Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
Listed race | |
Location | Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1929 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www.arlingtonpark.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Track | Synthetic, left-handed |
Qualification | Two-Year-Old Fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $75,000 |
The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000.[1] It was a Grade III race through 2012, but was a listed stakes in 2013.[2]
Inaugurated in 1929 as the Arlington Lassie Stakes, in 1963 it was renamed the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and in 2005 was given the Breeders' Cup designation.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:
- 1929–1931 : 5.5 furlongs
- 1932–1961 & 1972–1979 : 6 furlongs
- 1962–1969 : 6.5 furlongs
- 1980–1984 & 1986–1987 : 7 furlongs
- 1985 : 6.5 furlongs (at Hawthorne Race Course)
- 1986–2013 : 1 mile
- 2014 to present : 7 furlongs
The race was not run in 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.
Records[]
Time record: (at one mile distance)
- 1:35.93 – (2005)
Largest winning margin:
- 12 lengths – Eliza (1992)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – Calumet Farm (1937, 1943, 1947, 1949)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Steve Brooks (1949, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1960)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 – Ben A. Jones (1938, 1943)
- 2 – (1942, 1950)
- 2 – J. Hodgins (1946, 1952)
- 2 – Horace A. Jones (1947, 1949)
- 2 – Harry Trotsek (1951, 1953)
- 2 – Moody Jolley (1954, 1959)
- 2 – Joe Pierce Jr. (1969, 1972)
- 2 – Woody Stephens (1983, 1984)
- 2 – (1994, 2010)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2017 | Bet She Wins | Jose Lopez | Chris Block | Lothenbach Stables | 1:24.43 |
2016 | Diadura | Empyrean Stables/Two Princesses | 1:25.10 | ||
2015 | Marquee Miss | Joe Ragsdale | 1:24.29 | ||
2014 | Quality Rocks | Rosemary Homeister Jr. | Destiny Oaks Of Ocala LLC | 1:24.88 | |
2013 | Eddie Castro | Holmark Stables II | 1:37.98 | ||
2012 | Chris Emigh | Lon Wiggins | Dolphus C. Morrison | 1:37.96 | |
2011 | Eusebio Razo Jr. | W. T. Howard | Frank Fletcher | 1:39.13 | |
2010 | Mark Dedomenico LLC | 1:36.65 | |||
2009 | She Be Wild | Junior Alvarado | Wayne Catalano | Nancy Mazzoni | 1:38.67 |
2008 | Robby Albarado | Dale Romans | Pacella/Bonomo/Barbara | 1:36.38 | |
2007 | Wayne Catalano | Frank Calabrese | 1:37.08 | ||
2006 | Lisa M | Larry Bielfeldt | 1:38.90 | ||
2005 | Jesse M. Campbell | 1:35.93 | |||
2004 | J. H. Smith Thoroughbreds | 1:36.98 | |||
2003 | Zosima | Pat Day | Eoin G. Harty | Darley Racing | 1:36.02 |
2002 | Woodbridge Farm | 1:37.82 | |||
2001 | Marlon St. Julien | D. Martin / J. Ayres | 1:39.34 | ||
2000 | Jeremy Beasley | R. B. & E. Klein | 1:36.91 | ||
1999 | No Race | ||||
1998 | No Race | ||||
1997 | Frank Calabrese | 1:37.54 | |||
1996 | Randy Romero | Harvey L. Vanier | Nancy Vanier | 1:38.27 | |
1995 | No Race | ||||
1994 | Flaxbeard/Oliphant/Sharp | 1:41.70 | |||
1993 | Mariah's Storm | Donnie K. Von Hemel | Thunderhead Farm | 1:38.95 | |
1992 | Eliza | Pat Valenzuela | Allen E. Paulson | 1:39.58 | |
1991 | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | E. S. Hudson & W. Farish | 1:36.58 | |
1990 | Larry D. Edwards | L. & B. Millsap | 1:39.00 | ||
1989 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Robert P. Levy | 1:38.60 | |
1988 | No Race | ||||
1987 | Craig Perret | David Milch | 1:25.00 | ||
1986 | Gary Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | G. Alsdorf/Frankel/Moss | 1:23.40 | |
1985 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:18.00 | |
1984 | Pat Day | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 1:27.00 | |
1983 | Miss Oceana | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Newstead Farm | 1:23.40 |
1982 | Eddie Maple | Thomas V. Smith | Joan Masterson | 1:23.40 | |
1981 | Ray Sibille | Nickels & Dimes Stable | 1:23.20 | ||
