Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Allaire DuPont Distaff is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

run annually at Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...

in Baltimore, Maryland. A Grade II

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

event run in mid May, it is open to fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

and mares

Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. However, in Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a...

age three and older. It is contested on dirt at a distance of 1¹/16 miles (8.5 furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s).

Formerly known as the "Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap"/"Pimlico Distaff", it was renamed the "Allaire duPont Breeders' Cup Distaff Stakes" in 2006 in honor of the late Maryland horsewoman

Equestrianism

Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

and owner of the great Kelso

Kelso (horse)

Kelso was an American thoroughbred race horse considered among the best racehorses of the 20th century. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine Kelso ranks 4th, behind only Man o' War , Secretariat and Citation...

, Allaire duPont

Allaire du Pont

Allaire du Pont was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame champion, Kelso....

. The race was first awarded graded status in 1994 and then the race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II event in 2007.

From 1992 through 2001, the race was contested at 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs). The race was run in late June for its first three years. Then it was moved to the Preakness undercard beginning in 1995.

In 2010 the race was put on hiatus due to a shortage of purse money. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=5001408

Records

Speed record:

1:42.43 - Buy The Barrell (2008) (at current 1¹/16 miles)
1:48.70 - Ajina
Ajina
Ajina is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Bckground:Bred by renowned horseman Allen E. Paulson, Ajina was purchased by Janice and Robert McNair's Stonerside Stable of Paris, Kentucky....

(1998) (at 1⅛ miles)

Most wins by a horse:

No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:

3 - Jerry Bailey (1997, 1998, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

:

3 - C. R. McGaughey III (1993, 1997, 2001)

Most wins by an owner:

No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes since 1992

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| align=center|2011
| Super Expresso
| align=center|4
| Ramon Dominguez
| Todd A. Pletcher
| Bobby Flay

Bobby Flay

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Julien Leparoux

Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...

| Robert J. Frankel
| Darley Stable
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:44.34
| align=center|$150,000
| align=center|II
|-
| align=center|2008
| Buy The Barrell
| align=center|4
| Gabriel Saez

Gabriel Saez

Gabriel Saez is a Panamanian horse racing jockey. He began his riding career in his native country in 2004, becoming the leading apprentice jockey in 2005. Saez moved to the United States in February, 2006, and almost instantly became Delaware Park Racetrack's leading jockey that same year...

| J. Larry Jones

J. Larry Jones

J. Larry Jones is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A former commercial farmer, he embarked on a career as a professional trainer in 1982....

| Hinkle Farms
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:42.43
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|II
|-
| align=center|2007
| Rolling Sea
| align=center|4
| Garrett Gomez

Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

| Steve Asmussen

Steve Asmussen

Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...

| Millennium Farms
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:42.88
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|II
|-
| align=center|2006
| Pool Land
| align=center|4
| Garrett Gomez

Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

| Todd A. Pletcher
| |Melnyk Racing

Eugene Melnyk

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| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:42.71
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2005
| Silmaril

Silmaril (horse)

Silmaril Silmaril Silmaril (foaled March 31, 2001 in Maryland is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by stakes winner, Diamond, who in turn was sired by leading North American sire, Mr. Prospector. She was out of the mare, Kattebuck, whose sire was the 1985 United States Horse of...

| align=center|4
| Ryan Fogelsonger

Ryan Fogelsonger

Ryan Fogelsonger is an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his first win on May 1 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland...

| Christopher Grove
| S.E. Quick & C.J. Feifarek
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:44.87
| align=center|$100,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2004
| Friel's For Real
| align=center|4
| Abel Castellano, Jr.
| Edward T. Allard
| Gilbert G. Campbell
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:45.03
| align=center|$150,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2003
| Mandy's Gold
| align=center|5
| Jerry Bailey
| Michael E. Gorham
| Steeplechase Farm
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:46.32
| align=center|$150,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2002
| Summer Colony
| align=center|4
| John Velazquez
| Mark A. Hennig

Mark A. Hennig

Mark A. Hennig is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Born into a horse racing family, his father, John Hennig, was also a trainer. After working with his father, Mark Hennig became an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas before going out on his own in 1991.-References:*...

| Edward P. Evans
| align=center|1-1/16
| align=center|1:42.90
| align=center|$150,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2001
| Serra Lake
| align=center|4
| Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

| C. R. McGaughey III
| Mrs. Emory Hamilton
| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:50.22
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|2000
| Roza Robata
| align=center|5
| Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

| Dale L. Romans

Dale L. Romans

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| McKee Stable
| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:49.82
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1999
| Mil Kilates
| align=center|6
| Shane Sellers

Shane Sellers

Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....

| Nick Zito

Nick Zito

Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer...

| Robert Perez
| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:49.05
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1998
| Ajina

Ajina

Ajina is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Bckground:Bred by renowned horseman Allen E. Paulson, Ajina was purchased by Janice and Robert McNair's Stonerside Stable of Paris, Kentucky....

Allen E. Paulson

Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...

| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:48.70
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1997
| Rare Blend
| align=center|4
| Jerry Bailey
| C. R. McGaughey III
| H. Joseph Allen

H. Joseph Allen

H. Joseph Allen is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc...

| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:51.51
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1996
| Serena's Song

Serena's Song

Serena’s Song is an American Thoroughbred race horse. She won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I , in three seasons for $3,286,388 in earnings....

| align=center|4
| Gary L. Stevens
| D. Wayne Lukas

D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

| Robert & Beverly Lewis
| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:49.75
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1995
| Pennyhill Park
| align=center|5
| Mike E. Smith
| Roger Attfield

Roger Attfield

Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970...

Alice du Pont Mills

Alice Francis du Pont Mills was an American aviatrix, thoroughbred race horse breeder and owner, environmentalist, philanthropist and a member of the prominent du Pont family....

| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:51.19
| align=center|$200,000
| align=center|III
|-
| align=center|1993
| Deputation
| align=center|4
| Chris Antley

Chris Antley

Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero...

| C. R. McGaughey III
| Stuart Janney III
| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:49.12
| align=center|$200,000
|
|-
| align=center|1992
| Wilderness Song

Wilderness Song

Wilderness Song is a retired Canadian Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse and a Hall of Fame inductee. Out of the mare Nalee's Rhythm, she was sired by the 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Wild Again....

| align=center|4
| Craig Perret

Craig Perret

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| James E. Day
| Sam-Son Farm

Sam-Son Farm

Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses...

| align=center|1-1/8
| align=center|1:49.06
| align=center|$250,000
|
|}

Records

Winners of the Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes since 1992

See also