Regret Stakes

Regret Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated	1970
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance	1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Scale Weight
Purse	$100,000

For the race of the same name at Monmouth Park Racetrack, see: Monmouth Regret Stakes.

The Regret Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run on the turf at Churchill Downs in mid-June near the end of the Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. Set at one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs), the Grade III Regret currently offers a purse of $100,000.

The Regret Stakes is the second leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Fillies and Mare Sprint Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Deleware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

History

The race is named for Harry Payne Whitney's 1915 champion filly Regret, the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, she is #71 and in a poll among members of the American Trainers Association, she was voted the third greatest filly in American racing history. Regret was undefeated as a two-year-old, she made her three-year old debut in the Derby, winning in wire-to-wire fashion.

The race was inaugurated in 1970 and became a graded stakes race for the first time in 1999. The Regret Stakes was run at six furlongs for its first twelve years (1970–1981). From 1982 to 1987 the race was run at a distance of one mile and from 1988 to 2002 it was run at 1+1⁄16 miles. From 2003 to present it has been run at its current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles. In 1977 a filly named Time for Pleasure won the race but was disqualified and placed second.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)

• 1:47.31 - Lady of Venice (2006)

Most wins by a jockey

• 3 - James McKnight (1974, 1983, 1985)
• 3 - Larry Melancon (1982, 1984, 2001)
• 3 - Julien Leparoux (2006, 2008, 2015)

Most wins by a trainer

• 3 - William I. Mott (1984, 1986, 1991)

