Risen Star Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $400,000 |
The Risen Star Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in February at the Fair Grounds Race Course. It is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $400,000. The race is the major prep race to the Louisiana Derby and one of many prep race preparing colts for the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown. The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to Grade II from Grade III in 2010.[1]
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.
Notably, in 1975 Golden Chance Farm's colt Master Derby won this race then went on to win the Louisiana Derby and the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.
The Risen Star Stakes was run in two divisions in 1993 and again in 1995.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:42.80 - Zarbs Magic (1996)
Winners of the Risen Star Stakes since 1988
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sarah & Ken Ramsey | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.82 | II |
| 2014 | Intense Holiday | 3 | Mike E. Smith | J. Larry Jones | 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 L. 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 | K. Bourque | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.22 | |||
| 1994 | Fly Cry | 3 | R. 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 in 1989, 1993 & 1995.
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