- Orchid Stakes
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Grade III race
Orchid HandicapLocation Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, FloridaInaugurated 1965 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.gulfstreampark.com Race information Distance 1½ miles (12 furlongs) Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Four-year-olds & up Weight Handicap Purse $150,000 The Orchid Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The Grade III turf race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and up. Raced at the end of March/early April, it is run over a distance of 1½ miles (12 furlongs) and currently offers a purse of $150,000.
In 2006, the Orchid Handicap was downgraded from a Grade II event.
Records
Speed record:
- 2:23.07 - Honey Ryder (2005)
Most wins:
- 2 - Honey Ryder (2005, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
Winners of the Orchid Handicap since 1999
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 La Luna de Miel 4 John Velazquez H. Graham Motion Rashit Shaykhutdinov 2:25.76 2010 Speak Easy Gal 4 Elvis Trujillo Marty Wolfson Farnsworth Stables 2:28.46 2009 Dress Rehearsal 4 Kent Desormeaux William I. Mott Swettenham Stud 2:29.77 2008 Hostess 5 John Velazquez H. James Bond William Clifton Jr. 2:25.83 2007 Safari Queen 5 Chris DeCarlo Todd A. Pletcher Arindel Farm 2:25.17 2006 Honey Ryder 5 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm LLC 2:23.07 2005 Honey Ryder 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm LLC 2:27.15 2004 Meridiana 4 Edgar Prado Christophe Clement Jon & Sarah Kelly 2:26.99 2003 Tweedside 5 Rene Douglas Todd A. Pletcher E. & L. Melnyk 2:32.36 2002 Julie Jalouse 4 Jose A. Santos Christophe Clement Skymarc Farm 2:25.89 2001 Innuendo 6 Jerry D. Bailey Christophe Clement Gerald W. Leigh 2:25.24 2000 Lisieux Rose 6 Jose A. Santos Christophe Clement Moyglare Stud Farm 2:25.64 1999 Coretta 5 Jose A. Santos Christophe Clement Gerald W. Leigh 2:23.85 Earlier winners
- 1998 - Colonial Play
- 1997 - Golden Pond
- 1996 - Memories
- 1995 - Exchange
- 1994 - Trampoli
- 1993 - Fairy Garden
- 1992 - Crockadore
- 1991 - Star Standing
- 1990 - Coolawin
- 1989 - Gaily Gaily
- 1988 - Beauty Cream
- 1987 - Anka Germania
- 1986 - Videogenic
- 1985 - Pretty Perfect
- 1984 - Sbin
- 1983 - Sweetest Chant
- 1982 - Blush
- 1981 - Draw In
- 1980 - Just A Game
- 1979 - Sans Arc
- 1978 - Time For Pleasure
- 1977 - Copano
- 1976 - Deesse du Val
- 1974 - Dogtooth Violet
- 1973 - Deb Marion
- 1972 - Evening Bag
- 1971 - Swoons Flower
- 1970 - PatteeCanyon
- 1969 - Spire
- 1968 - Chriscinca
- 1967 - Indian Sunlite
- 1966 - Chalina
- 1965 - Vassar Grad
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
- Horse races in Florida
- Long distance horse races for fillies and mares
- Gulfstream Park
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