Sabin Stakes
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The Sabin Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race for older fillies
and mares
(four-year-olds and up) and is run at Gulfstream Park
in Hallandale Beach, Florida
. A Grade III
stakes race, it's set at a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt, and offers a purse of $100,000.
The Sabin is named for the multiple Grade I stakes winning filly, Sabin. Born in 1980, she made 25 starts and won 18 of them.
The track record for a mile on dirt is held by Commentator
, set on January 17, 2008 - 1:33.71.
United States
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for older 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
Female horses are called mares.Mare is the Latin word for "sea".The word may also refer to:-People:* Ahmed Marzooq, also known as Mare, a footballer and Secretary General of Maldives Olympic Committee* Mare Winningham, American actress and singer...
(four-year-olds and up) and is run at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....
in Hallandale Beach, Florida
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Hallandale Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, a worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,113...
. A Grade III
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...
stakes race, it's set at a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt, and offers a purse of $100,000.
The Sabin is named for the multiple Grade I stakes winning filly, Sabin. Born in 1980, she made 25 starts and won 18 of them.
The track record for a mile on dirt is held by Commentator
Commentator (horse)
Commentator , is an American Thoroughbred race horse by the stallion Distorted Humor, sire of 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide. Like Funny Cide, Commentator is a New York bred as well as a gelding...
, set on January 17, 2008 - 1:33.71.
Past winners
- 2011 - Awesome Maria (J-John R. Velazquez; T-Todd PletcherTodd PletcherTodd 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...
) - 2010 - Aurora Lights (J-Cornelio VelasquezCornelio VelásquezCornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...
); T-Eric Coatrieux - 2009 – One Caroline (J-Edgar Prado; T-George R. "Rusty" Arnold)
- 2008 - Golden Velvet & Lady Marlboro in a dead heatTie (draw)To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
. (Eibar CoaEibar CoaEibar 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...
rode Golden Velvet, T-Kiaran McLaughlinKiaran McLaughlinKiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...
; J-Javier CastellanoJavier CastellanoJavier 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...
rode Lady Marlboro.) - 2007 - Swap Fliparoo (Grade I winner.) (Javier CastellanoJavier CastellanoJavier 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...
) - 2006 - Taittinger Rose (Edgar Prado)
- 2005 - Isola Piu Bella (ChileanChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
Horse of the Year, Chilean Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, 2005) (John Velazquez) (Pampered Princess, multiple stakes winner, placed.) - 2004 - Roar Emotion (John Velazquez)
- 2003 - Allamerican Bertie (Multiple Graded Stakes winner.) (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) - 2002 - Miss Linda (ArgentinianArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.) (Richard Migliore) (Grade I winner in the Acorn StakesAcorn StakesThe Acorn Stakes is an American Grade I race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is raced on dirt over a distance of one mile with a current purse of $250,000. It is the first leg of the US Triple Tiara and is followed by the Coaching Club American Oaks...
, Forest Secrets, placed.) - 2001 - De Bertie (Former claimer and multiple stakes winner.) (Jorge Chavez)
- 2000 - Brushed Halory (Multiple stakes winner. (Mike E. Smith)
- 1999 - Timely Broad
- 1998 - Radiant Megan (Julie KroneJulie KroneJulie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...
) (EscenaEscenaEscena is an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. Bred and raced by Allen Paulson, she was out of the mare Claxton's Slew, a daughter of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown champion, Seattle Slew. Her sire was the great international runner Strawberry Road who was the 1983 Australian Champion Racehorse of...
, winner of Breeders' Cup Distaff, Multiple Grade I winner, 1998 American Champion Older Female Horse, placed.) (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) - 1997 - Rare Blend (Multiple graded stakes winner.) (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) - 1996 - Lindsay Frolic (Multiple stakes winner.)
- 1995 - Recognizable (Multiple graded stakes winner.)
- 1994 - Hunzinga (Grade I winner, Nine Keys, placed.)
- 1993 - Now Dance (Multiple Grade I winner, Spinning Round, placed.) (1992 Kentucky OaksKentucky OaksThe Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds . The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year...
winner, Luv Me Luv Me Not, came in third.) - 1992 - Lemhi Go (Multiple graded stakes winner) (Grade I winner, Trumpets Blare, placed.)