Most wins by an owner

• 2 - Leslie Combs II (1971, 1977)
• 2 - Golden Chance Farm (1974, 1976)
• 2 - H. Polk, Jr. (1984, 1991)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Purse	Grade
2017	Sweeping Paddy	Luis Saez	Dale Romans	William Pacella, Frank L. Jones, Jr., Frank Shoop	1:47.62	$100,000	IIIT
2016	Auntie Joy	Julien Leparoux	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Sanford Robertson	1:49.24	$100,000	IIIT
2015	Prado's Sweet Ride	Julien Leparoux	Chris M. Block	Darrell & Sadie Brommer	1:51.88	$100,000	IIIT
2014	Aurelia's Belle	John Velazquez	Wayne M. Catalano	James F. Miller	1:48.02	$100,000	IIIT
2013	Kitten's Dumplings	Joel Rosario	Michael J. Maker	Ken and Sarah Ramsey	1:48.41	$100,000	IIIT
2012	Centre Court	Javier Castellano	George R. Arnold II	Revocable Trust	1:48.25	$114,200	IIIT
2011	Bizzy Caroline	Manoel Cruz	Ken McPeek	Runnymeade Farm	1:49.73	$138,125	IIIT
2010	Caminadora	Corey Nakatani	Todd Pletcher	Starlight Partners	1:52.04	$145,250	IIIT
2009	Keertana	Robby Albarado	Thomas F. Proctor	Barbara Hunter	1:52.02	$200,000	III
2008	Pure Clan	Julien Leparoux	Robert E. Holthus	Lewis Lakin, et al.	1:49.86	$217,000	III
2007	Good Mood	Edgar Prado	Patrick Biancone	Flying Zee Stable	1:47.57	$228,600	III
2006	Lady of Venice	Julien Leparoux	Patrick Biancone	Martin S. Schwartz	1:47.31	$229,000	III
2005	Rich In Spirit	Gary Stevens	Thomas F. Proctor	Glen Hill Farm	1:49.76	$225,000	III
2004	Sister Star	Brice Blanc	Kenneth McPeek	John & Julie Marker	1:51.40	$221,800	III
2003	Sand Springs	Mark Guidry	Anthony L. Reinstedler	Willmott Stables	1:48.78	$231,000	III
2002	Distant Valley	Jerry Bailey	Niall O'Callaghan	Gary A. Tanaka	1:42.71	$169,050	III
2001	Casual Feat	Larry Melancon	Steven C. Penrod	Hidaway Farm	1:42.75	$167,250	III
2000	Solvig	Pat Day	Carl Nafzger	Bentley Smith Revocable Trust	1:42.95	$168,450	III
1999	Nani Rose	Shane Sellers	Patrick B. Byrne	Stonerside Stable	1:42.40	$168,450	III
1998	Formal Tango	Charles R. Woods Jr.	Albert Stall Jr.	David J. Hulkewicz	1:48.73	$170,850
1997	Starry Dreamer	Willie Martinez	C. R. McGaughey III	H. Joseph Allen	1:42.77	$111,900
1996	Daylight Come	Curt Bourque	Daniel J. Vella	Frank Stronach	1:45.72	$85,425
1995	Christmas Gift	Charles R. Woods, Jr.	Mark A. Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:45.00	$83,400
1994	Packet	J. M. Johnson	Gary Hartlage	Upson Downs Farm	1:42.14	$83,925
1993	Lovats Lady	B. D. Peck	Peter Perkins	Wimborne Farm	1:42.95	$56,300
1992	Tiney Toast	Aaron Gryder	John G. Locke	Delwin Locke	1:44.40	$57,600
1991	Maria Balastiere	S. Payton	William I. Mott	David Richardson & Hiram Polk, Jr.	1:44.40	$54,950
1990	Secret Advice	B. E. Bartram	W. Elliott Walden	Golden Oak Farm	1:44.40	$55,100
1989	Justice Will Come	Steve H. Bass	Herbert Stevens	J. H. Gallagher	1:46.20	$56,450
1988	Lets Do Lunch	K. K. Allen	Lou M. Goldfine	Richard Duchossois	1:45.60	$70,550
1987	Jonowo	M. McDowell	Burk Kessinger, Jr.	R. Leniham	1:39.20	$57,100
1986	Rosemont Risk	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Rosemont Farm	1:36.80	$38,600
1985	Weekend Delight	James McKnight	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish	1:35.60	$32,350
1984	Mrs. Revere	Larry Melancon	William I. Mott	Hiram Polk, Jr.	1:36.60	$33,650
1983	Rosy Specttre	James McKnight	Eduardo Inda	Tom Gentry	1:37.80	$30,800
1982 #	Amazing Love	Larry Melancon	A. J. Foyt III	A. J. Foyt, Jr.	1:37.00	$29675
1982 #	Sefa's Beauty	Mark Sellers	Larry Edwards	Farid Sefa	1:37.60	$29,450
1981	Contrefaire	Tommy Barrow	Robert S. DuBois	Herbert H. Hill	1:11.60	$25,700
1980 #	Forever Cordial	Richard DePass	John T. Ward, Jr.	John Oxley	1:12.00	$24,563
1980 #	No No Nona	Melvin A. Holland	T. J. Walker	Carl Swan	1:12.00	$23,692
1979	Fearless Dame	Richard DePass	Stanley M. Rieser	Robert Courtney	1:10.80	$16,120
1978	Unconscious Doll	Eddie Delahoussaye	Ray Lawrence, Jr.	C. C. Green	1:10.60	$14,853
1977	Shady Lou	Eddie Delahoussaye	Richard J. Fischer	Leslie Combs II	1:10.60	$14,528
1976 #	Carmelita Gibbs	Robert Breen	Douglas M. Davis, Jr.	Don Sucher	1:12.80	$14,502
1976 #	Confort Zone	Julio C. Espinoza	William E. Adams	Golden Chance Farm	1:12.80	$14,113
1975	Red Cross	Don Brumfield	Charles R. Werstler	Dixiana Stable	1:09.60	$15,242
1974 #	Clemanna	Juli C. Espinoza	William E. Adams	Golden Chance Farm	1:11.20	$14,763
1974 #	Mary Dugan	James McKnight	Johnnie Johnson, Jr.	Jackson, Trick, Bayne	1:10.40	$15,153
1973	Juke Joint	Weston Soirez	Anthony L. Basile	Bwamazon Farm	1:11.80	$15,535
1972	Nalees Folly	Robert Breen	Stanley M. Rieser	Mr. S. Fairman, Jr.	1:11.80	$15,064
1971	Peninsula Princess	Mike Mangello	Richard J. Fischer	Leslie Combs II	1:11.20	$15,778
1970	Three Pigeons	Tommy Barrow	Patrick B. Devereux, Sr.	John W. Greathouse	1:10.80	$15,778

a # signifies that the race was run in two divisions (1982, 1980, 1976, 1974)

References

• Churchill Downs website
• Churchill Downs track page, NTRA