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United States

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 held annually at Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack is an American Thoroughbred horse racing track at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the seaside city of Del Mar, California, 20 miles north of San Diego. Operated by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, it is known for the slogan: "Where The Turf Meets The Surf." It was built by a partnership...

 in Del Mar, California

Del Mar, California

Del Mar is an upscale beach town in San Diego County, California. The population was 4,161 at the 2010 census, down from 4,389 at the 2000 census. The San Diego County Fair is hosted on the Del Mar Fairgrounds every summer. Del Mar is Spanish for "of the sea" or "by the sea", because it is located...

. It is open only to two-year-old fillies

Filly

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 and is run at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on Polytrack. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

, it offers a purse of $150,000.

Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and surfaces:

• 7.5 furlongs : 1967 (on turf)
• 6 furlongs : 1970-73 (on dirt)
• 1 mile : 1974-1985 (on dirt)
• 7 furlongs : 1986-1992 (on dirt)
• 6.5 furlongs : 1993-2006 (on dirt)
• 6.5 furlongs : 2007-present (on Polytrack)

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6.5 furlongs)

• 1:15.60 - Batroyale (1995)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 6 - Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...
  
   (1976, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2000)
• 5 - Bill Shoemaker (1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 5 - Bob Baffert
  Bob Baffert
  Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...
  
   (1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Elmendorf (1974, 1975, 1978)

Winners since 1991

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time	Grade
2011	Mighty Caroline	Joel Rosario Joel Rosario Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his...	Melody Conlon	1:16.75	III
2010	Wickedly Perfect	Rafael Bejarano	Doug O'Neill	1:17.18	III
2009	Mi Sueno Mi Sueño Mi Sueño is the debut album from Cuban singer Marlon. Marlon was the winner of the third season of Puerto Rican talent show contest Objetivo Fama.The album was released in the U.S. on October 24, 2006...	Michael Baze	Eric Guillot	1:14.40	III
2008	Evita Argentina	Tyler Baze Tyler Baze Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze....	John Sadler John Sadler John Leonard Sadler is an English first-class cricketer, representing Derbyshire. He has previously played for several major teams in the English league including Leicestershire, Yorkshire Cricket Board and Yorkshire.Sadler missed most of the 2005 season through injury, after a Brett Lee bouncer...	1:17.51	III
2007	Tasha's Miracle	David Flores	John Sadler John Sadler John Leonard Sadler is an English first-class cricketer, representing Derbyshire. He has previously played for several major teams in the English league including Leicestershire, Yorkshire Cricket Board and Yorkshire.Sadler missed most of the 2005 season through injury, after a Brett Lee bouncer...	1:19.59	III
2006	Untouched Talent	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....	Jeff Bonde	1:18.20	III
2005	Bully Bones	Rene Douglas	David La Croix	1:17.36	III
2004	Inspiring	David Flores	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	1:18.29	III
2003	Tizdubai	David Flores	Eoin Harty	1:17.15	II
2002	Buffythecenterfold	Matt Garcia	Melvin Stute	1:17.39	II
2001	Tempera Tempera Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium . Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the 1st centuries AD still exist...	David Flores	Eoin Harty	1:16.13	II
2000	Give Praise	Laffit Pincay Jr.	James Chapman James Chapman James or Jim Chapman may refer to:*James Chapman *James Chapman , American novelist*James Chapman , British media historian...	1:17.88	II
1999	Chilukki Chilukki Chilukki was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse, who during her racing career set two track records at Churchill Downs. She was bred in Kentucky by Dr. R. Smiser West and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller....	David Flores	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	1:16.40	II
1998	Silverbulletday Silverbulletday Silverbulletday is an American Thoroughbred Champion Filly racehorse. Bred in Kentucky, she was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the GII winning mare Rokeby Rose. Her damsire was Tom Rolfe, the 1965 Preakness Stakes winner and that year's U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt...	Gary L. Stevens	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	1:17.56	II
1997	Career Collection	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Wallace Dollase Wallace Dollase Wallace A. "Wally" Dollase is an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Among his numerous Graded stakes race wins, Dollase won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Jewel Princess who was voted that year's Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.Wally Dollase and...	1:17.83	II
1996	Desert Digger	Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...	Marcelo Polanco	1:16.03	II
1995	Batroyale	Gary L. Stevens	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	1:15.26	II
1994	How So Oiseau	Patrick Valenzuela	Brian Mayberry	1:15.89	II
1993	Phone Chatter	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Richard Mandella Richard Mandella Richard Eugene Mandella is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame....	1:16.23	III
1992	Zoonaqua	Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...	Brian Mayberry	1:22.67	III
1991	Soviet Sojourn	Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	1:22.38	III

Previous winners

• 1990 - Lite Light
  Lite Light
  Lite Light was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A daughter of Hall of Famer Majestic Prince, Lite Light counts Nearco and Princequillo among her ancestors. She was owned by Jack L. Finley at age two and into the early phases of her three-year-old campaign before being purchased by rap music...
  
   (Russell Baze
  Russell Baze
  Russell Avery Baze is a horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame....
  
  )
• 1989 - Cheval Volant (Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...
  
  )
• 1988 - Stocks Up (Gary Stevens)
• 1987 - Hasty Pasty (Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Pincay, Jr.
  Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...
  
  )
• 1986 - Brave Raj
  Brave Raj
  Brave Raj was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who raced only one year but who earned 1986 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors and won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies....
  
   (Patrick Valenzuela)