Arlington Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1929 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | Arlington Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 miles |
Record | 1:53.16, Bandua (2019) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
The Arlington Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1929 at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Open to three-year-olds & up, it is currently a stakes run in July at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles on turf. It currently offers a purse of $150,000 and serves as the final local prep race for the Arlington Million.
The race was hosted by the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the Hawthorne Race Course in 1985.
The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999.
Distances:
- 7⁄8 mile – 1968
- 1 mile – 1963, 1966–1967
- 1+1⁄8 miles – 1929, 1952, 1965
- 1+1⁄4 miles – 1930–1939, 1942–1951, 1984 to 2014
- 1+3⁄16 miles – 1941, 1953–1962, 1964, 1973–1976, 2015–present
- 1+1⁄2 miles – 1972, 1977–1983
Records[]
Speed record:
- 2:00.62 – Sky Classic (1992) (at 1+1⁄4 miles on Arlington Park turf)
- In 1985, ran 1+1⁄4 miles on turf in 2:00 2/5 at Hawthorne Race Course.
- 1:53.16- Bandua (2019) (at current 1+3⁄16 mile distance)
Most wins:
- 2 – Round Table (1958, 1959)
- 2 – (2006, 2007)
- 3 – (2010, 2012, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – Calumet Farm (1936, 1947, 1949, 1950)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – Bill Shoemaker (1958, 1959, 1965, 1983)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Robert J. Frankel (1991, 1994, 1996, 2000)
Winners[]
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Distance | Time |
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2021 | Bizzee Channel | 5 | Jareth Loveberry | Larry Rivelli | Patricia's Hope LLC | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.08 |
2020 | Not run due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | ||||||
2019 | Bandua | 4 | Adam Beschizza | Jack Sisterson | Calumet Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:53.16 |
2018 | Divisidero | 6 | Jevian Toledo | Kelly Rubley | Gunpowder Farms, LLC & Brereton C. Jones | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:54.03 |
2017 | Ghost Hunter | 7 | Edwin Gonzalez | Jamie Ness | Triple K Stables | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.86 |
2016 | Kasaqui (ARG) | 6 | Robby Albarado | Wimborne Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.62 | |
2015 | Quiet Force | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Michael Maker | Charles Kevin Warner | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:56.50 |
2014 | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Dale L. Romans | Donegal Racing | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:05.42 | |
2013 | Rahystrada | 9 | Rosie Napravnik | Robert E. Courtney Jr. | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.66 | |
2012 | Rahystrada | 8 | Joel Rosario | Robert E. Courtney Jr. | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.84 | |
2011 | Tajaaweed | 6 | Shadwell Stable | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.83 | ||
2010 | Rahystrada | 6 | Byron Hughes | Robert Courtney | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.26 | |
2009 | Just As Well | 6 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jonathan E. Sheppard | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.84 | |
2008 | Stream Cat | 5 | Fab Oak Stable / Hurley / Goldthorpe | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:04.83 | ||
2007 | Cosmonaut | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Patrick Biancone | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.32 | |
2006 | Cosmonaut | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Patrick Biancone | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.10 | |
2005 | Cool Conductor | 4 | Cornelio Velásquez | David E. Garner | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2.02.26 | |
2004 | Senor Swinger | 4 | Brice Blanc | Bob Baffert | Robert & Beverly Lewis | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.38 |
2003 | Honor In War | 4 | David Flores | Turn Stable LLC | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.71 | |
2002 | Falcon Flight | 6 | René Douglas | Gary A. Tanaka | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.13 | |
2001 | Make No Mistake | 6 | Robby Albarado | Bruce Barton / Alvin D. Haynes | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.53 | |
2000 | Northern Quest | 5 | Robby Albarado | Robert J. Frankel | Plus U Stables | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.13 |
No race 1998–1999 | |||||||
1997 | Wild Event | 4 | Mark Guidry | Arthur I. Appleton | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.52 | |
1996 | Torch Rouge | 5 | Mark Guidry | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.32 |
1995 | Manilaman | 4 | Randy Romero | Herb & Precious Luster | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.82 | |
1994 | Fanmore | 6 | Pat Day | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.72 |
1993 | Evanescent | 6 | Aaron Gryder | Mark Levy | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:00.93 | |
1992 | Sky Classic | 5 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farms | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:00.62 |
1991 | Filago | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.40 |
1990 | Pleasant Variety | 6 | Earlie Fires | Jerry M. Fanning | M. B. & E. Alpert | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:04.00 |
1989 | Unknown Quantity | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | Queen Elizabeth II | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:11.20 | |
No race 1988 | |||||||
1987 | Ifrad | 5 | Gary Baze | Charles Whittingham | Sidney L. Port & C. E. Whittingham | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:12.20 |
