Grade III race | |
Location | Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1991 (as Sabin Breeders' Cup Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds and older Fillies and mares |
Weight | 123 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $150,000 (since 2022) |
The Royal Delta Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles on the dirt held annually in February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.
History
The inaugural running of the event was on 17 February 1991 as the Sabin Breeders' Cup Handicap over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles and was won by Fit for a Queen who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey and trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey in a time of 1:42.50.
The event was named in honor for Henryk de Kwiatkowski's multiple Grade I stakes-winning filly Sabin and winner of the 1984 Orchid Handicap at this track where this event is held. Born in 1980, she made 25 starts and won 18 of them.
The event was classified as Grade III in 1994. In 2009 the conditions of the event were changed to stakes allowances and the race was run as the Sabin Stakes.
Royal Delta, winner of Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic in 2011 and 2012 won this race in 2013 easily by 5 lengths as the 2/5on favorite. In 2015, Gulfstream Park renamed the race after the three-time Eclipse Award winner to the Royal Delta Stakes.
This race was upgraded to a Grade II event for its 2014 running but returned to Grade III status in 2018.
The event has had numerous distance changes which can be viewed in the winner's table in the Winners section of this article.
Records
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:41:00 Devil's Cave (2014)
- 1 mile – 1:35.18 Blamed (2019)
- 1 mile & 70 yards – 1:39.57 Hunzinga (1994)
- 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:50.49 Taittinger Rose (2006)
Margins:
- 8 lengths – Awesome Maria (2012)
Most wins:
- 2 – Awesome Maria (2011, 2012)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – John Velazquez (2004, 2005, 2011, 2012)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Todd Pletcher (2005, 2011, 2012, 2023)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Joseph Allen (1997, 2004)
- 2 – Hobeau Farm (1998, 2007)
- 2 – Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein (2001, 2003)
- 2 – E. Paul Robsham Stables (2011, 2012)
Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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2023 | Honor D Lady | 4 | Jose L. Ortiz | Saffie A. Joseph Jr. | Final Furlong Farm & Madaket Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.74 | $154,000 | III | |
2023 | Classy Edition | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Robert E. & Lawana L. Low | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.15 | $150,000 | III | |
2022 | Letruska | 6 | Jose L. Ortiz | Fausto Gutierrez | St George Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.43 | $150,000 | III | |
2021 | Queen Nekia | 6 | Corey Lanerie | Saffie A. Joseph Jr. | Ken Copenhaver | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.62 | $100,000 | III | |
2020 | Cookie Dough | 4 | Paco Lopez | Saffie A. Joseph Jr. | Arindel | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.57 | $150,000 | III | |
2019 | Blamed | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | William I. Mott | Cleber J. Massey | 1 mile | 1:35.18 | $150,000 | III | |
2018 | Martini Glass | 5 | Paco Lopez | Keith Nations | Vince Campanella & Nation's Racing Stable | 1 mile | 1:36.48 | $200,000 | III | |
2017 | Curlin's Approval | 4 | Luis Saez | Martin D. Wolfson | Alter's Racing Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.90 | $200,000 | II | |
2016 | Penwith | 5 | Luis Saez | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Godolphin Racing | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.16 | $200,000 | II | |
2015 | Sheer Drama | 5 | Joe Bravo | David Fawkes | Harold L. Queen | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.85 | $200,000 | II | |
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2014 | Devil's Cave | 4 | Javier Castellano | Martin D. Wolfson | Alpha Delta Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.00 | $215,000 | II | |
2013 | Royal Delta | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Besilu Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.31 | $98,000 | III | |
2012 | Awesome Maria | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | E. Paul Robsham Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.82 | $98,000 | III | |
2011 | Awesome Maria | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | E. Paul Robsham Stables | 1 mile | 1:36.38 | $100,000 | III | |
2010 | Aurora Lights | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | Eric Coatrieux | Chiefswood Stables | 1 mile | 1:37.79 | $100,000 | III | |
2009 | One Caroline | 4 | Edgar S. Prado | George R. Arnold II | G. Watts Humphrey Jr. | 1 mile | 1:36.87 | $100,000 | III | |
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2008 | Lady Marlboro | 4 | Javier Castellano | James A. Jerkens | Susan & John Moore | 1 mile | 1:37.21 | $98,000 | III | Dead heat |
Golden Velvet | 5 | Eibar Coa | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Darley Stable | ||||||
2007 | Swap Fliparoo | 4 | Javier Castellano | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1 mile | 1:37.73 | $140,000 | III | |
2006 | Taittinger Rose | 5 | Edgar S. Prado | William I. Mott | Mike G. Rutherford | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.49 | $100,000 | III | |
2005 | Isola Piu Bella (CHI) | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Sumaya U.S. Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.68 | $100,000 | III | |
2004 | Roar Emotion | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Joseph Allen | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.32 | $100,000 | III | |
2003 | Allamerican Bertie | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Steven B. Flint | Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.49 | $100,000 | III | |
2002 | Miss Linda (ARG) | 5 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Ackerley Brothers Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.61 | $100,000 | III | |
2001 | De Bertie | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Bernard S. Flint | Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.74 | $103,000 | III | |
2000 | Brushed Halory | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Josie Carroll | James & Alice Sapara | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:41.84 | $75,000 | III | |
1999 | Timely Broad | 5 | Nicholas J. Petro | Michael P. Petro | Timothy Cunningham | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:42.50 | $75,000 | III | |
1998 | Radiant Megan | 5 | Julie Krone | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:41.25 | $75,000 | III | |
1997 | Rare Blend | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Claude R. McGaughey III | Joseph Allen | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:41.28 | $75,000 | III | |
1996 | Lindsay Frolic | 4 | Pat Day | Milton W. Wolfson | Stride Rite Racing Stable | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:43.70 | $75,000 | III | |
1995 | Recognizable | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:42.50 | $75,000 | III | |
1994 | Hunzinga | 5 | Julio E. Felix | Barranet Farquharson | Pauline Farquharson | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:39.57 | $75,000 | III | |
1993 | Now Dance | 4 | Mark Guidry | J. Bert Sonnier | Saron Stable | 1 mile & 70 yards | 1:41.68 | $50,000 | Listed | |
1992 | Lemhi Go | 4 | Robert Neal Lester | Robert G. Voelkner | R Magers | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.79 | $75,000 | Listed | |
1991 | Fit for a Queen | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Claude R. McGaughey III | Hermitage Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.50 | $76,700 | Listed |
See also
References
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