The Rebel Stakes is an American 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...

 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...

 held annually in March at Oaklawn Park

Oaklawn Park

Oaklawn Park is an American thoroughbred racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is the home to The Racing Festival of the South.In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Of the top Ten, Oaklawn was ranked...

 racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

. Open to three-year-old horses, it is raced on dirt over a distance of 11/16 miles. It currently offers a purse of $300,000 and is the second leg of the Oaklawn three-year-old stakes program, the first being the Southwest Stakes

Southwest Stakes

The Southwest Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas in mid February during the President's Day weekend. The race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race one mile on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...

 and the third the Arkansas Derby

Arkansas Derby

The Arkansas Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is currently a Grade I race run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt....

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Inaugurated as a Handicap race, the Rebel Stakes is now one of the prep races en route to the annual U.S. Triple Crown series.

On November 28, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was upgraded to a Grade II by the American Graded Stakes Committee

Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders...

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Records

Time record:

• 1:40.80 - Betemight (1967) (as a Handicap race)
• 1:41.00 - Vanlandingham
  Vanlandingham
  Vanlandingham was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by the Loblolly Stable, owned by Arkansas businessman John Ed Anthony.Vanlandingham was conditioned for racing by future U.S...
  
   (1984) (as a Stakes race)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Loblolly Stable
  Loblolly Stable
  Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...
  
   (1980, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993)

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:...

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• 3 - Larry Snyder
  Larry Snyder
  Larry Lloyd Snyder is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles...
  
   (1978, 1982, 1983)
• 3 - 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...
  
   (1984, 1985, 1987)
• 3 - Mike E. Smith (1986, 1993, 1999)

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...

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• 5 - Robert E. Holthus
  Robert E. Holthus
  Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....
  
   (1964, 1972, 1977, 2005, 2006)