1986 | Mourjane | 6 | José A. Santos | Fernwood Stable | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.40 | |
1985 | Pass The Line | 4 | Stanley Ersoff | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:00.40 | ||
1984 | Who's For Dinner | 5 | Mike Venezia | Tartan Stable | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:04.00 | |
1983 | Palikaraki | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Sidney L. Port | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:35.40 |
1982 | Flying Target | 5 | Dixiana Stable | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:32.20 | ||
1981 | Spruce Needles | 4 | Smiley Adams | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:35.00 | ||
1980 | Yvonand | 4 | Don Combs | Double Eagle Stable | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:31.40 | |
1979 | Bowl Game | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Gaver Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:32.20 |
1978 | Romeo | 5 | Earlie Fires | J. E. Johnson | 1 1⁄2 Miles | 2:32.00 | |
1977 | Cunning Trick | 4 | John W. Russell | Ogden Phipps | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 2:33.80 | |
1976 | Victorian Prince | 6 | Robin Platts | Grovetree Stable | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:58.20 | |
1975 | Royal Glint | 5 | Jorge Tejeira | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.80 | ||
1974 | Buffalo Lark | 4 | Larry Snyder | Rogers Red Top Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:54.40 | |
1973 | Dubassoff | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:58.60 |
1972 | Cloudy Dawn | 3 | Bill Hartack | Frank Whiteley Jr. | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 11⁄2 miles | 2:31.00 |
No race 1969–1971 | |||||||
1968 | Tumiga | 4 | Walter Blum | Roger Laurin | George E. Robb | +7⁄8 Miles | 1:20.40 |
1967 | Stupendos | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1 Mile | 1:35.00 |
1966 | Tronado | 6 | Herff-Lacroix | 1 Mile | 1:35.80 | ||
1965 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Whiteley Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1 1⁄8 Miles | 1:49.40 | |
1964 | Master Dennis | 4 | Don Brumfield | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.80 |
1963 | Bounding Main | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Lindsay C. Howard | 1 Mile | 1:36.40 | |
1962 | El Bandito | 5 | Ray Broussard | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Edward A. Seltzer | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:58.60 |
1961 | Tudorich | 4 | Spring Hill Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:57.80 | ||
1960 | One-Eyed King | 6 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:58.60 |
1959 | Round Table | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:53.40 |
1958 | Round Table | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:54.40 |
1957 | Manassas | 4 | Douglas Dodson | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:55.40 | ||
1956 | Mister Gus | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm Stable | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:54.60 |
1955 | Platan | 5 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:54.40 | |
1954 | Stan | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:57.00 |
1953 | Oil Capitol | 6 | Conn McCreary | Harry Trotsek | / Harry Trotsek | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 2:03.40 |
1952 | 4 | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1 1⁄8 Miles | 1:52.20 | |
1951 | Cochise | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.40 |
1950 | Ponder | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.60 |
1949 | Coaltown | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.40 |
1948 | Stud Poker | 5 | Robert L. Baird | Edward E. Voynow | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:04.40 | |
1947 | Armed | 6 | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.40 |
1946 | Historian | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Woolford Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.00 | |
1945 | Busher | 3 | Johnny Longden | George M. Odom | Louis B. Mayer | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.80 |
1944 | War Knight | 4 | Miss Ethel Hill | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.00 | ||
1943 | Marriage | 7 | & Carl L. Dupuy | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.60 | ||
1942 | Rounders | 3 | Fred A. Smith | Frank Catrone | Valdina Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:04.00 |
1941 | Equifox | 4 | Arthur Craig | 1+3⁄16 Miles | 1:58.80 | ||
No race 1940 | |||||||
1939 | Count d'or | 4 | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:05.00 |
1938 | Cardinalis | 4 | J. G. Wilson | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:05.00 | ||
1937 | Dellor | 3 | James W. Parrish | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.20 | ||
1936 | Sun Teddy | 3 | Basil James | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.00 | |
1935 | Discovery | 4 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:01.20 |
1934 | Riskulus | 3 | Don Meade | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.40 | ||
1933 | Equipoise | 5 | Raymond Workman | C. V. Whitney | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.60 | |
1932 | 5 | George Woolf | Northway Stable | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:02.20 | ||
1931 | Sun Beau | 6 | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:03.20 | ||
1930 | Pigeon Hole | 5 | Hal Price Headley | 1 1⁄4 Miles | 2:07.60 | ||
1929 | Misstep | 4 | Le Mar Stock Farm | 1 1⁄8 Miles | 1:50.40 |
References[]
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- 1929 establishments in Illinois
- Open middle distance horse races
- Arlington Park
- Turf races in the United States
- Horse racing in Illinois
- Recurring sporting events established in 1929