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Grade III race Old Hat Stakes Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, FloridaInaugurated 1976 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.gulfstreampark.com Race information Distance 6 furlongs Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-year-old fillies The Old Hat Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is currently a Grade III race run over a distance of 6 furlongs on dirt. It became a graded race for the first time in 2005.
The race was named after Old Hat, an exceptional racing mare who often vied with the great Affectionately. Old Hat raced for six years and won the American Champion Older Female Horse award in 1964 and 1965. Old Hat started 80 times, winning 35, placing in 18, and showing in 9.
The Old Hat is an important prep race for the Kentucky Oaks.
Past winners
- 2011 - Final Mesa (Joel Rosario)
- 2010 - Richiegirlgonewild (Abel Lezcano)
- 2009 - Gemswick Park (John Velazquez)
- 2008 - Game Face (John Velazquez)
- 2007 – Dream Rush (Rafael Bejarano) (Dreaming of Anna came in third.)
- 2006 – Misty Rosette (Sebastian Madrid) (Grade I winner, Swap Fliparoo, placed.)
- 2005 – Maddalena (John Velazquez)
- 2004 – Madcap Escapade (setting a stakes record for six furlongs) (Smokey Glaken came in third.)
- 2003 – House Party (Jose Santos)
- 2002 – A New Twist (Edgar Prado)
- 2001 –
- 2000 – Swept Away
- 1999 – Belle’s Appeal (Richard Migliore)
- 1998 – Evening Hush (Robbie Davis)
- 1997 – Cupid’s Revenge
- 1996 – JJ'sdream (Mike E. Smith)
- 1995 – Bluff’s Dividend (Jose Santos)
- 1994 – Pagofire (Jerry Bailey)
- 1993 – Sum Runner (Earlie Fires)
- 1992 – Super Doer (Rene Douglas)
- 1991 - My Own True Love
- 1990 – Sun Luck and Traki Traki {dead heat (Traki Traki is the dam of Bushfire)
- 1989 – Surging (Craig Perret)
- 1988 - On To Royalty (Jacinto Vazquez)
- 1982 - Dame Mysterieuse (Eddie Maple)
- 1976 – Anne Campbell (1999 Broodmare of the Year)
External links
Categories:- 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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