The Palm Beach Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually at Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park

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 in Hallandale Beach, Florida

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. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 event open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf

Grass

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 over a distance of nine furlong

Furlong

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s. Run in mid March, the Palm Beach Stakes currently offers a purse of $150,000.

2010 winner Paddy O'Prado went on to finish third in the Kentucky Derby, sixth in the Preakness, first in the Secretariat, and sixth in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season. He finished his career with $1.7 million in earnings.

1993 winner Kissin Kris went on to finish seventh in the Kentucky Derby, second in the Belmont Stakes, first in the Haskell, and third in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season. He finished his career with $1.6 million in earnings.

The race was run in two divisions in 1968, 1969, and 1971.

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Joes Blazing Aaron	Orlando Bocachica	Allan hunter, Jr.	Joseph Witek	1:47.85
2010	Paddy O'Prado Paddy O'Prado Paddy O'Prado is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds, he finished third in the 2010 Kentucky Derby. His regular jockey is Kent Desormeaux.-Racing Career:...	Jesus Castanon	Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.The son of a trainer, Dale Romans is best known for training the winner of the 2011 Preakness, Shackleford....	Winchell Thoroughbreds	1:45.40
2009	El Crespo	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	Rusty Arnold	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	1:47.71
2008	Sporting Art	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...	Jon & Sarah Kelly	1:45.98
2007	Duveen	Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...	Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.The son of a trainer, Dale Romans is best known for training the winner of the 2011 Preakness, Shackleford....	Andrew Farm	1:47.48
2006	Go Between	Edgar Prado	William I. Mott	Peter Vegso	1:45.80
2005	Interpatation	Tommy Turner	Robert Barbara	Elliot Mavorah	1:47.12
2004	Kitten's Joy Kitten's Joy Kitten's Joy is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by the Sadler's Wells stallion El Prado out of the Lear Fan mare Kitten's First. Kitten's Joy is owned and bred by Ken and Sarah Ramsey...	Jerry Bailey	Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.The son of a trainer, Dale Romans is best known for training the winner of the 2011 Preakness, Shackleford....	Ken & Sarah Ramsey	1:48.76
2003	Nothing To Lose	Jerry Bailey	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...	Ken & Sarah Ramsey	1:48.28
2002	Orchard Park	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Peter Vegso	1:49.80
2001	Proud Man	Rene Douglas Rene R. Douglas Rene R. Douglas Panama is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born into a Thoroughbred racing family, after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983. His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious...	Harry Benson	Robert Kaufman et al.	1:48.32
2000	Mr. Livingston	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....	William A. Kaplan	David & Teresa Palmer	1:48.04
1999	Swamp	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He holds a pre-med undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1980.-References:**...	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:48.38

Earlier winners

‡ In 1995 & 1993, the race was run off the turf, but retained its GIII status.

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