Ballerina Handicap

Ballerina Stakes
Grade I race
Location	Saratoga Race Course; Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1979
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com
Race information
Distance	7 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	fillies & mares, Three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$500,000 (since 2012)

The Ballerina Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race contested each year during the last week of August at Saratoga Race Course. It is open to fillies and mares, ages three and up. It is raced at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt for a purse of $500,000.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Ballerina Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.^[1]

The race is named for Howell E. Jackson's filly, Ballerina, who won the 1954 inaugural running of the Maskette Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

1:21.09 - Lady Talk (2004)

Most wins:

Shine Again (2001, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - John Velazquez (2005, 2012, 2015, 2016)
3 - Pat Day (1984, 1994, 2000)
3 - Mike E. Smith (1991, 1999, 2018)

Most wins by a trainer:

5 - C. R. McGaughey III (1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Ogden Phipps (1979, 1999)
2 - Eugene V. Klein (1985, 1986)
2 - Kinsman Stable (1993, 2000)
2 - Bohemia Stable (2001, 2002)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2018	Marley's Freedom	4	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Cicero Farms, LLC	1:21.39
2017	By the Moon	5	Rajiv Maragh	Michelle Nevin	Jay Em Ess Stable	1:22.97
2016	Haveyougoneaway	5	John Velazquez	Thomas Morley	Gary Barber/Sequel Racing	1:21.63
2015	Unbridled Forever	4	John Velazquez	Dallas Stewart	Charles E. Fipke	1:22.54
2014	Artemis Agrotera	3	Rajiv Maragh	Michael Hushion	Chester and Mary Broman, Sr.	1:21.89
2013	Dance to Bristol	4	Xavier Perez	Ollie L. Figgins, III	Susan H. Wantz	1:23.11
2012	Turbulent Descent	4	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Magnier/Tabor/Smith	1:22.13
2011	Hilda's Passion	4	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	Starlight Racing/Glasscock	1:22.06
2010	Rightly So	4	Cornelio Velasquez	Anthony W. Dutrow	Zayat Stables, LLC	1:22.58
2009	Music Note	4	Rajiv Maragh	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Stables	1:22.10
2008	Intangaroo	4	Alonso Quinonez	Gary Sherlock	Tom Grether Farms	1:22.18
2007	Maryfield	6	Elvis Trujillo	Douglas F. O'Neill	Gorman/Mestrandrea/Perry	1:22.78
2006	Dubai Escapade	4	Edgar Prado	Eoin G. Harty	Darley Stable	1:23.07
2005	Happy Ticket	4	John Velazquez	Andrew Leggio, Jr.	Stewart Mather Madison	1:24.53
2004	Lady Tak	4	Jerry Bailey	Steve Asmussen	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:21.09
2003	Harmony Lodge	5	Richard Migliore	Todd Pletcher	E. & L. Melnyk	1:22.23
2002	Shine Again	5	Jean-Luc Samyn	H. Allen Jerkens	Bohemia Stable	1:22.26
2001	Shine Again	4	Jean-Luc Samyn	H. Allen Jerkens	Bohemia Stable	1:22.33
2000	Dream Supreme	3	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Kinsman Stable	1:22.97
1999	Furlough	5	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:23.04
1998	Stop Traffic	5	Shane Sellers	Richard Mandella	Diamond A Stable	1:22.23
1997	Pearl City	3	Joe Bravo	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	1:22.39
1996	Chaposa Springs	4	Shane Sellers	Marty Wolfson	S. Chintamaneni	1:21.80
1995	Classy Mirage	5	Julie Krone	H. Allen Jerkens	Middletown Stable	1:22.40
1994	Roamin Rachel	4	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Tri Honors Stable	1:21.80
1993	Spinning Round	4	Jorge Chavez	Carl J. Domino	Kinsman Stable	1:21.40
1992	Serape	4	Chris Antley	Henrietta Alexander	Helen K. Groves	1:21.20
1991	Queena	5	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Emory A. Hamilton	1:22.00
1990	Feel The Beat	5	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	H. Joseph Allen	1:22.00
1989	Proper Evidence	4	Chris Antley	John Dalton	Harry A. Gampel	1:23.20
1988	Cadillacing	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps	1:21.60
1987	I'm Sweets	4	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Brushwood Stable	1:22.60
1986	Gene's Lady	5	Randy Romero	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:22.40
1985	Lady's Secret	3	Don MacBeth	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:22.60
1984	Lass Tump	4	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Alan Samford	1:21.80
1983	Ambassador of Luck	4	Antonio Graell	Mitchell C. Preger	Envoy Stable	1:22.20
1982	Expressive Dance	4	Don MacBeth	Stanley M. Hough	Diana M. Firestone	1:22.80
1981	Love Sign	4	Ruben Hernandez	Sidney Watters, Jr.	Stephen C. Clark, Jr.	1:22.60
1980	Davona Dale	4	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch	Calumet Farm	1:22.20
1979	Blitey	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Angel Penna, Sr.	Ogden Phipps	1:23.20

Notes

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References

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