Steve Sexton Mile Stakes
Appearance
Grade III race | |
Location | Lone Star Park Grand Prairie, Texas, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1997 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.lonestarpark.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 (2014) |
The Texas Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late April at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. A Grade III event open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
History
Inaugurated in 1997, in 1999 it became the first graded Thoroughbred stakes race in Texas.
The event
In 2001, Dixie Dot Com became the only horse to win in the same year the Texas Mile and the Lone Star Park Handicap, known as "The Texas Two Step."
Among notable horses who ran in the Texas Mile but did not win were Skip Away, who finished third in 1997, and Real Quiet who finished second in 1999.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:34.44 - Isitingood (1997) (stakes and track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Littlebitlively (1998, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - David Flores (1997, 2001, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Bob Baffert (1997, 2006)
- 2 - Bobby C. Barnett (1998, 1999)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Mike Pegram (1997, 2006)
- 2 - John A. Franks (1998, 1999)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2016 | Great Minds | 5 | C.J. McMahon | Albert M. Stall, Jr. | Vince Wilfork | 1:37.68 |
2015 | Texas Air | 7 | Quincy Hamilton | Allen Milligan | Paul J. Rigali, Jr. | 1:37.31 |
2014 | Grand Contender | 6 | Richard E. Eramia | Thomas M. Amoss | Maggi Moss | 1:36.68 |
2013 | Master Rick | 5 | Glen Murphy | Steven M. Asmussen | Zayat Stables | 1:36.01 |
2012 | Endorsement | 5 | Robby Albarado | Eoin G. Harty | Casner Racing | 1:36.69 |
2011 | Thiskyhasnolimit | 4 | Justin Sheppard | Steve Asmussen | Zollars/Wagner | 1:37.28 |
2010 | Mythical Power | 4 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Peachtree Stable | 1:35.71 |
2009 | Jonesboro | 7 | Cliff Berry | Randy L. Morse | Michael Langford | 1:36.94 |
2008 | Monterey Jazz | 4 | David Flores | Craig Dollase | A and R Stables et al. | 1:35.25 |
2007 | Silent Pleasure | 4 | Tracy Hebert | Howard Scarberry | S & S Stables LLC | 1:35.39 |
2006 | Preachinatthebar | 5 | Jon Court | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram | 1:36.81 |
2005 | High Strike Zone | 5 | Ricky Faul | Amos LaBorde | Donald Erickson | 1:35.34 |
2004 | Kela | 6 | David Nuesch | Mike R. Mitchell | Jay Manoogian | 1:35.64 |
2003 | Bluesthestandard | 6 | Martin Pedroza | Ted H. West | Jeffrey Sengara | 1:35.68 |
2002 | Unrullah Bull | 5 | Anthony Lovato | Cole Norman | Jim & Theresa Donnan | 1:37.78 |
2001 | Dixie Dot Com | 6 | David Flores | William Morey, Jr. | D & C Chaiken/B & R Heller | 1:34.72 |
2000 | Sir Bear | 7 | Eibar Coa | Ralph Ziadie | Barbara Smollin | 1:35.98 |
1999 | Littlebitlively | 5 | Carlos Gonzalez | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | 1:35.65 |
1998 | Littlebitlively | 4 | Carlos Gonzalez | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | 1:37.07 |
1997 | Isitingood | 6 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram/Terry Henn | 1:34.44 |