Ballerina Stakes

The Ballerina Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.

For the Canadian horse race, see Ballerina Stakes (Canada).
Ballerina Stakes
Grade I race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorNYRA Bets (2020)
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationfillies & mares, Three-years-old & up
WeightHandicap
Purse$300,000 (2020)
BonusesWinner qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

History

The inaugural running of the Ballerina Stakes was 20 August 1979 and was won by the Ogden Phipps owned three year old filly Blitey who was ridden by the US Hall of Fame jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. on a muddy track in a time of 1:23​1⁄5.[1] The race is named for Howell E. Jackson's filly, Ballerina,[2] who won the 1954 inaugural running of the Maskette Stakes, run today as the Grade I Go For Wand Handicap.

In 1981 the event was classified as Grade III, upgraded to Grade II in 1984 and to Grade I in 1988.[3] The sudden rise in stature of the event was due the quality of runners who won this event and continued to win important Grade I races. In particular the winner of the second running in 1980 was the 1979 US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Davona Dale, the 1983 winner Ambassador of Luck who went onto become the US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse and Lady's Secret, the 1985 winner as a three-year-old, who in the following year would win the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

The only dual winner of the event, Shine Again failed by a nose to win a third time as a six-year-old when she was beaten by the 13-1 outsider Harmony Lodge in 2003.[4]

The event continues to be a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series with the winner of the Ballerina Stakes automatically qualifying for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.[5]


Records

Speed record:

  • 7 furlongs: 1:21.09 – Lady Talk (2004)

Margins:

  • ​9 1⁄4 lengths – Hilda's Passion (2011)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Shine Again (2001, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - John Velazquez (2005, 2012, 2015, 2016)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Ballerina Stakes
2020 Serengeti Empress 4 Luis Saez Thomas M. Amoss Joel Politi 7 furlongs 1:21.63 $300,000 I [6]
2019 Come Dancing 5 Javier Castellano Carlos F. Martin Blue Devil Racing Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.48 $480,000 I [7]
2018 Marley's Freedom 4 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Cicero Farms 7 furlongs 1:21.39 $500,000 I [8]
2017 By the Moon 5 Rajiv Maragh Michelle Nevin Jay Em Ess Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $500,000 I [9]
2016 Haveyougoneaway 5 John R. Velazquez Thomas Morley Gary Barber & Sequel Racing 7 furlongs 1:21.63 $500,000 I [10]
2015 Unbridled Forever 4 John R. Velazquez Dallas Stewart Charles E. Fipke 7 furlongs 1:22.54 $500,000 I [11]
2014 Artemis Agrotera 3 Rajiv Maragh Michael E. Hushion Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman 7 furlongs 1:21.89 $500,000 I [12]
2013 Dance to Bristol 4 Xavier Perez Ollie L. Figgins III Susan H. Wantz 7 furlongs 1:23.11 $500,000 I [13]
2012 Turbulent Descent 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith 7 furlongs 1:22.13 $500,000 I [14]
2011 Hilda's Passion 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Starlight Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.06 $250,000 I [15]
2010 Rightly So 4 Cornelio Velasquez Anthony W. Dutrow Zayat Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.58 $250,000 I [16]
2009 Music Note 4 Rajiv Maragh Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.10 $294,000 I [17]
2008 Intangaroo 4 Alonso Quinonez Gary Sherlock Tom Grether Farms 7 furlongs 1:22.18 $239,333 I [18]
2007 Maryfield 6 Elvis Trujillo Doug F. O'Neill Mark Gorman, Nick J. Mestrandrea & Jim Perry 7 furlongs 1:22.78 $250,000 I [19]
2006 Dubai Escapade 4 Edgar S. Prado Eoin G. Harty Darley Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.07 $240,000 I [20]
2005 Happy Ticket 4 John R. Velazquez Andrew Leggio Jr. Stewart Mather Madison 7 furlongs 1:24.53 $250,000 I [21]
Ballerina Handicap
2004 Lady Tak 4 Jerry D. Bailey Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.09 $250,000 I [22]
2003 Harmony Lodge 5 Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 7 furlongs 1:22.23 $250,000 I [23]
2002 Shine Again 5 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.26 $250,000 I [24]
2001 Shine Again 4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.33 $250,000 I [25]
2000 Dream Supreme 3 Pat Day William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $250,000 I [26]
1999 Furlough 5 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:23.04 $200,000 I [27]
1998 Stop Traffic 5 Shane Sellers Richard E. Mandella Diamond A Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.23 $200,000 I [28]
1997 Pearl City 3 Joe Bravo D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.39 $150,000 I [29]
1996 Chaposa Springs 4 Shane Sellers Martin D. Wolfson Suresh Chintamaneni 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $150,000 I [30]
1995 Classy Mirage 5 Julie Krone H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $150,000 I [31]
1994 § Roamin Rachel 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Tri Honors Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $108,400 I [32]
Ballerina Stakes
1993 Spinning Round 4 Jorge F. Chavez Carl J. Domino Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.40 $115,200 I [33]
1992 Serape 4 Chris Antley Henrietta Alexander George Helen K. Groves 7 furlongs 1:21.20 $118,600 I [34]
1991 Queena 5 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Emory A. Hamilton 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $120,400 I [35]
1990 § Feel The Beat 5 Jose A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas H. Joseph Allen 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $119,800 I [36]
1989 Proper Evidence 4 Chris Antley John L. Dalton Harry A. Gampel 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $121,800 I [37]
1988 Cadillacing 4 Angel Cordero Jr. Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 furlongs 1:21.60 $115,000 I [38]
1987 I'm Sweets 4 Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens Brushwood Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $114,600 II [39]
1986 Gene's Lady 5 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $113,200 II [40]
1985 § Lady's Secret 3 Donald MacBeth D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $90,300 II [41]
1984 Lass Trump 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Alan Samford 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $86,400 II [42]
1983 Ambassador of Luck 4 Antonio Graell Mitchell C. Preger Envoy Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.20 $54,400 III [43]
1982 Expressive Dance 4 Donald MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Diana M. Firestone 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $58,600 III [44]
1981 Love Sign 4 Ruben Hernandez Sidney J. Watters Jr. Stephen C. Clark, Jr. 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $54,000 III [45]
1980 Davona Dale 4 Jorge Velasquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.20 $56,330 Listed [46]
1979 Blitey 3 Angel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $42,750 Listed [1]

Notes:
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See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References
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