- Davona Dale Stakes
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Grade II race Davona Dale Stakes Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida, United StatesInaugurated 1988 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.gulfstreampark.com Race information Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-year-old fillies Weight Assigned Purse $250,000 The Davona Dale Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it offers a purse of $150,000.
The Davona Dale is named after Calumet Farm's champion homebred filly born in 1976 by Best Turn out of Royal Entrance by Tim Tam, who not only won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks as a 3-year-old, but the New York Triple Crown for Fillies as a three-year-old: the Acorn Stakes, the Mother Goose Stakes, and the Coaching Club American Oaks, all grade ones. She is the only filly to win the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes as well as the races that now make up the Triple Tiara. Davona Dale was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1976. She also ranks #90 in Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century.
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Records
Speed Record:
- 1 mile - 1:36.25 - R Heat Lightning (2011)
- 1-1/8 mile - 1:44.62 - Miss Coronado (2004)
- 1 mile 70 yards - 1:39.31 - Glitter Woman (1997)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Scott Savin (1989, 1990)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - John Velazquez (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Claude R. McGaughey III (1988, 1997, 2003)
- 3 - Sonny Hine (1989, 1990 & 1992)
Winners of the Davona Dale Stakes since 1988
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance
(Miles)Time Purse Grade 2011 R Heat Lightning 3 John R. Velazquez Todd Pletcher E. Paul Robsham 1 mile 1:36.25 $250,000 II 2010 Amen Hallelujah 3 Julien Leparoux Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. IEAH Stables 1 mile 1:37.16 $150,000 II 2009 Justwhistledixie 3 Alan Gracia Kiaran McLaughlin West Point et al. 1 mile 1:37.67 $150,000 II 2008 Bsharpsonata 3 Eric Camacho Timothy E. Salzman Cloverleaf Farm II 1 mile 1:37.97 $150,000 II 2007 Christmas Kid 3 Rene Douglas James A. Jerkens Edward P. Evans 1 mile 1:37.34 $150,000 II 2006 Wait a While 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Arundel Farm 1-1/8 1:50.27 $150,000 II 2005 Sis City 3 John Velazquez Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Joe Torre,S.Goldfarb 1-1/8 1:50.20 $150,000 II 2004 Miss Coronado 3 Cornelio Velasquez Robert J. Frankel Stonerside Stable 1-1/8 1:44.62 $150,000 II 2003 Yell 3 John Velazquez Shug McGaughey Claiborne Farm 1 mile 1:37.97 $150,000 II 2002 Ms Brookski 3 Rosemary Homeister Reed Combest Phil Combest 1-1/16 1:45.14 $150,000 II 2001 Latour 3 John Velazquez John C. Kimmel Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 1-1/16 1:45.51 $100,000 II 2000 Cash Run 3 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Padua Stables 1m-70y 1:40.37 $100,000 II 1999 Three Ring 3 John Velazquez Edward Plesa, Jr. Barry K. Schwartz 1m-70y 1:41.53 $100,000 II 1998 Diamond On the Run 3 Pat Day Stanley M. Hough Robert & Bea Roberts 1m-70y 1:42.65 $100,000 II 1997 Glitter Woman 3 Mike E. Smith Shug McGaughey H. Joseph Allen 1m-70y 1:39.31 $100,000 II 1996 Plum Country 3 Pat Day David Vivian Dominick Vittese 1m-70y 1:42.08 $100,000 II 1995 Mia's Hope 3 Kristi Chapman Harold Rose Harold Rose 1m-70y 1:43.26 $100,000 II 1994 Cut the Charm 3 Jerry Bailey James E. Bracken Kathy Jo Stable 1m-70y 1:41.44 $100,000 II 1993 Lunar Spook 3 Mark Guidry J. Bert Sonnier Sandbar Farm 1m-70y 1:42.09 $100,000 III 1992 Miss Legality 3 Julie Krone Sonny Hine Norton Waltuch 1m-70y 1:42.00 $50,000 1991 Fancy Ribbons 3 Craig Perret D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1m-70y 1:41.10 $75,000 1990 Big Pride 3 Earlie Fires Sonny Hine Scott Savin 7 fur. 1:26.00 $35,000 1989 Waggley 6 Jean-Luc Samyn Sonny Hine Scott Savin 7 fur. 1:22.60 $35,000 1988 # Charming Tigress 5 Pat Day not found not found 7 fur. 1:24.60 $35,000 1988 # Cadillacing 4 Randy Romero Shug McGaughey Ogden Phipps 7 fur. 1:23.00 $35,000 A # signifies that the race was run in two divisions in 1988.
See also
Davona Dale Stakes top three finishers and starters
Special Bonus
On September 7, 2010, Pimlico's corporate owner MI Developments Inc., in conjunction with MID’s premier racing properties, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, XpressBet Inc. and AmTote International Inc., announced the introduction of the BLACK-EYED SUSAN 2.2, a significant bonus program for fillies which could award $2,200,000.00 or 2.2 million in bonuses ($2 million to the owner and $200,000 to the trainer) to the winner of the 2011 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
The Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 is designed to allow both east and west coast based three-year-old fillies to qualify by having the preliminary races at Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Portland Meadows. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2, a three-year-old filly must first win the requisite qualifying races, plus the Gulfstream Park Oaks. MID also announced that it will pay all reasonable shipping costs for any west coast-based three-year-old filly eligible for either the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 or the XpressBet Consolation Prize to compete in the Gulfstream Park Oaks and/or the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
In addition, there will be an AmTote Jockey Bonus worth $50,000 to the winning jockey of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes who also rode the winner of one of the qualifying races and competed in at least one other qualifying race. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 at Gulfstream Park, a horse must win the Forward Gal Stakes on Saturday, January 29, 2011 plus win the Davona Dale on Saturday, February 26, 2011 and then win the Gulfstream Park Oaks on Saturday, April 2, 2011. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 at Santa Anita Park, a horse must win the Las Virgenes on Saturday, February 5, 2011 plus win the Santa Anita Oaks on Saturday, March 5, 2011 and then win the Gulfstream Park Oaks on Saturday, April 2, 2011. To qualify for the bonus from Golden Gate Fields a filly must win the California Oaks, which is scheduled to be run on Saturday, January 1, 2011 and goes on to win the Santa Anita Oaks and then wins the Gulfstream Park Oaks. The winner of the Portland Meadows Oaks, which is scheduled to be run on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Portland Meadows, will also qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 if it goes on to win the Santa Anita Oaks and then the Gulfstream Park Oaks.
The XpressBet Consolation Prize will be awarded to a runner in the California Oaks, Forward Gal, Portland Meadows Oaks, Las Virgenes or Davona Dale; plus finished first, second or third in the Santa Anita Oaks or the Gulfstream Park Oaks if it wins the Black-Eyed Susan, provided that horse was not eligible for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2. The XpressBet Consolation Prize of $220,000 will be awarded $200,000 to the owner and $20,000 to the trainer.
Paths to the $2,200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Bonus
1) win Forward Gal Stakes + win Davona Dale Stakes + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
2) win Las Virgenes Stakes + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
3) win California Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
4) win Portland Meadows Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Paths to the $220,000 XpressBet Bonus
1) run in Forward Gal Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
2) run in Davona Dale Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
3) run in Las Virgenes Stakes + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
4) run in California Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
5) run in Portland Meadows Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan StakesCategories:- Horse races in the United States
- Horse races in Florida
- Gulfstream Park
- Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
- Graded stakes races in the United States
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