Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes

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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes
Ungraded race
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The 2009 Marathon, Man of Iron, hidden on the rail defeating Cloudy's Knight by a nose
LocationDependant on where the Breeders' Cup is held that year (See Winner section)
Inaugurated2008 (as Breeders' Cup Marathon at Santa Anita Park)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Sponsor Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (since 2017)
Race information
Distance1 mile (since 2024)
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationtwo-year-olds
Weight122 lbs with allowances
Purse$200,000 (since 2024)

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes is a ungraded American Thoroughbred horse race for two year olds over a distance of one mile on the turf. Previously, the event was a Grade II event for three-year-olds and up, and contested on dirt usually at a distance of 1+5⁄8 miles. The race has a purse of US$200,000. It is run as part of the undercard on either the Friday card or Saturday card of the Breeders' Cup.

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Race history

The race was originally established in 2008 as part of the annual Breeders' Cup World Championships with its inaugural running on October 25, 2008 at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles as the Breeders' Cup Marathon. The inaugural running took place on the second day of the Breeders' Cup on the Pro-Ride synthetic dirt at the 2008 host track, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. [1]

In 2009, the distance was extended by 2 furlongs to 1+3⁄4 miles. [2]

Due to technical requirements, the race was not eligible for classification as a graded stakes race in its first two runnings. [3] It received Grade III status effective in 2010. [4] The race was upgraded to Grade II status for 2011. [5] The race was originally run under Weight for Age conditions.

Removal from Breeders' Cup

On April 25, 2014, the Breeders' Cup announced that the Marathon would be discontinued. [6] The event was renamed to the Marathon Stakes as an undercard Breeders' Cup stakes race. The purse of the event was reduced from $500,000 to $200,000. The first year, the race was sponsored by the Las Vegas Tourism Board. [7] The event's conditions were changed to Set Weights with allowances. [7]

Citing that "the conditions of the race have not developed into a competition that we believe reaches the standard set by the remaining races comprising the Championships", the Breeders' Cup Committee announced its discontinuation. [6]

However, the venue that holds the Breeders' Cup has been running the event with separate sponsorship.

In 2020 the event was renamed to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes, [8] sponsors since 2017. [1]

In 2024 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Grade III status. [9] However, the Breeders' Cup undercard changed the conditions of the event from a Marathon distance for older horses to a two-year-old turf event over one mile. The event was run as an ungraded black-type event.

Records

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes
2023Salesman (IRE)6 Flavien Prat Richard E. Mandella Wertheimer et Frère 1+5⁄8 miles2:44.08$250,000II [10]
2022Next4Luan MachadoWilliam CowansMichael A. Foster1+5⁄8 miles2:42.59$342,667II [11]
2021Lone Rock6 Ramon Vazquez Robertino DiodoroFlying P Stable & R. A. Hill Stable1+5⁄8 miles2:42.61†$250,000II [12]
2020Rocketry6 Irad Ortiz Jr. James A. Jerkens Centennial Farms1+5⁄8 miles2:42.57$200,000II [13]
Marathon Stakes
2019Itsinthepost (FR) 7 Drayden Van Dyke Jeff Mullins Red Baron's Barn1+3⁄4 miles3:03.95$200,351II [14]
2018Rocketry4 Joel Rosario James A. Jerkens Centennial Farms1+3⁄4 miles2:57.62$200,000II [15]
2017Destin4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Twin Creeks Racing Stables & Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners1+3⁄4 miles2:57.77$201,035II [16]
2016Scuba5Kendrick CarmoucheBrendan P. WalshDARRS1+3⁄4 miles2:58.20$201,380II [17]
2015Bailoutbobby5 Joel Rosario Doug F. O'Neill R3 Racing1+3⁄4 miles2:56.75$200,000II [18]
Las Vegas Marathon Stakes
2014Cary Street5 Miguel Mena Brendan P. WalshBrendan P. Walsh & Marc Detampel1+3⁄4 miles2:58.29$200,750II [19]
Breeders' Cup Marathon
2013London Bridge3 Mike E. Smith Jo HughesEastwind Racing & Martha Trussell1+3⁄4 miles2:58.32$460,000II [20]
2012 Calidoscopio (ARG) 9 Aaron Gryder Guillermo FrankelStud Dona Pancha1+3⁄4 miles2:57.25$454,500II [21]
2011 Afleet Again 4 Cornelio Velasquez Robert E. Reid Jr.Kasey K Racing Stable1+3⁄4 miles3:00.39$454,500II [22]
2010 Eldaafer 5 John R. Velazquez Diane D. Morici IEAH Stables and Mansour Albaroudy1+3⁄4 miles2:59.62$454,500III [23]
2009 Man of Iron 3 Johnny Murtagh Aidan P. O'Brien Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor 1+3⁄4 miles2:54.11$454,500Listed [24]
2008Muhannak (IRE) 4 Patrick J. Smullen Ralph Beckett Richard Pegum1+1⁄2 miles2:28.24$496,930Listed [25]

Legend:
  All Weather Track  Dirt
Notes:
† New track record

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