Risen Star Stakes
Grade II race | |
Location | Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Inaugurated | 1973 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | 122 lbs. |
Purse | $400,000 (since 2013)[1] |
The Risen Star Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run annually in February at the Fair Grounds Race Course. In 2020, the distance was increased from 1+1⁄16 miles to 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $400,000. The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to Grade II from Grade III in 2010.[2]
The race is the major prep for the Louisiana Derby and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
History
Previously known as the Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes, in 1989 it was renamed to honor locally owned Risen Star who won the race in 1988 and went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes and be voted the 1988 Eclipse Award for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.
The Risen Star has not produced a winner of the Kentucky Derby. However, it has produced two winners of the second leg of the American Triple Crown: War of Will (2019) and Master Derby (1975). It has also produced two winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic: Gun Runner and Mucho Macho Man.[3]
The Risen Star Stakes was run in two divisions in 1989, 1993, 1995 and 2020.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:42.80 - Zarbs Magic (1996) (for 1+1⁄16 miles)
Winners of the Risen Star Stakes since 1988
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
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2020 # | Modernist | 3 | Junior Alvarado | Bill Mott | Pam & Martin Wygod | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.28 | II |
2020 # | Mr. Monomoy | 3 | Florent Geroux | Brad Cox | Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb & Doheny Racing | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.43 | II |
2019 | War of Will | 3 | Tyler Gaffalione | Mark Casse | Gary Barber | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.59 | II |
2018 | Bravazo | 3 | Miguel Mena | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.95 | II |
2017 | Girvin | 3 | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Joe Sharp | Brad Grady | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.08 | II |
2016 | Gun Runner | 3 | Florent Geroux | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds & Three Chimneys Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.94 | II |
2015 | International Star | 3 | Miguel Mena | Michael J. Maker | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.82 | II |
2014 | Intense Holiday | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Todd A. Pletcher | Brereton C. Jones | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.86 | II |
2013 | Ive Struck a Nerve | 3 | James Graham | J. Keith Desormeaux | Big Chief Racing | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.52 | II |
2012 | El Padrino | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Let's Go Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.96 | II |
2011 | Mucho Macho Man | 3 | Rajiv Maragh | Katherine Ritvo | Reeves Thoroughbred Racing & Dream Team Racing Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.98 | II |
2010 | Discreetly Mine | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | E. Paul Robsham Stables, LLC | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.88 | II |
2009 | Friesan Fire | 3 | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms & Vinery | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.11 | III |
2008 | Pyro | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.68 | III |
2007 | Notional | 3 | Robby Albarado | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.18 | III |
2006 1 | Lawyer Ron | 3 | John McKee | Robert E. Holthus | James T. Hines, Jr. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.13 | III |
2005 | Scipion | 3 | Gary Stevens | Patrick L. Biancone | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.54 | III |
2004 | Gradepoint | 3 | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard | Mt. Brilliant Stable/W. S. Farish | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.36 | III |
2003 | Badge of Silver | 3 | Robby Albarado | Ronny Werner | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.99 | III |
2002 | Repent | 3 | Tony D'Amico | Kenneth McPeek | Select Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.86 | III |
2001 | Dollar Bill | 3 | Chris McCarron | Dallas Stewart | Gary & Mary West | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.45 | |
2000 | Exchange Rate | 3 | Corey Nakatani | D. Wayne Lukas | Padua Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.25 | |
1999 | Ecton Park | 3 | Shane Sellers | W. Elliott Walden | Mark H. Stanley | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.83 | |
1998 | Comic Strip | 3 | Shane Sellers | Neil J. Howard | Elkins/Farish/Humphrey | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
1997 | Open Forum | 3 | Donna Barton | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
1996 | Zarbs Magic | 3 | E. J. Perrodin | Bret Thomas | Foxwood Plantation | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.80 | |
1995 # | Knockadoon | 3 | Willie Martinez | Anthony Reinstedler | William K. Warren, Jr. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.44 | |
1995 # | Beavers Nose | 3 | Kurt Bourque | Hebert Eldridge | R. Raymond & D. Philips | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.22 | |
1994 | Fly Cry | 3 | Ronald Ardoin | Al Prats & Wayne Simpson | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.02 | ||
1993 # | Dixieland Heat | 3 | Randy Romero | Gerald Romero | Leland Cook | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.20 | |
1993 # | Dry Bean | 3 | Aaron Gryder | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |||
1992 | Line in the Sand | 3 | Shane Romero | Lane's End Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | ||
1991 | Big Courage | 3 | Tammy Fox | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.70 | |||
1990 | Genuine Meaning | 3 | J. Hirdes | 1 mi, 40 yds | 1:40.80 | |||
1989 # | Nooo Problema | 3 | Shane Romero | 1 mi, 40 yds | 1:42.80 | |||
1989 # | Dispersal | 3 | B. Walker | 1 mi, 40 yds | 1:42.20 | |||
1988 | Risen Star | 3 | Shane Romero | Louie Roussel III | Louie Roussel III | 1 mi, 40 yds | 1:40.00 |
A # designates that the race was run in two divisions
The 2006 race was held at Louisiana Downs.
Earlier winners
- 1987 - Authentic Hero
- 1986 - Dr Bee Jay
- 1985 - Mischiefinmind
- 1984 - Taylors Special
- 1983 - Explosive Wagon
- 1982 - Linkage
- 1981 - Senate Chairman
- 1980 - Withholding
- 1979 - Incredible Ease
- 1978 - Battonier
- 1977 - Run Dusty Run
- 1975 - Master Derby
- 1974 - Heavy Mayonnaise
- 1973 - Navajo
References
- ^ "Stakes profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Two Fewer Graded Stakes for 2010
- ^ "Post Time: Split division Risen Star kicks off Derby Championship Series". The Buffalo News. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
External links
- Fair Grounds Race Course
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Triple Crown Prep Races
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in New Orleans
- Sports competitions in New Orleans
- Recurring sporting events established in 1973
- 1973 establishments in Louisiana
- Grade 2 stakes races in the United States