakes, to Colonial Downs in Virginia. [3]

Records

Race record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Colonial Downs – Secretariat Stakes
2023$300,000II
2022Race not held
At Arlington Park Bruce D. Stakes
2021Point Me By Luis Saez Eddie KenneallyHomewrecker Racing1 mile1.37.70$300,000I [11]
Secretariat Stakes
2020Race not held
2019Valid Point Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds & Michael J. Ryan1 mile1:35.50$500,000I [12]
2018Carrick John R. Velazquez Thomas MorleyDonegal Racing1+14 miles2:01.04$400,000I [13]
2017Oscar Performance Jose L. Ortiz Brian A. LynchAmerman Racing (John & Jerry Amerman)1+14 miles2:01.79$400,000I [14]
2016Beach Patrol Florent Geroux Chad C. Brown James Covello, Sheep Pond & Head of Plains Partners1+14 miles2:01.95$450,000I [15]
2015 Highland Reel (IRE) Seamie Heffernan Aidan P. O'Brien Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor 1+14 miles2:02.26$450,000I [16]
2014 Adelaide (IRE) Ryan L. Moore Aidan P. O'Brien Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, B. Webb, J. Murray & J. Ingham1+14 miles2:02.13$500,000I [17]
2013Admiral Kitten Rosie Napravnik Michael J. Maker Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 1+14 miles2:02.17$500,000I [18]
2012Bayrir (FR) Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 1+14 miles2:02.92$500,000I [19]
2011 Treasure Beach (GB) Colm O'Donoghue Aidan P. O'Brien Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor 1+14 miles2:03.91$400,000I [20]
2010 Paddy O'Prado Kent J. Desormeaux Dale L. Romans Donegal Racing1+14 miles2:04.71$400,000I [21]
2009Take the Points Kent J. Desormeaux Todd A. Pletcher Starlight Partners1+14 miles2:05.41$400,000I [22]
2008Winchester Rene R. Douglas Dermot K. Weld Bertram & Diana Firestone 1+14 miles2:01.76$400,000I [23]
2007Shamdinan (FR) Julien R. Leparoux Doug F. O'Neill Triple B Farms1+14 miles2:04.02$424,000I [24]
2006 Showing Up Cornelio Velasquez Barclay Tagg Lael Stables (H. Roy & Gretchen Jackson)1+14 miles2:00.09$400,000I [25]
2005Gun Salute Cornelio Velasquez William I. Mott Brant Laue1+14 miles2:03.79$400,000I [26]
2004 Kitten's Joy Jerry D. Bailey Dale L. Romans Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 1+14 miles1:59.65$400,000I [27]
2003Kicken Kris Javier Castellano Michael R. Matz Brushwood Stable1+14 miles2:02.53$400,000I [28]
2002Chiselling Kent J. Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1+14 miles2:04.16$400,000I [29]
2001Startac Alex O. Solis Simon Bray Allen Paulson Living Trust 1+14 miles2:04.91$400,000I [30]
2000Ciro Michael J. Kinane Aidan P. O'Brien Jayeff B Stables1+14 miles2:01.64$400,000I [31]
19981999Race not held
1997 Honor Glide Garrett K. Gomez James E. Day Robert G. Schaedle III1+14 miles2:02.74$400,000I [32]
1996Marlin Shane Sellers D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 1+14 miles2:01.09$500,000I [33]
1995Hawk Attack Pat Day W. Elliott Walden Cavalier Stable1+14 miles2:00.17$400,000I [34]
1994Vaudeville Gary L. Stevens Fordell FierceRon Crockett1+14 miles2:01.11$400,000I [35]
1993Awad Jorge Velasquez David G. DonkRyehill Farm Stable (Jim & Eleanor Ryan)1+14 miles2:08.74$400,000I [36]
1992Ghazi Robbie Davis Del W. Carroll IIHassan Shoaib1+14 miles2:01.18$300,000I [37]
1991Jackie Wackie Pat Day Dominic F. Imprescia Jr.Carol Rocca & Gus DeMarinis1+14 miles2:01.27$300,000I [38]
1990§ Super Abound Randy Romero Carl A. Nafzger Genter Stable 1+14 miles2:01.60$250,000I [39]
1989 Hawkster Pat Valenzuela Ron McAnally Mr. & Mrs. J. Shelton Meredith1+14 miles2:04.00$250,000I [40]
1988Race not held
1987Stately Don Jacinto Vasquez LeRoy Jolley Bradley M. Shannon1+14 miles2:04.60$172,650I [41]
1986Southjet Jose A. Santos Angel Penna Sr. Dogwood Stable 1+14 miles2:02.00$170,850I [42]
At Hawthorne Race Course
1985Derby Wish Randy Romero William I. Mott John A. Franks 1+14 miles2:01.00$269,800I [43]
At Arlington Park
1984VisionGregg McCarron Woodford C. Stephens Cherry Valley Farm1+12 miles2:38.40$195,400I [44]
1983Fortnightly Pat Day Anthony Basile Bwamazon Farm 1+12 miles2:32.40$170,600II [45]
1982 Half Iced Donald MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Bertram R. Firestone 1+12 miles2:31.00$150,000II [46]
1981 Sing Sing Michael Venezia Victor J. Nickerson Sugartown Stable (Fred Papert)1+12 miles2:53.20$160,400II [47]
1980Spruce NeedlesJulio C. Espinoza William E. Adams Golden Chance Farm (Robert & Verna Lehmann)1+12 miles2:40.80$166,600II [48]
1979 Golden Act Sandy Hawley Loren RetteleWilliam H. Oldknow & Robert W. Phipps1+12 miles2:32.80$151,800II [49]
1978 Mac Diarmida Jean Cruguet Flint S. Schulhofer Jerome M. Torsney1+12 miles2:29.80$166,000II [50]
1977Text Marco Castaneda Vincent Clyne Elmendorf Farm 1+116 miles1:42.00$121,900IIOff turf [51]
1976Joachim Sam Maple Jack Van Berg Pratt-Van Berg 1+18 miles1:50.80$128,400II [52]
1975Intrepid Hero Ángel Cordero Jr. John W. Russell Ogden Mills Phipps 1+18 miles1:49.80$134,000II [53]
1974GlossaryAngel L. Santiago Victor J. Nickerson Elmendorf Farm 1+116 miles1:42.80$136,400II [6]
Arlington Invitational
1973 Secretariat Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 1+18 miles1:47.00$125,000 [54]

Legend:
  Dirt  Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry with stablemate Unbridled

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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