Honorable Miss Handicap

Honorable Miss Handicap
Grade II race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1985 (as Honorable Miss Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & mares, three-years-old and older
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$200,000 (2021)

The Honorable Miss Handicap is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in September at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The event is named after the winning mare Honorable Miss[1] who won the Fall Highweight Handicap twice at Belmont Park defeating male company.

The inaugural running of the event was on 3 November 1985 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York during the NYRA Big A Fall Meeting as the Honorable Miss Stakes and was won by the three-year-old filly Schematic, who was trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito in a time of 1:101⁄5.[2] The following year the distance of the event was increased to 1 mile, and in 1987 the event was moved to Belmont Park and held during the NYRA Fall Meeting in October.

The event was idle for four years, and NYRA resumed it they scheduled the race at Saratoga as a six-furlong sprint race.[3]

In 1996 the event was classified as Grade III and upgraded to Grade II in 2004.[4]

The distance for the event was increased to six and a half furlongs only for the 1993 running.[4]

The event was run in split divisions in 2000.[5]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

  • 12+1⁄2 lengths – Wisla (1986)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Bourbon Belle (1999, 2000)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – George & Kay Hofmeister, Donna Salmen & Susan Bunning (1999, 2000)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Saratoga – Honorable Miss Handicap
2024 Spirit Wind 5 Mike E. Smith Saffie Joseph Jr. Miller Racing 6 furlongs 1:10.36 $194,000 II [6]
2023 Echo Zulu 4 Flavien Prat Steve Asmussen L and N Racing & Winchell Thoroughbreds 6 furlongs 1:08.76 $186,000 II [7]
2022 Kimari 5 Joel Rosario Wesley A. Ward Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Westerberg Limited & Jonathon Poulin 6 furlongs 1:10.78 $186,000 II [8]
2021 Bell's the One 5 Corey Lanerie Neil Pessin Lothenbach Stables 6 furlongs 1:09.83 $200,000 II [9]
2020 Come Dancing 6 Irad Ortiz Jr. Carlos F. Martin Blue Devil Racing Stable 6 furlongs 1:08.74 $150,000 II [10]
2019 Minit to Stardom 4 Alex Cintron Jose M. Camejo Brittlyn Stable 6 furlongs 1:08.81 $200,000 II [11]
2018 Finley'sluckycharm 5 Brian Hernandez Jr. W. Bret Calhoun Carl R. Moore 6 furlongs 1:09.48 $194,000 II [12]
2017 Paulassilverlining 5 José L. Ortiz Chad C. Brown Juddmonte Farms 6 furlongs 1:10.10 $196,000 II [13]
2016 Haveyougoneaway 5 Kendrick Carmouche Thomas Morley Sequel Racing 6 furlongs 1:09.94 $200,000 II [14]
2015 † Street Story 4 Javier Castellano Steven M. Asmussen Whispering Oaks Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.14 $190,000 II [15]
2014 R Free Roll 4 Paco Lopez Danny Gargan Averill Racing & Silver Oak Stable 6 furlongs 1:10.12 $200,000 II [16]
2013 Dance to Bristol 4 Xavier Perez Ollie L. Figgins III Susan H. Wantz 6 furlongs 1:09.73 $200,000 II [17]
2012 C C's Pal 5 Junior Alvarado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Eric Fein 6 furlongs 1:09.88 $200,000 II [18]
2011 Tar Heel Mom 6 Alex O. Solis Stanley M. Hough Alex Rankin 6 furlongs 1:10.42 $150,000 II [19]
2010 Secret Gypsy 5 Jamie Theriot Ronny W. Werner Richland Hills Stable & John Kuehl 6 furlongs 1:09.82 $147,000 II [20]
2009 Game Face 4 Edgar S. Prado Todd A. Pletcher Zabeel Racing International 6 furlongs 1:10.70 $150,000 II [21]
2008 Any Limit 5 Cornelio Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields Jr. 6 furlongs 1:09.98 $147,000 II [22]
2007 Burmilla 4 Rafael Bejarano Eoin G. Harty Darley Stable 6 furlongs 1:09.51 $147,000 II [23]
2006 Stormy Kiss (ARG) 4 Javier Castellano Barclay Tagg Lael Stables 6 furlongs 1:10.58 $150,000 II [24]
2005 Forest Music 4 John R. Velazquez Steven M. Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 6 furlongs 1:10.06 $150,000 II [25]
2004 My Trusty Cat 4 Pat Day David R. Vance Carl F. Pollard 6 furlongs 1:10.37 $150,000 II [26]
2003 Willa On the Move 4 Edgar S. Prado Anthony W. Dutrow Peter G. Angelos 6 furlongs 1:09.92 $107,600 III [27]
2002 Mandy's Gold 4 Edgar S. Prado Michael E. Gorham Steeplechase Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.24 $108,500 III [28]
2001 Big Bambu 4 Jerry D. Bailey Alan Sobol Edward E. Marshall & John Schoonover 6 furlongs 1:09.64 $103,000 III [29]
2000 Debby d'Or 5 Shane Sellers Daniel G. Switzer Albert Lobrillo 6 furlongs 1:10.11 $110,750 III Division 1[30]
Bourbon Belle 5 Willie Martinez Peter W. Salmen Jr. George & Kay Hofmeister, Donna Salmen & Susan Bunning 1:08.93 $109,750 Division 2[31]
1999 Bourbon Belle 4 Patrick A. Johnson Peter W. Salmen Jr. George & Kay Hofmeister, Donna Salmen & Susan Bunning 6 furlongs 1:09.53 $112,600 III [32]
1998 Furlough 4 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 6 furlongs 1:11.32 $81,275 III [33]
Honorable Miss Stakes
1997 Dancin Renee 5 Richard Migliore Robert Triola Sanford Bacon 6 furlongs 1:09.16 $80,775 III [34]
1996 Twist Afleet 5 Mike E. Smith John C. Kimmel Lucille Conover 6 furlongs 1:09.91 $81,675 III [35]
1995 Low Key Affair 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Moyglare Stud 6 furlongs 1:09.67 $80,325 Listed [36]
1994 Classy Mirage 4 Julie Krone H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stables 6 furlongs 1:09.72 $81,126 Listed [37]
1993 Nannerl 6 Jerry D. Bailey Flint S. Schulhofer Marablue Farm 6+1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.19 $48,400 [38]
1992 Nice Assay 4 Chris McCarron J. Paco Gonzalez John A. Toffan 6 furlongs 1:08.97 $52,700 Listed [39]
1988–1991 Race not held
At Belmont Park
1987 Funistrada 4 Robbie Davis Jan H. Nerud John A. Nerud 1 mile 1:36.60 $55,500 [40]
At Aqueduct
1986 Wisla 3 Jacinto Vásquez David A. Whiteley William Haggin Perry 1 mile 1:36.40 $53,750 [41]
1985 Schematic 3 Robbie Davis Nicholas P. Zito William Hackman 6 furlongs 1:10.20 $85,950 [2]

Notes:
† In 2015, La Verdad finished first but was later disqualified and unplaced for a drug violation.[42]

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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