Alabama Stakes

Alabama Stakes
Grade I stakes race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1872
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Website[1]
Race information
Distance11⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight121 lbs. (54.9 kg)
Purse$600,000

The Alabama Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies. Inaugurated in 1872, the Grade I race is run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the dirt track at Saratoga Race Course. Held in mid August, it currently offers a purse of $600,000.[1] In 2010 it became the third leg of the American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, after the Acorn Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks.

The Alabama Stakes is named in honor of William Cottrell of Mobile, Alabama. "Alabama" was the name settled on because Cottrell was too modest to have a race named for him personally. The inaugural running took place on July 19, 1872 and was won by a chestnut filly named Woodbine owned by prominent New York financier August Belmont Sr.[2]

The race was not run from 1893 to 1896 and 1898 to 1900. The 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.[3][4] During World War II, from 1943 through 1945 the Alabama Stakes was run at Belmont Park.[5]

The race has been contested at various distances:

  • 1 mile and 1 furlong – 1872–1901, 1904, 1906–1916
  • 1+1⁄16 miles – 1901, 1902, and on the turf in 1903
  • 1+5⁄16 miles – 1905
  • 1+1⁄4 miles – 1917 to present

Records

Speed record at current distance:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Dist.
(Miles) 		Time Win$ Gr.
2024 Power Squeeze Javier Castellano Jorge Delgado Andrew Schwarz & Wendy Schwarz Gilder 11⁄4 2:04.35 $330,000 G1
2023 Randomized Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 11⁄4 2:03.07 $330,000 G1
2022 Nest Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd A. Pletcher Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbreds, & Michael House 11⁄4 2:03.14 $330,000 G1
2021 Malathaat John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Shadwell Stable 11⁄4 2:02.59 $330,000 G1
2020 Swiss Skydiver Tyler Gaffalione Kenneth McPeek Peter J. Callahan 11⁄4 2:03.04 $275,000 G1
2019 Dunbar Road José Ortiz Chad C. Brown Peter M. Brant 11⁄4 2:04.07 $360,000 G1
2018 Eskimo Kisses José Ortiz Kenneth McPeek Gainesway Farm, Magdalena Racing, & Nehoc Stables 11⁄4 2:03.22 $360,000 G1
2017 Elate José Ortiz William I. Mott Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider 11⁄4 2:02.19 $360,000 G1
2016 Songbird Mike E. Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Fox Hill Farms, Inc. 11⁄4 2:03.00 $360,000 G1
2015 Embellish the Lace Javier Castellano Anthony W. Dutrow JoAnn & Alex Lieblong 11⁄4 2:01.97 $360,000 G1
2014 Stopchargingmaria John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Repole Stable 11⁄4 2:05.14 $360,000 G1
2013 Princess of Sylmar Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher King of Prussia Stable 11⁄4 2:03.21 $360,000 G1
2012 Questing Irad Ortiz Jr. Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin Racing LLC 11⁄4 2:01.29 $360,000 G1
2011 Royal Delta Jose Lezcano William I. Mott Palides Investments 11⁄4 2:03.13 $300,000 G1
2010 Blind Luck Joel Rosario Jerry Hollendorfer Mark Dedomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo, Jerry Hollendorfer 11⁄4 2:03.89 $300,000 G1
2009 Careless Jewel Robert Landry Josie Carroll Donver Stable (Vern & Donna Dubinsky) 11⁄4 2:03.24 $360,000 G1
2008 Proud Spell Gabriel Saez Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 11⁄4 2:04.08 $360,000 G1
2007 Lady Joanne Calvin Borel Carl Nafzger Bentley L. Smith 11⁄4 2:03.62 $360,000 G1
2006 Pine Island Javier Castellano C. R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 11⁄4 2:02.87 $360,000 G1
2005 Sweet Symphony Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 11⁄4 2:04.45 $450,000 G1
2004 Society Selection Cornelio Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens Marjorie & Irving Cowan 11⁄4 2:02.60 $450,000 G1
