John C. Mabee Stakes
Grade II race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1945 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.dmtc.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 (2016) |
The John C. Mabee Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race contested in early August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. It is run on the turf for fillies and mares, age three or older, at a distance of one and one-eighth miles. Downgraded to a Grade II stakes in 2010, the John C. Mabee Handicap currently offers a purse of $200,000. Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2010 race automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.[1]
The race is named in honor of John C. Mabee (1921-2002), a three-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder as owner of Golden Eagle Farm and someone the New York Times Company's subsidiary About.com calls "a California racing icon."[2] Through 2001 the race was known as the Ramona Handicap, in honor of Ramona, California where Mabee's breeding farm was located, and as the John C. Mabee Ramona Handicap in 2002.
It was first run in 1945 on dirt at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs), it was not contested again until 1959 when the distance was set at its current 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs). It was . It was run in two divisions in 1965, 1966, 1969 and was switched to the turf course in 1970.
In winning the 1971 race, Street Dancer set a new Del Mar course record then won again in 1972, breaking her own record.
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:46.34 Precious Kitten (2007)
Most wins:
- 3 - Flawlessly (1992, 1993, 1994)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Harbor View Farm (1992, 1993, 1994)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Bill Shoemaker (1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1985)
- 5 - Corey Nakatani (1995, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2012)
- 5 - Flavien Prat (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 - Charlie Whittingham (1968, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2021 | Going to Vegas | 4 | Flavien Prat | Richard Baltas | Abbondanza Racing LLC, Medallion Racing and MyRacehorse | 1:48.14 |
2020 | Raymundos Secret | 4 | Flavien Prat | Sierra Racing & Sterling Stables | 1:48.60 | |
2019 | Vasilika | 5 | Flavien Prat | Jerry Hollendorfer | All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer, LLC, Gatto Racing, LLC and Todaro, G. | 1:46.46 |
2018 | Vasilika | 4 | Flavien Prat | Jerry Hollendorfer | All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer, LLC, Gatto Racing, LLC and Todaro, G. | 1:47.25 |
2017 | Cambodia | 5 | Drayden Van Dyke | Thomas F. Proctor | Winter Quarter Farm | 1:47.79 |
2016 | 4 | Flavien Prat | Richard E. Mandella | Ramona S. Bass | 1:48.82 | |
2015 | 4 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | 1:48.55 | ||
2014 | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Richard Mandella | Ran Jan Racing | 1:47.96 | |
2013 | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Pamela C. Ziebarth | 1:51.71 | ||
2012 | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | DeBurgh/Hollendorfer/J & M DeDomenico | 1:46.50 | |
2011 | 4 | Garrett Gomez | John W. Sadler | Jerry & Ann Moss | 1:47.69 | |
2010 | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | 1:47.35 | |||
2009 | 4 | Alex Solis | Bienstock/Mandabach/Winner | 1:47.17 | ||
2008 | 5 | Garrett Gomez | John W. Sadler | Double Down Stables, Inc. | 1:47.11 | |
2007 | Precious Kitten | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Robert J. Frankel | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 1:46.34 |
2006 | 4 | Corey Nakatani | J. Paul Reddam et al. | 1:48.26 | ||
2005 | 4 | Martin Pedroza | Julio C. Canani | Marsha Naify/Woodside Farm | 1:48.01 | |
2004 | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Sheikh Maktoum | 1:47.09 | |
2003 | Megahertz | 3 | Alex Solis | Robert J. Frankel | 1:49.09 | |
2002 | Affluent | 4 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | Janis R. Witham | 1:48.37 |
2001 | 4 | David Flores | Red Baron's Barn | 1:48.20 | ||
2000 | 4 | Brice Blanc | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:47.16 | |
1999 | 5 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:47.66 | |
1998 | See You Soon | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Robert J. Frankel | Charles Kenis | 1:47.43 |
1997 | Escena | 4 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:49.80 |
1996 | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Richard Mandella | Alec Head | 1:49.28 | |
1995 | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Robert J. Frankel | Blue Vista Inc. | 1:49.98 | |
1994 | Flawlessly | 6 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:48.25 |
1993 | Flawlessly | 5 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:48.38 |
1992 | Flawlessly | 4 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:50.00 |
1991 | 4 | Charlie Whittingham | Allen E. Paulson | 1:49.41 | ||
1990 | 5 | Robbie Davis | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:49.00 | |
1989 | 7 | Jack Kaenel | Calbourne Farm | 1:48.80 | ||
1988 | 4 | Corey Black | John Gosden | Carelaine Farm | 1:48.40 | |
1987 | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Round Meadow Fm. | 1:50.20 | ||
1986 | 5 | Gary Stevens | Ron McAnally | Jack Kent Cooke | 1:48.40 | |
1985 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Oak Cliff Stable | 1:48.20 | ||
1984 | 4 | McMinimy/McMurtrie/Weber | 1:48.40 | |||
1983 | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry M. Moreno | R. Charlene Parks | 1:48.80 | |
1982 | 4 | Marco Castaneda | Scotty Schulhofer | 1:48.80 | ||
1981 | 5 | Marco Castaneda | Charlie Whittingham | Wimborne Farm | 1:48.80 | |
1980 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Wimborne Farm | 1:49.40 | |
1979 | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Blum/Sarant/Winick | 1:48.60 | ||
1978 | 4 | Darrel McHargue | Ron McAnally | Elmendorf | 1:49.20 | |
1977 | 4 | Darrel McHargue | Tommy Doyle | J. L. Finley | 1:48.40 | |
1976 | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Charlie Whittingham | Arno D. Schefler | 1:51.00 | |
1975 | 6 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | 1:48.80 | ||
1974 | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry M. Moreno | Nile Financial Corp. | 1:49.20 | |
1973 | 6 | Don Pierce | Jack M. Grossman | 1:49.40 | ||
1972 | Street Dancer | 5 | Fernando Toro | John G. Canty | William T. Brady | 1:48.20 |
1971 | Street Dancer | 4 | Fernando Toro | John G. Canty | William T. Brady | 1:48.80 |
1970 | 4 | M/M W. R. Foy | 1:49.80 | |||
1969 | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Ron McAnally | Mrs. H. C. Morton | 1:48.60 | |
1968 | 4 | Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:48.20 | ||
1967 | 4 | Carl A. Roles | Muriel Vanderbilt Adams | 1:48.80 | ||
1966 | 3 | Carl A. Roles | Muriel Vanderbilt Adams | 1:48.00 | ||
1965 | 3 | Kenneth Church | John G. Canty | Neil S. McCarthy | 1:47.80 | |
1964 | 5 | Raymond York | Henry M. Moreno | Moreno/Sawyer/Macon | 1:49.00 | |
1963 | 3 | Jerry Lambert | Elmendorf Farm | 1:48.20 | ||
1962 | 4 | Raymond York | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney | 1:47.80 | |
1961 | Linita | 4 | Clyde Turk | Corradini & Dorney | 1:47.80 | |
1960 | 5 | Noble Threewitt | Conejo Ranch | 1:47.60 | ||
1959 | 4 | M/M Walter J. Beach | 1:48.60 | |||
1945 | 4 | Jack Westrope | Abe Hirschberg | 1:37.00 |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
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- The John C. Mabee Handicap at Pedigree Query
- The John C. Mabee Handicap at the NTRA[permanent dead link]
- Del Mar Racetrack
- Horse races in California
- Grade 1 stakes races in the United States
- Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
- Turf races in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1945