Winners of the Rebel Stakes since 1961

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Grade
2011	The Factor	3	Martin Garcia Martin Garcia (jockey) Martin Garcia is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who rides from a base in Southern California.He emigrated to the United States in 2003 and went to work at a delicatessen in Pleasanton, California...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Fog City Stable & G. Bolton	11/16	1:42.19	II
2010	Lookin at Lucky Lookin at Lucky Lookin At Lucky is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Sired by Smart Strike, a half brother to Canadian Triple Crown Winner Dance Smartly, his dam, Private Feeling, was sired by Belong To Me by the North American Leading Sire of 1993, Danzig.Lookin At...	3	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...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Mike Pegram/Watson/Weitman	11/16	1:43.06	II
2009	Win Willy	3	Cliff Berry	McLean Robertson	Jer-Mar Stable LLC	11/16	1:44.41	II
2008	Sierra Sunset	3	Chris Emigh Christopher Emigh Christopher Alan Emigh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He earned his first win as a professional at Evangeline Downs in 1989. The winner of more than 3,000 career races, he has won a riding title at Hawthorne Race Course seven times and at Arlington Park in 2006...	Jeff Bonde	Lebherz/Mariani/Schmitt/Wirth	11/16	1:43.88	II
2007	Curlin	3	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	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...	Padua Stables et al.	11/16	1:44.70	III
2006	Lawyer Ron Lawyer Ron Lawyer Ron was an American thoroughbred race horse. He was bred and owned by James T. Hines, Jr., an entrepreneur who started his first company, Premium Allied Tool, in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1966, and it became a multi-million dollar business...	3	John McKee	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	James T. Hines, Jr.	11/16	1:44.09	III
2005	Greater Good	3	John McKee	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	Lewis Lakin	11/16	1:44.92	III
2004	Smarty Jones Smarty Jones Smarty Jones is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He finished second in the Belmont Stakes that took place on June 5th, 2004....	3	Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott is an American thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada...	John Servis John Servis John C. Servis is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was a relative unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby. The colt then went on to win the Preakness Stakes further increasing Servis' reputation...	Roy & Patricia Chapman	11/16	1:42.07
2003	Crowned King	3	Chandra Rennie	Billy McKeever	McKeever Racing Stable	11/16	1:44.00
2002	Windward Passage	3	Donnie Meche Donnie Meche Donnie James Meche is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Donnie Meche won his first race at Evangeline Downs in May 1993...	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...	Team Valor Team Valor Team Valor Stable LLC is an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable based in Versailles, Kentucky. It was founded by Barry Irwin and Jeff Siegel who create partnerships with racing enthusiasts to race Thoroughbred horses at major racing venues, primarily in North America.In early July 2007,...	11/16	1:45.06	III
2001	Crafty Shaw	3	Joe Johnson	Peter M. Vestal	Lucky Seven Stable	11/16	1:43.82	III
2000	Snuck In	3	Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born Brian Keith Asmussen, in 1977 he legally changed his name to "Cash". From a Texas horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, operate a ranch in Laredo, Texas...	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...	Ackerley Bros. Farm	11/16	1:42.99	III
1999	Etbauer	3	Mike E. Smith	Steve J. Wren	K & H. Biggs	11/16	1:44.00	III
1998	Victory Gallop Victory Gallop Victory Gallop was an American-based Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old he won the Belmont Stakes denying Real Quiet the Triple Crown...	3	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	Prestonwood Farm Inc.	11/16	1:44.60	III
1997	Phantom On Tour	3	Larry Melancon Larry Melancon Larry J. Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit....	Lynn S. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	11/16	1:42.80	III
1996	Ide	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Peter M. Vestal	Willmott Stables	11/16	1:44.00	III
1995	Mystery Storm	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Larry Robideaux, Jr.	David Beard	11/16	1:44.40	III
1994	Judge T C	3	Joe Johnson	Gary G. Hartlage	Bea & R. H. Roberts	11/16	1:44.00	III
1993	Dalhart	3	Mike E. Smith	Tom Bohannan	Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...	11/16	1:42.20	III
1992	Pine Bluff Pine Bluff (horse) Pine Bluff was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by John Ed Anthony's Loblolly Stable, he was a son of Danzig and grandson of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer...	3	Jerry D. Bailey	Tom Bohannan	Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...	11/16	1:42.80	III
1991	Quintana	3	David Guillory	David C. Cross, Jr.	Gary M. Garber	11/16	1:42.60	III
1990	Nuits St. Georges	3	Jamie Bruin	Douglas R. Peterson	Photini Jaffe	11/16	1:46.00	III