2003 Island Fashion John R. Velazquez Barclay Tagg Jeffrey L. Nielsen 11⁄4 2:05.00 $450,000 G1
2002 Farda Amiga Pat Day Paulo Lobo Marcos Simon, Julio Camargo, Santa Escolastica Stable (Jose DeCamargo) 11⁄4 2:04.60 $450,000 G1
2001 Flute Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 11⁄4 2:01.80 $450,000 G1
2000 Jostle Mike E. Smith John C. Servis Fox Hill Farms, Inc. (Rick Porter) 11⁄4 2:04.60 $450,000 G1
1999 Silverbulletday Jerry D. Bailey Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 11⁄4 2:02.60 $240,000 G1
1998 Banshee Breeze Jerry D. Bailey Carl Nafzger James B. Tafel 11⁄4 2:03.40 $150,000 G1
1997 Runup The Colors Jerry D. Bailey Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III 11⁄4 2:02.20 $150,000 G1
1996 Yanks Music John R. Velazquez Leo O'Brien Michael Fennessy & Audrey H. Cooper 11⁄4 2:03.00 $150,000 G1
1995 Pretty Discreet Mike E. Smith William Terrill E. Paul Robsham 11⁄4 2:02.00 $120,000 G1
1994 Heavenly Prize Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 11⁄4 2:03.20 $120,000 G1
1993 Sky Beauty Mike E. Smith H. Allen Jerkens Georgia E. Hofmann 11⁄4 2:03.40 $120,000 G1
1992 November Snow Chris Antley H. Allen Jerkens Earle I. Mack 11⁄4 2:02.75 $120,000 G1
1991 Versailles Treaty Ángel Cordero Jr. C. R. McGaughey III Cynthia Phipps 11⁄4 2:02.40 $120,000 G1
1990 Go For Wand Randy Romero William Badget Jr. Christiana Stables 11⁄4 2:00.80 $130,560 G1
1989 Open Mind Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 11⁄4 2:04.20 $139,440 G1
1988 Maplejinsky Ángel Cordero Jr. Philip G. Johnson Susan Kaskel 11⁄4 2:01.80 $136,320 G1
1987 Up The Apalachee Jorge Velásquez George Arcenaux J. Minos Simon 11⁄4 2:04.00 $138,240 G1
1986 Classy Cathy Earlie Fires C. R. McGaughey III Edward A. Cox Jr. 11⁄4 2:04.20 $138,720 G1
1985 Mom's Command Abigail Fuller Edward T. Allard Peter D. Fuller 11⁄4 2:03.20 $84,000 G1
1984 Life's Magic Jorge Velásquez D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 11⁄4 2:02.60 $84,600 G1
1983 Spit Curl Jean Cruguet LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 11⁄4 2:02.40 $65,880 G1
1982 Broom Dance Gregg McCarron James W. Maloney Christiana Stables 11⁄4 2:02.20 $67,680 G1
1981 Prismatical Eddie Maple Luis Barrera Happy Valley Farm (Stephen & Gary Wolfson) 11⁄4 2:02.40 $66,000 G1
1980 Love Sign Ruben Hernandez Sidney Watters Jr. Stephen C. Clark Jr. 11⁄4 2:01.00 $65,880 G1
1979 It's In The Air Jeffrey Fell Lazaro S. Barrera Harbor View Farm 11⁄4 2:01.40 $64,980 G1
1978 White Star Line Michael Venezia Woody Stephens Newstead Farm 11⁄4 2:04.00 $64,920 G1
1977 Our Mims Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 11⁄4 2:03.00 $66,060 G1
1976 Optimistic Gal Eddie Maple LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 11⁄4 2:01.60 $48,555 G1
1975 Spout Jean Cruguet Victor J. Nickerson Maxwell Gluck 11⁄4 2:04.00 $49,170 G1
1974 Quaze Quilt Heliodoro Gustines Charles R. Parke Fred W. Hooper 11⁄4 2:02.60 $33,660 G1
1973 Desert Vixen Jorge Velásquez Thomas F. Root Sr. Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 11⁄4 2:04.20 $34,620 G1
1972 Summer Guest Jorge Velásquez J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 11⁄4 2:03.40 $32,640
1971 Lauries Dancer Sandy Hawley James C. Bentley Helen G. Stollery 11⁄4 2:03.00 $35,280
1970 Fanfreluche Ron Turcotte Yonnie Starr Jean-Louis Levesque 11⁄4 2:03.80 $38,415
1969 Shuvee Jesse Davidson Willard C. Freeman Anne Minor Stone 11⁄4 2:06.40 $35,360
1968 Gay Matelda John L. Rotz Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 11⁄4 2:04.40 $36,920
1967 Gamely Bill Shoemaker James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 11⁄4 2:03.20 $39,130
1966 Natashka Bill Shoemaker William A. Peterson George F. Getty II 11⁄4 2:04.20 $36,790
1965 What A Treat John L. Rotz Sylvester E. Veitch George D. Widener Jr. 11⁄4 2:03.60 $41,080
1964 Miss Cavandish Howard Grant Roger Laurin Harry S. Nichols 11⁄4 2:03.20 $36,530
1963 Tona Mike Sorrentino Norman R. McLeod Thomas S. Nichols 11⁄4 2:04.20 $37,310
1962 Firm Policy Johnny Sellers E. Barry Ryan E. Barry Ryan 11⁄4 2:06.00 $37,050
