The Rampart Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually during the second week of March at Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park

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 in Hallandale Beach, Florida

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. The Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 event is open to filles

Filly

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 and mare

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...

s, age four and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt.

As a result of a sponsorship arrangement, the Rampart was run as the Johnny Walker Black Classic in 1989 and 1990.

Since inception in 1980, the race has been contested at two different distances:

• 1¹/16 miles : 1980-2000
• 1⅛ miles : 2001–present

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:42.83

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Rampart Stakes since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Awesome Maria	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:49.09
2010	Unrivaled Belle Unrivaled Belle Unrivaled Belle is a gray/roan American Thoroughbred racehorse owned and bred in Kentucky by Gary Seidler & Peter Vegso. She is a daughter of America's champion sire and champion racehorse Unbridled's Song, a descendant of the very influential sire, Mr...	4	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	William I. Mott	Gary Seidler & Peter Vegso	1:49.36
2009	One Caroline	4	Edgar Prado	Rusty Arnold	G. Watts Humphrey	1:48.88
2008	Spring Waltz	5	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...	Brian A. Lynch	Stronach Stables Stronach Stables Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of prominent Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder, Frank Stronach.The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song, Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others...	1:49.73
2007	Miss Shop	4	Rafael Bejarano	H. Allen Jerkens H. Allen Jerkens Harry Allen Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer.Jerkens' father owned a riding academy on Long Island that led to his interest in horse racing and in 1950 he trained his first winner. Sometimes called the "Giant Killer", he is best known for his upsets...	Hobeau Farm	1:49.42
2006	Oonagh Maccool	4	Rafael Bejarano	Todd A. Pletcher	Charles H. Wacker III	1:49.99
2005	D' Wildcat Speed	5	Manoel Cruz	William P. White	Establo P. R. Speed	1:48 .94
2004	Sightseek Sightseek Sightseek is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and current broodmare. She was bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms and was trained by Bobby Frankel....	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Tobert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...	1:51.07
2003	AllAmerican Bertie	4	John Velazquez	Steven B. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:47.92
2002	Forest Secrets	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...	John T. Ward, Jr. John T. Ward, Jr. John T. Ward, Jr. is an American racehorse trainer. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agricultural Economics, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is a third generation horseman on both sides of his family...	Debby M. Oxley	1:49.83
2001	De Bertie	4	Jorge Chavez Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez Dartnell , also known as Géo Chávez, was a Franco – Peruvian aviator. At a young age, he achieved fame for his aeronautical feats...	Bernard S. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:50.48
2000	Bella Chiarra	5	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....	Patrick B. Byrne Patrick B. Byrne Patrick B. Byrne is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who has won three Breeders' Cup races and who in 1997 conditioned Favorite Trick to American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and American Horse of the Year honors and Countess Diana to American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors.A native of...	Jack Mandato	1:43.27
1999	Banshee Breeze Banshee Breeze Banshee Breeze was an American Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. A winner of five Grade 1 races, she was voted the 1998 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly....	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider....	James B. Tafel	1:42.83