1980 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Windfields Farm | 1:25.20 | |
1979 | Earlie Fires | J. Bert Sonnier | M. Selz & B. Smeker | 1:11.00 | |
1978 | It's In The Air | Ed Delahoussaye | Harbor View Farm | 1:09.60 | |
1977 | Ron Turcotte | Marge Schott | 1:10.40 | ||
1976 | Sam Maple | Larry Flakes | L. C. Wilson/H. Inman/G. B. Gabbert | 1:10.40 | |
1975 | Dearly Precious | Michael Hole | Stephen A. DiMauro | Richard E. Bailey | 1:11.20 |
1974 | Darrel McHargue | 1:11.40 | |||
1973 | Álvaro Pineda | John W. Russell | Fred W. Hooper | 1:11.00 | |
1972 | Larry Melancon | W. S. Woodside/F. Webster Jr. | 1:12.00 | ||
1972 | Jorge Tejeira | Joseph Pierce Jr. | W. P. Burke/S. Pierce | 1:11.60 | |
1971 | No Race | ||||
1970 | No Race | ||||
1969 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph Pierce Jr. | Seymour Rose | 1:18.40 | |
1968 | Process Shot | Chuck Baltazar | M/M Sonny Werblin | 1:17.40 | |
1967 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Everett Lowrance | 1:18.40 | ||
1966 | Ismael Valenzuela | Verne Winchell | 1:16.80 | ||
1965 | Jimmy Nichols | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney | 1:18.20 | |
1964 | Bill Hartack | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:18.00 | |
1963 | Bill Shoemaker | Jess Byrd | 1:18.20 | ||
1962 | Smart Deb | Manuel Ycaza | 1:16.20 | ||
1961 | Bill Hartack | LeRoy Jolley | Mrs. Moody Jolley | 1:11.20 | |
1960 | Steve Brooks | Schmidt & Trimble | 1:11.80 | ||
1959 | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:10.00 | |
1958 | E. B. Carpenter | North Star Ranch | 1:10.80 | ||
1957 | Eric Guerin | George M. Odom | Mrs. S. George Zauderer | 1:10.60 | |
1956 | Leallah | Bill Hartack | MacKenzie Miller | Charlton Clay | 1:11.60 |
1955 | Dave Erb | Bwamazon Farm | 1:13.80 | ||
1954 | Delta | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:10.40 |
1953 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | 1:10.60 | ||
1952 | Fulvous | Steve Brooks | Jack C. Hodgins | Mary V. Fisher | 1:13.80 |
1951 | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | Mrs. H. Trotsek | 1:11.20 | |
1950 | A. D. Rivera | Sunningdale Farm | 1:12.00 | ||
1949 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:15.60 | |
1948 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | Edward Lasker | 1:12.40 | |
1947 | Bewitch | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:10.80 |
1946 | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stables | 1:12.00 | ||
1945 | Beaugay | John H. Adams | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:12.20 |
1944 | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.40 | ||
1943 | Twilight Tear | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:13.20 | |
1942 | Arthur Craig | 1:13.60 | |||
1941 | Ruperto Donoso | Alfred Holberg | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:12.60 | |
1940 | Albert Snider | Roscoe Goose | Mrs. John Marsch | 1:12.80 | |
1939 | Now What | Raymond Workman | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:13.00 |
1938 | Ben A. Jones | Woolford Farm | 1:11.60 | ||
1937 | Theen | Calumet Farm | 1:11.80 | ||
1936 | Hal Price Headley | 1:13.20 | |||
1935 | Forever Yours | Don Meade | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:12.80 | |
1934 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1:13.40 | |
1933 | Mata Hari | Robert Jones | Clyde Van Dusen | Dixiana Farm | 1:12.00 |
1932 | Raymond Workman | 1:10.40 | |||
1931 | Top Flight | Alfred Robertson | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1:05.20 |
1930 | Willie Knapp | Fanny Hertz | 1:05.80 | ||
1929 | Capture | Elmore Shropshire | John Lowe | Rancocas Stable | 1:06.00 |
References[]
- ^ The Blood-Horse
- ^ Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Archived October 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- 1929 establishments in Illinois
- Horse races in Illinois
- Arlington Park
- Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies
- Recurring sporting events established in 1929