Honeybee Stakes

Honeybee Stakes
Grade III race
LocationOaklawn Park Race Track
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Inaugurated1988
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.oaklawn.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse$400,000 (2024)

The Honeybee Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in late February or early March at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000.[1]


History

The inaugural running of the event was on 1 April 1988 and was won by the US Hall of Fame trained D. Wayne Lukas and ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey José A. Santos, Lost Kitty who defeated the 1987 US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Epitome by 4+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 1:434⁄5.[2] D. Wayne Lukas continued his streak in this event training the first four winners.

The event was upgraded to Grade III status in 1990.[3] In 2003, it was downgraded to listed status[1] and held this status until 2008 when it was reclassified as Grade III[1]

The 2008 winner Eight Belles won the event as a short 3/5 odds-on favorite.[4] Later that spring Eight Belles would be tragically euthanized after finishing second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

The 2020 winner Shedaresthedevil continued her good form to win the Kentucky Oaks.

The event is part of Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:42.61 - It Tiz Well (2017)

Margins:

  • 10 lengths – Imaginary Lady (1989)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Fox Hill Farms, Inc. (2005, 2008, 2011)

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 Lemon Muffin Keith Asmussen D. Wayne Lukas Aaron Sones 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.60 $400,000 III [5]
2023 Wet Paint Flavien Prat Brad H. Cox Godolphin 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.35 $300,000 III [6]
2022 Secret Oath Luis Contreras D. Wayne Lukas Briland Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.74 $300,000 III [7]
2021 Will's Secret Jon Court Dallas Stewart Willis Horton Racing 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.61 $300,000 III [8]
2020 Shedaresthedevil Joseph Talamo Brad H. Cox Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited & Big Aut Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.38 $300,000 III [9]
2019 Chocolate Kisses Orlando Mojica Mark E. Casse Debby M. Oxley 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.78 $200,000 III [10]
2018 Cosmic Burst Richard E. Eramia Donnie K. Von Hemel Norma Lee Stockseth & Todd Dunn 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.19 $200,000 III [11]
2017 It Tiz Well Corey Nakatani Jerry Hollendorfer Tommy Towns Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.61 $200,000 III [12]
2016 Terra Promessa Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:47.14 $200,000 III [13]
2015 Sarah Sis Julio E. Felix Ingrid Mason Joe Ragsdale 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.94 $150,000 III [14]
2014 † Euphrosyne Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Gillian S. Campbell, Ralph & Shelly Stayer, Dan Clark & Greg Skoda 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.68 $150,000 III [15]
2013 Rose to Gold Calvin H. Borel Sal Santoro Kathleen Amaya & Raffaele Centofanti 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.06 $150,000 III [16]
2012 On Fire Baby Joe M. Johnson Gary G. Hartlage Anita Cauley 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.64 $125,000 III [17]
2011 Joyful Victory Mike E. Smith J. Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.83 $125,000 III [18]
2010 No Such Word Terry J. Thompson Cindy Jones Brereton C. Jones 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.74 $125,000 III [19]
2009 Just Jenda Gabriel Saez J. Larry Jones Cindy Jones 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.95 $100,000 III [20]
2008 Eight Belles Ramon A. Dominguez J. Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.91 $100,000 III [4]
2007 Time's Mistress John Jacinto D. Wayne Lukas Charles L. Kidder 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.49 $100,000 Listed [21]
2006 Ermine Calvin H. Borel Ronny W. Werner Oxbow Racing 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.48 $75,000 Listed [22]
2005 Round Pond Stewart Elliott John C. Servis Fox Hill Farms 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.16 $75,000 Listed [23]
2004 Yoursmineours Donald R. Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Stan Burnstein & Jim E. Nelson 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.14 $75,000 Listed [24]
2003 My Trusty Cat Donald R. Pettinger David R. Vance Carl F. Pollard 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.00 $75,000 Listed [25]
2002 Bedanken Donald R. Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Pin Oak Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.41 $75,000 III [26]
2001 Xtreme Bid David C. Nuesch W. Bret Thomas Glen Hendon 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.07 $75,000 III [27]
2000 Fiesty Countess Timothy T. Doocy Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.60 $75,000 III [28]
1999 Dreams Gallore Glen Murphy Steven M. Asmussen Keith I. Asmussen 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.49 $75,000 III [29]
1998 Roza Robata Fabio A. Arguello Jr. Henry B. Johnson Jr. Fletcher B. Clement & S. H. Mayes, Jr. 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.95 $75,000 III [30]
1997 Valid Bonnet Timothy T. Doocy Steven M. Asmussen Ackerly Brothers Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.60 $75,000 III [31]
1996 Jetto Larry Melancon David R. Vance Carl F. Pollard 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.20 $75,000 III [32]
1995 Humble Eight David Guillory James E. Danaher Danaher Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.20 $75,000 III [33]
1994 Shadow Miss Willie Martinez Peter M. Vestal John R. & Martha J. Mulholland 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.60 $75,000 III [34]
1993 Aztec Hill Aaron Gryder Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.40 $75,000 III [35]
1992 Totemic David Roy Miller Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.20 $75,000 III [36]
1991 Be Cool David Guillory D. Wayne Lukas Sugar Maple Farms & D. Wayne Lukas 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.80 $75,000 III [37]
1990 Train Robbery Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.60 $75,000 III [38]
1989 Imaginary Lady Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd French & D. Wayne Lukas 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.00 $75,000 [39]
1988 Lost Kitty Jose A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.80 $75,000 [2]

Notes:
† Sugar Shock, was first past the post but was disqualified from her neck victory for lugging out and impeding runner-up Euphrosyne a furlong from the wire and placed second.[40]

See also

External sites

Oaklawn Park Media Guide 2021 Archived 2021-02-01 at the Wayback Machine

References

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