Frizette Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = The Frizette


caption =
location = Belmont Park
Elmont, New York
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inaugurated = 1945
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html Belmont Park]
distance = One Mile (8 furlongs)
track = Dirt
qualification = Two-year-old fillies
weight = Weight-For-Age
purse = $400,000
bonuses = The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in the late fall. Raced at as distance of one mile, the Frizette is the female counterpart of the Champagne Stakes. Its date in October, its Grade I status, and its high $400,000 purse, make it a major prep race to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

The Frizette was named for the James R. Keene owned and bred racing filly who won the Rosedale Stakes in 1907 and one of the most important foundation matrons of the twentieth century. [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Frizette.html] Out of Hamburg, Frizette was the dam of the Hall of Fame inductee, Myrtlewood.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Frizette Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. [http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx]

Inaugurated in 1945, the Frizette was first run at the Jamaica Racetrack, then ran at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960, 1961, and from 1963 to 1967. There was no race run from 1949 through 1951.

Since inception, it has been run at various distances:
* 5 furlongs : 1948
* 6 furlongs: 1945-1947, 1952-1953
* 1 mile : 1960-1993, 2005 to present
* 1¹/16 miles : 1954-1958, 1994-2004
* 1⅛ miles : 1985

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)
* 1:35.40 - Queen Of The Stage (1967)
* 1:35.40 - Golferette (1978)
* 1:35.40 - Meadow Star (1990)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Jerry D. Bailey (1992, 1997, 1998, 2000)

Most wins by an owner:
* 4 - Ogden Phipps (1967, 1971, 1986, 1993)

Winners of the Frizette Stakes

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1311 The Frizette Stakes at Pedigree Query]