- Obeah Stakes
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Grade III race Obeah Stakes Location Delaware Park Racetrack
Stanton, Delaware, United StatesRace type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.delawarepark.com/racing Race information Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-years-old & up Weight Assigned Purse $125,000 The Obeah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid June at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. A Grade III event open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs).
The race is named in honor of Jane du Pont Lunger's filly, Obeah, winner of the Delaware Handicap in 1969 and 1970.
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Historical notes
After a nine-month layoff, the filly Unbridled Belle ran second in the 2007 Obeah, won the 2008 edition by nearly six lengths and at age six, won the 2009 race by eleven lengths.
Records
Speed record:
- 1⅛ miles - 1:48.05 - Fleet Indian (2006)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Ramon Dominguez (2002, 2005 & 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Todd Pletcher (2005, 2008 & 2009)
Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance
(Miles)Time Purse Grade 2011 Havre de Grace 4 Gabriel Saez J. Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms 1-1/8 1:49.87 $100,000 III 2010 Miss Singhsix 5 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Martin Wolfson Team Valor International 1-1/8 1:50.87 $100,000 III 2009 Unbridled Belle 6 Richard Migliore Todd Pletcher Team Valor 1-1/8 1:50.79 $100,000 III 2008 Unbridled Belle 5 Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Team Valor 1-1/8 1:49.72 $100,000 III 2007 Peak Maria's Way 4 Joseph Rocco Michael E. Gorham Old Coach Farm & John D. Murphy 1-1/8 1:49.38 $100,000 2006 Fleet Indian 5 Jose A. Santos Paul H. Saylor Paul H. Saylor 1-1/8 1:49.05 $100,000 2005 Isola Piu Bella 5 Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Sumaya US Stables 1-1/8 1:53.68 $100,000 2004 Misty Sixes 6 Mario Pino Steve Klesaris Puglisi Stables 1-1/8 1:51.23 $100,000 2003 Devon Rose 4 Anthony Black Allen Iwinski Richard Englander 1-1/8 1:50.24 $100,000 2002 Your Out 6 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Eugene Ford 1-1/8 1:52.54 $100,000 2001 Under the Rug 6 Mark T. Johnston James W. Murphy Jane du Pont Lunger 1-1/8 1:51.20 $100,000 2000 Her Halo 4 Michael J. McCarthy Allen Iwinski Acclaimed Racing Stable 1-1/8 1:49.54 $100,000 1999 Pocho's Dream Girl 5 Jesus Castanon Alan E. Goldberg Robert Masterson 1-1/8 1:50.30 $100,000 1998 Winter Melody 5 Michael J. McCarthy Robert W. Camac Arthur I. Appleton 1-1/8 1:49.54 $75,000 1997 Winter Melody 4 Anthony Black Robert W. Camac Arthur I. Appleton 1-1/8 1:50.80 $50,000 1996 Scratch Paper 4 Kevin Whitley Randy Nunley Ronald V. Wise 1-1/16 1:44.81 $50,000 1995 Shananie's Beat 4 Edwin L. King, Jr. Kathleen O'Connell Gilbert G. Campbell 6 fur. 1:10.55 $20,000 1985 - 1994 No Races - No Races No Races No Races no races 0:00.00 no races 1984 Bishop's Fling 5 Albert Delgado Katherine M. Voss John Merryman 1-1/16 1:42.60 $20,000 References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
- Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
- Recurring sporting events established in 1984
- Delaware Park Racetrack
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