The Sands Point Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually near the end of May at Belmont Park

Belmont Park

Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in Elmont in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island adjoining New York City. It first opened on May 4, 1905...

 in Elmont, New York

Elmont, New York

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. A Grade II

Graded stakes race

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 event open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested on turf

Grass

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 over a distance of 8.5 furlong

Furlong

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Inaugurated in 1995 as the Sands Point Handicap, the first two editions were contested at a mile and a sixteenth before being changed to a mile and an eighth in 1997. In 2011, the race was once more set at one and one sixteenth of a mile.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:42.61 - Winter Memories (2011)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 2 - John Velazquez (1995, 2005)
• 2 - Robbie Davis
  Robbie Davis
  Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....
  
   (1996, 2002)
• 2 - Jerry Bailey (1997, 2000)
• 2 - Richard Migliore (2001, 2003)
• 2 - Edgar Prado (2004, 2007)
• 2 - Garrett Gomez (2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer

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:

• 2 - Angel Penna, Jr. (1995, 1997)
• 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2006)
• 2 - Thomas Albertrani (2008, 2009)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Winter Memories Winter Memories Winter Memories is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.As a two-year-old, she won the Miss Grillo Stakes and finished second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Next year, she returned with the win in the Appalachian Stakes and in the Sands Point Stakes.Owned and breed by Phillips Racing...	Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....	James Toner	Phillips Racing Partnership	1:42.61
2010	Check the Label	Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	Brereton C. Jones	1:47.16
2009	Gozzip Girl	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Thomas Albertrani	Farnsworth Stables	1:51.24
2008	Raw Silk	Alan Garcia Alan Garcia (jockey) Alan Garcia is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was Peru's leading apprentice jockey in 2003 and in that same year he began racing in the United States at the Meadowlands Racetrack where he was also the leading apprentice. His father and grandfather were both jockeys in Peru...	Thomas Albertrani	Darley Stable	1:48.46
2007	Rutherienne †	Garrett Gomez	Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...	Virginia Kraft Payson	1:48.53
2007	Bit of Whimsy †	Edgar Prado	Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and...	Joyce Young	1:48.53
2006‡	Wait a While	Garrett Gomez	Todd A. Pletcher	Arindel Farm	1:49.25
2005	Melhor Ainda	John Velazquez	Robert J. Frankel	T N T Stud	1:47.50
2004	Mambo Slew	Edgar Prado	Patrick Biancone Patrick Biancone Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career...	Frank Manganaro	1:47.24
2003‡	Savedbythelight	Richard Migliore	Richard Violette, Jr.	Earle I. Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100...	1:49.18
2002	Riskaverse	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Patrick J. Kelly	Fox Ridge Farm Inc.	1:51.63
2001‡	Tweedside	Richard Migliore	Todd A. Pletcher	Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk is a Ukrainian Canadian businessman who now resides in Barbados. He is the current owner, governor, and chairman of the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey club of the National Hockey League . He also owns the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors junior-age ice hockey club...	1:50.43
2000	Gaviola	Jerry Bailey	William H. Turner, Jr.	Twilite Farms	1:47.77
1999	Perfect Sting Perfect Sting Perfect Sting is an American Thoroughbred Championracehorse and broodmare. Bred by Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm and raced by his Stronach Stables, she was sired by Red Ransom and out of the mare Valid Victress....	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Joseph Orseno	Stronach Stable	1:46.99
1998	Recording	Jorge Chavez Jorge F. Chavez Jorge F. Chavez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Chavez began his career in horse racing in 1982 in his native Peru and by 1987 was his country's leading rider. In April 1988 he emigrated to the United States where he raced with a great deal of success at Florida race tracks...	Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	1:48.93
1997	Auntie Mame	Jerry Bailey	Angel Penna, Jr.	Lazy F Ranch	1:46.65
1996	Merit Wings	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Thomas J. Skiffington	James W. Phillips	1:45.83
1995	Perfect Arc	John Velazquez	Angel Penna, Jr.	Brazil Stables	1:43.14

• † There was a dead heat for the win in 2007.
• ‡ In 2006, the race was run off the turf, but retained its GIII status.
• ‡ In 2003 & 2001, the race was run off the turf and lost its GIII status.

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