Athenia Stakes
Listed race | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1978 (as Athenia Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-year-olds and older |
Weight | Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 122 lbs. |
Purse | US150,000 (2023) |
The Athenia Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three-years-old and older run over at a distance of a mile and an eighth on the turf held annually in October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of US150,000.
History
[edit]The Athenia Stakes is named in honor of Hal Price Headley's filly Athenia, who won in 1946 the Ladies Handicap over the distance of 1+1⁄2 miles as well as the Misty Isle Handicap and Artful Handicap at Washington Park Race Track in Chicago.[1] Athenia also was the granddam of Sir Ivor, the 1968 Horse of the Year in the United Kingdom and Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland in 1983.
The inaugural running of the event was on 13 September 1978 as The Athenia Handicap for three-year-old fillies at 1+1⁄4 miles in distance and was won by the Terpsichorist who was trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens and ridden by Michael Venezia in a time of 2:031⁄5.[2] The event continued to be restricted to three-year-old fillies until 1983.
In 1980 the event was classified as Grade III.[3] In 2005 the event was moved to the main track due to the inclement weather and consequently was downgraded.[3]
The race has been held at Aqueduct Racetrack several times with the last such running in 2004.[4]
The event was raced in split divisions in 1982 and 2001.[5]
The event has been contested at various distances over its history with the current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles being reinstated in 2021.[3]
The event in 2022 was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.[6]
In 2023 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status[7]
Records
[edit]Speed record:
- 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:39.94 – Pianist (2013)
- 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:47.11 – Rapid Selection (1997)
- 1+1⁄4 miles: 2:00.40 – Love Sign (1980), De La Rosa (1981)
- 1+3⁄8 miles: 2:13.20 – Capades (1989)
Margins:
- 20 lengths – Rose Crescent (1983)
Most wins:
- 2 – Babae (2001, 2002)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Rokeby Stables (1983, 1988)
- 2 – Harbor View Farm (1994, 1995)
- 2 – Joseph Platt Jr. (2001, 2002)
- 2 – Juddmonte Farms (1991, 2021)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 – Jorge F. Chavez (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 – Chad C. Brown (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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At Aqueduct – Athenia Stakes | ||||||||||
2024 | Child of the Moon (FR) | 4 | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, & Louis Lazzinnaro | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.63 | $150,000 | Listed | [8] |
2023 | Technical Analysis (IRE) | 5 | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.20 | $150,000 | Listed | [9] |
2022 | Love And Thunder (IRE) | 5 | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | John D. Gunther & Tanya Gunther | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.07 | $169,750 | III | [10] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2021 | Pocket Squares (GB) | 4 | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Juddmonte Farms | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.19 | $194,000 | III | [11] |
2020 | Tapit Today | 5 | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | William H. Lawrence & Bradley Thoroughbreds | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.56 | $100,000 | III | [12] |
2019 | Xenobia (IRE) | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Jonathan Thomas | Augustin Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.21 | $200,000 | III | [13] |
2018 | Rymska (FR) | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Sheep Pond Partners, Alain Jathiere, Thomas Coleman & Elayne Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.59 | $200,000 | III | [14] |
2017 | Off Limits (IRE) | 5 | Joel Rosario | Chad C. Brown | Martin S. Schwartz | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.73 | $200,000 | III | [15] |
2016 | Roca Rojo (IRE) | 4 | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | Sheep Pond Partners, Newport Stables & Bradley Thoroughbreds | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.20 | $200,000 | III | [16] |
2015 | Stellar Path (FR) | 4 | Joel Rosario | Christophe Clement | Trevor C. Stewart | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.41 | $200,000 | III | [17] |
2014 | La Tia | 5 | Joel Rosario | Armando De La Cerda | Salvador Hernandez | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.36 | $200,000 | III | [18] |
2013 | Pianist | 4 | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Hidden Brook Farm & Dan Zucker | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:39.94 | $200,000 | III | [19] |
2012 | La Cloche | 5 | Junior Alvarado | James J. Toner | Phillips Racing Partnership | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.15 | $150,000 | III | [20] |
2011 | Denomination | 5 | Joe Bravo | Christophe Clement | Ghislaine Head | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.17 | $100,000 | III | [21] |
2010 | Eye of Taurus | 4 | Eddie Castro | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Harvey A. Clarke | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:47.04 | $100,000 | III | [22] |
2009 | Belle Allure (IRE) | 4 | Ramon A. Dominguez | Christophe Clement | Ronchalon Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.30 | $106,500 | III | [23] |
Athenia Handicap | ||||||||||
2008 | Sunshine for Life | 4 | Channing Hill | Richard E. Schosberg | Jane M. Schosberg | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.55 | $110,300 | III | [24] |
2007 | Criminologist | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.09 | $109,100 | III | [25] |
2006 | Pommes Frites | 4 | Jose A. Santos | William I. Mott | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.95 | $112,300 | III | [26] |
2005 | Asti (IRE) | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | H. Joseph Allen | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.57 | $111,300 | Listed | Off turf[27] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2004 | Finery | 4 | Pablo Fragoso | William H. Turner Jr. | Althea D. Richards | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.73 | $115,700 | III | [28] |
2003 | Caught in the Rain | 4 | Richard Migliore | Guadalupe Preciado | Heiligbrodt Stable & Walter L. New | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:47.00 | $113,000 | III | [29] |
2002 | Babae (CHI) | 6 | Jorge F. Chavez | Frank A. Alexander | Joseph Platt Jr. | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.90 | $116,700 | III | [30] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2001 | Verruma (BRZ) | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Angel A. Penna Jr. | Earle I. Mack & Jael Barros | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:40.40 | $137,875 | III | Division 1[31] |