1961 Primonetta Bill Shoemaker James P. Conway Darby Dan Farm 11⁄4 2:03.20 $35,555
1960 Make Sail Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 11⁄4 2:04.00 $38,205
1959 High Bid Henry E. Moreno James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 11⁄4 2:05.00 $37,230
1958 Tempted Robert Ussery Henry S. Clark Mooring Stable 11⁄4 2:05.80 $18,712
1957 Here and There Eldon Nelson Max Hirsch King Ranch 11⁄4 2:06.40 $20,450
1956 Tournure Eric Guerin Otis J. Clelland Laura S. Branham 11⁄4 2:05.40 $18,600
1955 Rico Reto William Boland Max Hirsch W. Arnold Hanger 11⁄4 2:05.80 $20,750
1954 Parlo Eddie Arcaro Richard E. Handlen Foxcatcher Farm 11⁄4 2:06.00 $20,550
1953 Sabette Jesse Higley James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 2:06.00 $18,800
1952 Lily White Ted Atkinson Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 11⁄4 2:05.80 $17000
1951 Kiss Me Kate Eddie Arcaro Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 11⁄4 2:05.60 $15,250
1950 Busanda Robert Permane James E. Fitzsimmons Ogden Phipps 11⁄4 2:04.40 $15,850
1949 Adile Eddie Arcaro Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 11⁄4 2:04.00 $17,000
1948 Compliance Ted Atkinson George H. Strate Lester Manor Stable 11⁄4 2:06.00 $16,900
1947 But Why Not Eric Guerin Max Hirsch King Ranch 11⁄4 2:05.00 $10,100
1946 Hypnotic Eric Guerin James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 2:04.20 $18,250
1945 Sicily Ted Atkinson William Post Harry La Montagne 11⁄4 2:03.40 $21,015
1944 Vienna James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 2:03.60 $18,170
1943 Stefanita Conn McCreary Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 11⁄4 2:04.40 $11,425
1942 Vagrancy James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 2:05.20 $8,950
1941 War Wizard Conn McCreary Walter A. Carter Glen Riddle Farm 11⁄4 2:04.80 $8,975
1940 Salaminia Don Meade Duval A. Headley Hal Price Headley 11⁄4 2:04.80 $9,450
1939 War Plumage Maurice Peters Howard J. Wells James Cox Brady Jr. 11⁄4 2:05.00 $10,100
1938 Handcuff Jack Westrope Hugh L. Fontaine Brookmeade Stable 11⁄4 2:07.40 $8,275
1937 Regal Lily Harry Richards Preston M. Burch Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 11⁄4 2:08.20 $7,475
1936 Floradora Danny Brammer Albert B. Gordon E. Dale Shaffer 11⁄4 2:06.60 $7,525
1935 Alberta Silvio Coucci Henry McDaniel Willis Sharpe Kilmer 11⁄4 2:05.20 $7,350
1934 Hindu Queen Lee Humphries Max Hirsch Morton L. Schwartz 11⁄4 2:05.00 $11,050
1933 Barn Swallow Don Meade Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley 11⁄4 2:06.60 $11,525
1932 Top Flight Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 11⁄4 2:06.40 $12,225
1931 Risque Earl Steffen Willie Knapp Fannie Hertz 11⁄4 2:05.60 $14,200
1930 Escutcheon Linus McAtee George M. Odom Marshall Field III 11⁄4 2:04.20 $13,875
1929 Aquastella Pete Walls Thomas J. Healey Florence L. Clark 11⁄4 2:04.80 $11,775
1928 Nixie Danny McAuliffe James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 11⁄4 2:10.20 $11,550
1927 Nimba Harold Thurber George M. Odom Marshall Field III 11⁄4 2:06.80 $12,925
1926 Rapture Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 11⁄4 2:06.00 $9,275
1925 Maid at Arms Albert Johnson Gwyn R. Tompkins Glen Riddle Farm 11⁄4 2:07.00 $10,625
1924 Priscilla Ruley John Maiben James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 2:08.80 $9,925
1923 Untidy Earl Sande Scott P. Harlan Greentree Stable 11⁄4 2:05.40 $8,950
1922 Nedna Frank Keogh James G. Rowe Sr. William P. Thompson 11⁄4 2:08.00 $8,050
1921 Prudery Laverne Fator James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 11⁄4 2:04.20 $7,275
1920 Cleopatra Linus McAtee William H. Karrick William R. Coe 11⁄4 2:07.80 $7,275
1919 Vexatious Eddie Ambrose James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 11⁄4 2:09.20 $7,265
1918 Eyelid Lavelle Ensor Richard O. Miller Anthony L. Aste 11⁄4 2:04.20 $6,575
1917 Sunbonnet Johnny Loftus Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber 11⁄4 2:07.00 $3,850
