Hillsborough Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = Hillsborough Stakes


caption =
location = Tampa Bay Downs
Tampa, Florida,
inaugurated = 1999
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.tampabaydowns.com/ www.tampabaydowns.com]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $175,000
bonuses = The Hillsborough Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid March at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Florida.

A Grade III event since 2004, it is open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older. Raced on turf, since 2004 it has been contested at a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) prior to which it was run at 1¹/16 miles.

Records

Speed record:
* 1:41.14 - Strait From Texas (2003) (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)
* 1:48.83 - Coney Kitty (2004) (at previous distance of 1¹/16 miles)

Most wins:
* No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:
* No owner has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:
* 2 - Pat Day (1999, 2000)
* 2 - John Velazquez (2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 2 - W. Elliot Walden (1999, 2000)
* 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2006, 2007)

Winners of the Hillsborough Stakes

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1722 The Hillsborough Stakes at Pedigree Query]