Fort Lauderdale Stakes

The Fort Lauderdale Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1947 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

Ft. Lauderdale Stakes

Grade II race
Location	Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
Inaugurated	1947
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance	​1 ^1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds & up
Purse	$200,000

Assigned Grade III status beginning in 2010. Due to weather, however, the race was run off the turf in 2010. It was run a mile on dirt and was automatically downgraded, pending review, after the event was switched. The American Graded Stakes Committee reinstated the Grade 3 rating. The decision to reinstate the Grade 3 rating was based on the quality of the horses who competed in the race following the surface change.

This race was run as a Grade II turf race in 2013 and its purse was $150,000. In 2014, the purse was raised to $200,000.

In 2019 the race changes from ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles to ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles.

Winners of the Fort Lauderdale Stakes since 2009

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time	Gr.
2019	Instilled Regard	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Chad Brown	1:47.18	II
2018	Shining Copper	8	Jose L. Ortiz	Michael J. Maker	1:43.44	II
2017	Flatlined	5	Joe Bravo	Charles L. Dickey	1:41.29	II
2016	Heart to Heart	5	Julien Leparoux	Brian A. Lynch	1:41.71	II
2015	Mshawish	5	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	1:41.14	II
2014	Summer Front	5	Joe Bravo	Christophe Clement	1:42.24	II
2013	Mucho Mas Macho	4	Juan Leyva	Henry Collazo	1:40.39	II
2012	Silver Medallion	4	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	1:43.04	III
2011	Little Mike	4	Joe Bravo	Allen Iwinski	1:40.52	III
2010	Duke of Mischief	4	Eibar Coa	David Fawkes	1:37.70	III
2009	Kiss the Kid	6	Elvis Trujillo	Amy Tarrant	1:40.59