1989	Manastash Ridge	3	Antonio Castanon	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...	Tayhill Stables	11/16	1:43.00
1988	Sea Trek	3	Patrick A. Johnson	Gary G. Hartlage	Diana Stable	11/16	1:42.60
1987	Demons Begone	3	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...	Philip M. Hauswald	Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...	11/16	1:41.40
1986	Rare Brick	3	Mike E. Smith	Tony Foyt	Pin Oak Stable & A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr., or as he is universally known as in motorsports circles, A. J. Foyt , is a retired American automobile racing driver. He raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes USAC Champ cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won...	11/16	1:43.20
1985	Clever Allemont	3	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...	Lynn S. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	11/16	1:44.40
1984	Vanlandingham Vanlandingham Vanlandingham was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by the Loblolly Stable, owned by Arkansas businessman John Ed Anthony.Vanlandingham was conditioned for racing by future U.S...	3	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	Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...	11/16	1:41.00
1983	Sunny's Halo Sunny's Halo Sunny's Halo was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became only the second Canadian-bred to win the Kentucky Derby and who as of 2006 is the all-time leading sire by progeny earnings in the state of Texas....	3	Larry Snyder Larry Snyder Larry Lloyd Snyder is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles...	David C. Cross, Jr.	David J. Foster	11/16	1:42.20
1982	Bold Style	3	Larry Snyder Larry Snyder Larry Lloyd Snyder is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles...	Jack Van Berg Jack Van Berg John Charles "Jack" Van Berg is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg....	L. Mayer	11/16	1:43.80
1981	Bold Ego	3	John L. Lively	D. Were	Double B Ranch & J.Kidd	11/16	1:41.40
1980	Temperence Hill Temperence Hill Temperence Hill was a Champion American Thoroughbred stallion racehorse.Bred in Kentucky by Dr. Albert F. Polk, Jr.'s Oriskany Farm, Temperence Hill was sired by Stop The Music and out of the Etonian mare, Sister Shannon...	3	Darrell Haire	Joseph B. Cantey	Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 and 1978 and went on to become an excellent sire...	11/16	1:42.80
1979	Lucy's Axe	3	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Joseph B. Cantey	Mrs. L. Close	11/16	1:45.80
1978	Chop Chop Tomahawk	3	Larry Snyder Larry Snyder Larry Lloyd Snyder is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles...	E. Jackson	Daybreak Farm	11/16	1:42.40
1977	United Holme	3	Jorge Tejeira Jorge Tejeira Jorge Enrique Tejeira is a retired Panamanian jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He rode at venues across the United States and won a number of riding titles, including seasonal/annual championships at Philadelphia Park Racetrack in Pennsylvania and in California at Del Mar...	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	Lofton & Robert E. Holthus	11/16	1:42.20
1976	Riverside Sam	3	Garth Patterson	E. Jackson	Daybreak Farm	11/16	1:41.60
1975	Promised City	3	David E.Whited	Larry Spraker	Big I Farm	11/16	1:44.40
1974	Perfect Aim	3	Geary E. Louviere	Harold Tinker	W. Cal Partee	11/16	1:44.40
1973	Game Lad	3	A. Herrera	David R. Vance David R. Vance David R. Vance is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who has won more than 3,000 races....	Dan Lasater	11/16	1:41.20
1972	Our Trade Winds	3	Lonnie Ray	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	R. Mitchell	11/16	1:42.60
1971	Compte Deux	3	Don Brumfield Don Brumfield Donald Alan Brumfield is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.During his thirty-five year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. He retired from racing in 1989. Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won " at Churchill Downs, where he won 16 riding titles...	Ike K. Mourar	Robert E. Lehmann	11/16	1:44.40
1970	Admiral's Shield	3	Stanley A. Spencer	Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *...	W. C. Robinson	11/16	1:44.00
1969	Traffic Mark	3	Phil I. Grimm	Ronnie G. Warren	M/M Robert F. Roberts	11/16	1:42.80
1968	Etony	3	J. Pagano	H. Holcomb	G. B. Newbill	11/16	1:43.80
1967	Betemight	3	Henry Moreno Henry Moreno Henry Moreno was a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Moreno's most important win for Harry F. Guggenheim's stable came in the 1953 Kentucky Derby when he rode Dark Star to victory over future the Hall of Fame colt, Native Dancer....	Doug M. Davis, Jr.	G. M. Holtsinger & M. Davis	11/16	1:40.80
1966	Timely Move	3	M. Freed	Charlie Vinci	Cantor & Hill	11/16	1:42.20
1965	Swift Ruler	3	Larry Spraker	Gin L. Collins	E. Allen	11/16	1:44.20
1964	Spike Nail	3	Ronnie J. Campbell	Robert E. Holthus Robert E. Holthus Robert E. "Bob" Holthus was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus....	C. O. Viar	11/16	1:43.00
1963	Devil It Is	3	Robert Gallimore	G. Alberico	Bar-Al-Mar Stable	11/16	1:45.00
1962	Treasury Note	3	Wayne Chambers	Henry Forrest Henry Forrest Henry Forrest was an American Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who twice won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes....	J. C. Pollard	11/16	1:42.40
1961	Bass Clef	3	Ronald Baldwin	Anthony W. Rupelt	Vera E. Smith	11/16	1:42.40