1916 Malachite Lawrence Lyke Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr. 11⁄8 1:54.60 $1,720
1915 Waterblossom Edward C. Martin Thomas Clay McDowell Thomas Clay McDowell 11⁄8 1:57.60 $1,160
1914 Addie M. Charles Burlingame George W. Langdon John W. Messervy 11⁄8 1:54.40 $1,740
1913 Flying Fairy Tommy Davies J. Simon Healy Edward B. Cassatt 11⁄8 1:56.20 $1,455
1912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910 Ocean Bound Cal Shilling French Brooks Woodford Clay 11⁄8 1:55.00 $3,850
1909 Maskette Richard Scoville James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄8 1:59.40 $3,850
1908 Mayfield Cal Shilling William Hayward Jr. John Sanford 11⁄8 2:01.00 $3,850
1907 Kennyetto Joe Notter William Hayward Jr. John Sanford 11⁄8 1:54.20 $3,850
1906 Running Water Walter Miller Thomas Welsh Newcastle Stable 11⁄8 1:52.40 $3,850
1905 Tradition Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 15⁄16 2:16.60 $4,850
1904 Beldame Frank O'Neill Fred Burlew Newton Bennington 11⁄8 1:53.60 $3,850
1903 Stamping Ground Grover Fuller George Cornell F. R. Doctor 11⁄16 1:56.80 $4,625
1902 Par Excellence Arthur Redfern Crit Davis The Pepper Stable 11⁄16 1:47.60 $3,850
1901 Morningside Nash Turner John W. Rogers William Collins Whitney 11⁄16 1:47.80 $1,900
1898 – 1900 Race not held
1897 Poetess Charles A. Thorpe William Laimbeer 11⁄8 2:01.25 $1,425
1893 – 1896 Race not held
1892 Ignite Alonzo Clayton John H. Morris Bashford Manor Stable 11⁄8 1:57.50 $2,475
1891 Sallie McClelland George Anderson Byron McClelland Byron McClelland 11⁄8 2:05.75 $2,070
1890 Sinaloa II Shelby Barnes Robert E. Campbell Santa Anita Stable 11⁄8 1:56.50 $3,750
1889 Princess Bowling Isaac Murphy B. F. Pettit 11⁄8 2:03.50 $2,650
1888 Bella B. Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 11⁄8 1:58.00 $3,675
1887 Grisette E. West Albert Cooper Santa Anita Stable 11⁄8 2:00.50 $3,000
1886 Millie Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 11⁄8 1:59.50 $3,550
1885 Ida Hope Isaac Murphy John W. Rogers Edward C. Corrigan 11⁄8 1:59.00 $3,225
1884 Tolu Harry Blaylock R. Wyndham Walden George L. Lorillard 11⁄8 2:01.00 $3,500
1883 Miss Woodford Jim McLaughlin James G. Rowe Sr. Dwyer Brothers Stable 11⁄8 1:57.50 $3,050
1882 Belle of Runnymede John Stoval James G. Rowe Sr. George W. Bowen & Co. 11⁄8 2:08.75 $3,250
1881 Thora William Donohue James Lee Charles Reed 11⁄8 1:59.25 $1,450
1880 Glidelia William Donohue George Rice William M. Connor 11⁄8 2:00.00 $2,600
1879 Ferida Lloyd Hughes R. Wyndham Walden George L. Lorillard 11⁄8 2:00.75 $3,300
1878 Belle William Hayward Jr. George Rice Oden Bowie 11⁄8 1:59.00 $2,800
1877 Susquehanna Lloyd Hughes Jacob Pincus August Belmont Sr. 11⁄8 1:57.25 $3,450
1876 Merciless Dan Sparling William Brown Pierre Lorillard IV 11⁄8 2:00.75 $2,850
1875 Olitipa S. Evans Jacob Pincus August Belmont Sr. 11⁄8 2:00.50 $2,800
1874 Regardless John Sparling William Brown Francis Morris 11⁄8 2:00.25 $3,100
1873 Minnie R. Ponton R. Wyndham Walden R. Wyndham Walden 11⁄8 2:01.60 $3,050
1872 Woodbine C. Gradwell Jacob Pincus August Belmont Sr. 11⁄8 2:06.20 $2,650

+ In 1968 Heartland finished first but was disqualified and placed second.
+ In 1966 Lady Pitt finished first but was disqualified and placed second.
+ In 1942 Bonnet Ann finished first but was disqualified and placed last.
+ In 1908 Stamina finished first but was disqualified and placed last.

References

  1. ^ "Alabama Stakes". NYRA. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ "Saratoga – The Races". Wheeling Daily Register. West Virginia. 1872-07-20. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  3. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ^ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "G.D. Widener's Stefanita Captures $17,425 Alabama Stakes at Belmont". New York Times. 1943-08-05. Section Sports, page 20. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. ^ "Horse Racing: Go for Wand's legacy lives on". The Saratogian. 1990-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-15.