Babae (CHI) | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | Frank A. Alexander | Joseph Platt Jr. | 1:42.09 | $137,875 | Division 2[32] | |||
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2000 | Wild Heart Dancing | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Eugene F. Brajczewski Jr. | My Jo Lee Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.40 | $112,500 | III | [33] |
1999 | Antoniette | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Joseph P. Schlich | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.89 | $111,400 | III | [34] |
1998 | Tampico | 5 | Joe Bravo | Barclay Tagg | Ronald G. Cullis | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.90 | $85,350 | III | [35] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
1997 | Rapid Selection | 4 | Joe Bravo | Linda L. Rice | Clyde D. Rice | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.11 | $109,900 | III | [36] |
1996 | Sixieme Sens | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Three Plus U Stable | 1 mile | 1:37.80 | $111,100 | III | [37] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
1995 | Caress | 4 | Robbie Davis | H. Allen Jerkens | Harbor View Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:54.18 | $113,900 | III | Off turf[38] |
1994 | Lady Affirmed | 3 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | Harbor View Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.66 | $87,076 | III | [39] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
1993 | Trampoli | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Christophe Clement | Paul de Moussac | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:17.16 | $90,000 | III | [40] |
1992 | Fairy Garden | 4 | Julie Krone | Roger L. Attfield | Michael J. Ryan | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.62 | $86,700 | III | [41] |
1991 | Flaming Torch (IRE) | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.99 | $93,000 | III | [42] |
1990 | Buy the Firm | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Jose A. Martin | Thomas Mara | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:18.20 | $87,750 | III | Off turf[43] |
1989 | Capades | 3 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Richard O'Connell | Poma Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.20 | $90,800 | III | [44] |
1988 | High Browser | 3 | Pat Day | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:18.60 | $96,300 | III | [45] |
1987 | Lead Kindly Light | 4 | Julio Molina Pezua | Angel A. Penna Jr. | Cynthia Phipps | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:23.80 | $94,800 | III | [46] |
1986 | Dawn's Curtsey | 4 | Eddie Maple | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:16.00 | $92,400 | III | [47] |
1985 | Videogenic | 3 | Jean Cruguet | Gasper S. Moschera | Albert Davis | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:15.40 | $101,700 | III | [48] |
1984 | Key Dancer | 3 | Angel Cordero Jr. | William J. Hirsch Jr. | Oxford Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:14.80 | $94,500 | III | [49] |
1983 | Rose Crescent | 3 | Robbie Davis | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:22.00 | $57,300 | III | [50] |
At Aqueduct – for 3YO fillies | ||||||||||
1982 | Mintage (FR) | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Meadowhill | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:17.80 | $54,650 | III | Division 1[51] |
Middle Stage | 3 | Jimmy J. Miranda | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 2:17.40 | $54,650 | Division 2[52] | |||
At Belmont Park – for 3YO fillies | ||||||||||
1981 | De La Rose | 3 | Eddie Maple | Woodford C. Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:00.40 | $85,200 | III | [53] |
1980 | Love Sign | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Sidney J. Watters Jr. | Stephen C. Clark Jr. | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:00.40 | $84,150 | III | [54] |
1979 | Poppycock | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | Woodford C. Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:03.60 | $87,450 | Off turf[55] | |
1978 | Terpsichorist | 3 | Michael Venezia | Woodford C. Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:03.20 | $55,500 | [2] |
Legend:
Dirt
Turf
:See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "ATHENIA STAKES (2ND. DIV.) - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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- ^ "1994 Athenia Handicap Grade 3 - (race 8)". Equibase. 18 October 1994. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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- ^ "1991 Athenia Handicap Grade 3 - (race 6)". Equibase. 5 October 1991. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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- ^ "Capades captures Athenia (1989 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 9 October 1989)". Asbury Park Press. Associated Press. 10 October 1989. p. 41. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "High Browser wins Belmont feature (1988 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 10 October 1988)". Baltimore Sun. The Associated Press. 11 October 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Racing (1987 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 12 October 1987)". The Courier-Journal. 13 October 1987. p. 39. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Belmont Park Racing Charts (1986 Athenia Handicap – race 7: held 18 October 1986)". New York Daily News. 19 October 1986. p. 164. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Belmont Park Racing Charts (1985 Athenia Handicap – race 7: held 19 October 1985)". White Plains Journal News. The Associated Press. 20 October 1985. p. 64. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Cordero, Key Dancer waltz away with Athenia (1984 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 7 October 1984)". Hackensack Record. The Record's Wire Services. 20 October 1984. p. 67. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Rose Crescent wins Athenia (1983 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 2 October 1983)". New York Daily News. 3 October 1983. p. 111. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Mintage, Middle Stage win in Aqueduct's Athenia (1982 Athenia Handicap Division 1 – race 6: held 13 October 1980)". The Miami News. The Associated Press. 14 October 1980. p. 38. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Rain greets Aqueduct (1982 Athenia Handicap Division 2 – race 8: held 13 October 1980)". The Herald Statesman. The Associated Press. 14 October 1980. p. 31. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Gaffer, Wes (13 October 1981). "De la Rose wins; set for Canada (1981 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 12 October 1981)". New York Daily News. p. 65. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Love Sign wins Athenia on Belmont turf course (1980 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 1 October 1980)". The Miami News. The Associated Press. 2 October 1980. p. 53. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Poppycock wins Athenia Handicap (1979 Athenia Handicap – race 8: held 1 October 1979)". The Miami News. The Associated Press. 2 October 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 20 October 2020.