- Dearly Precious Stakes
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Ungraded stakes race Dearly Precious Stakes Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United StatesInaugurated 1995 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website The Dearly Precious Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Race information Distance 6 furlong sprint Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-year-old fillies Weight Assigned Purse $65,000 The Dearly Precious Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to three-year-old fillies, the non-graded stakes is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
The race is named in honor of Dearly Precious, the 1975 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly who was in the hunt for another Championship at age three when she suffered a career ending injury on July 11, 1976 while winning the Dark Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:10.20 - T Storm (1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Richard Migliore (1997, 2002)
- 2 - Aaron Gryder (1998, 2000)
- 2 - Mario Pino (2004, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 Coax Liberty David Cohen James L. Lawrence, II Copper Penny Stables 1:11.24 2010 Fuzzy Britches Ramon Dominguez Rick Dutrow, Jr. 1:11.88 2009 Dream Play Eddie Castro Kiaran McLaughlin Stewart L. Armstrong 1:10.86 2008 Ready for Fortune Mario Pino Gary C. Contessa Dennis Narlinger 1:11.31 2007 Special Dream Alan Garcia Guadolupe Preciado Hidden Lanes Farm 1:11.36 2006 Ring True Norberto Arroyo James A. Jerkens Joseph Iracane 1:12.01 2005 Acey Deucey Diane Nelson John Morrison Jeffrey Tucker 1:10.68 2004 Among My Souvenirs Mario Pino Anthony W. Dutrow Peter G. Angelos 1:11.60 2003 Ladyecho Oliver Castillo John Servis Charlotte C. Polin 1:12.68 2002 Proper Gamble Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher Stoneway Farm 1:11.01 2001 Xtra Heat Rick Wilson John Salzman Kenneth Taylor 1:11.88 2000 Southern Sandra Aaron Gryder Robert Barbara Sabine Stable 1:11.80 1999 T Storm Jose Espinoza Rene Araya R. Kay Stable 1:10.20 1998 Diablo's Notably Aaron Gryder Richard Schosberg Dale H. Austin 1:12.40 1997 Parlay Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Ackerly Bros. & R. Levy 1:11.20 1996 Infomint Carlos Marquez, Jr. Ben Perkins, Jr. New Farm 1:11.20 1995 Evil's Pic Mike Luzzi Howard M. Tesher Theodore Shapiro 1:13.60 References
Categories:- Ungraded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
- Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
- Recurring events established in 1995
- Aqueduct Racetrack
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