Violet Stakes

Violet Stakes
Listed stakes race
LocationMonmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey,
United States
Inaugurated1977
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Website[1]
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares,
three-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

The Violet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Inaugurated in 1977, the current Listed race is open to fillies and mares age three and older and is raced on turf over a distance of 1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs). First run at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it had its final running there in 2009. Not run in 2010, it was picked up by the Monmouth Park track in 2011 and as such was able to maintain its Grade 3 status.

Historical notes

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The event was run as the Violet Handicap until 2004. The inaugural running took place on September 4, 1977 at Meadowlands Racetrack on a rainy day that resulted in a sloppy track. The race was won by Lady Singer who was ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. for owner Walter Haefner and trainer Victor Nickerson.[1] Haefner and Nickerson would get their second Violet Handicap win in 1985 with Vers La Caisse.

The Violet Stakes was raced on dirt in 1977, 1993, 1999, 2006 and was run in two divisions in 1980, 1982 through 1985, 1987 and 1988. It was due to safety concerns as a result of wet weather conditions that the 2006 race was switched from the turf course to the dirt track. On this occasion, the Violet Stakes was not given a grade.

The Very One, winner of the 1980 Violet Handicap, had The Very One Stakes at Pimlico and The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park named in her honor.[2][3]

Gather The Clan's winning time in the 1989 race was just one-fifth of a second off the Meadowlands course record set on September 30, 1988 by Wanderkin.[4]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:39.60 – Gather The Clan (1989)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Humoristic (2005, 2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Gr.
2022 Vigilantes Way 5 Paco Lopez Claude McGaughey III Phipps Stable 1+16 m 1:41.78 L
2021 Tamahere 4 Jose Ferrer Chad Brown Swift Thoroughbreds Inc, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables 1+16 m 1:45.74 L
2020 She's Got You 4 Joe Bravo Chad Brown John Gunther & Tanya Gunther 1+16 m 1:42.50 L
2019 Andina Del Sur 4 Hector Diaz Jr. Thomas Albertrani Don Alberto Stable 1+16 m 1:44.91 L
2018 Elysea's World 5 Joe Bravo Chad Brown Sheep Pond Partners & All Pro Racing 1+18 m 1:48.06 G3
2017 Tricky Escape 4 Chris DeCarlo Lynn A. Ashby Jon Marshall 1+18 m 1:49.91 G3
2016 Tammy the Torpedo 4 Antonio Gallardo Chad Brown Long Lake Stable & Beacon Hill Thoroughbreds 1+18 m 1:49.60 G3
2015 Photo Call 4 Trevor McCarthy H. Graham Motion Juliet Cooper 1+18 m 1:47.94 G3
2014 Rusty Slipper 4 Alex Cintron H. Graham Motion Zanim R. Meahjohn 1+18 m 1:49.07 G3
2013 Race not held
2012 Ruthenia 4 Kendrick Carmouche Christophe Clement Virginia Kraft Payson LLC 1+16 m 1:40.68 G3
2011 Denomination 5 Joe Bravo Christophe Clement Ghislaine Head 1+16 m 1:41.92 G3
2010 Race not held
2009 Quiet Harbor 4 Eddie Castro C. R. McGaughey III McGaughey Stable 1+16 m 1:41.30 G3
2008 American Border 4 Jose Lezcano Jason Servis Mr. Amore Stables (Ron Lombardi) 1+16 m 1:41.74 G3
2007 Humoristic 6 Rajiv Maragh Hamilton A. Smith Jacqueline Blanchard Peralta-Ramos 1+16 m 1:41.23 G3
2006 No Sleep 4 Mike Luzzi Bruce N. Levine Glencrest Farm LLC (Greathouse family) 1+16 m 1:42.48
2005 Humoristic 4 Harry Vega Hamilton A. Smith Jacqueline Blanchard Peralta-Ramos 1+16 m 1:42.23 G3
2004 Changing World 4 Pablo Fragoso Barclay Tagg Carolyn Horton Rogers 1+16 m 1:41.53 G3
2003 Dancal 5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Marlon Aronstam 1+16 m 1:43.69 G3
2002 Babae 6 Richard Migliore Frank A. Alexander Joseph Platt Jr. 1+16 m 1:41.17 G3
2001 Clearly A Queen 4 Jorge Chavez Bobby C. Barnett John A. Franks 1+16 m 1:43.56 G3
2000 Follow The Money 4 Chris McCarron David Hofmans Christopher & Patricia Elia 1+16 m 1:42.65 G3
1999 Tookin Down 4 Edgar Prado Richard W. Small Richard W. Small 1+16 m 1:42.39 G3
1998 Heaven's Command 4 Richard Migliore Christophe Clement Skymarc Farm, Inc. 1+16 m 1:40.71 G3
1997 Sangria 4 Rick Wilson John R. S. Fisher Erdenheim Farm 1+16 m 1:42.02 G3
1996 Plenty Of Sugar 5 Robert Colton John R. S. Fisher Erdenheim Farm 1+16 m 1:48.62 G3
1995 Symphony Lady 5 Joe Bravo Flint S. Schulhofer Julian Cohen 1+16 m 1:45.48 G3
1994 It's Personal 4 John Velazquez Michael W. Dickinson Prestonwood Farm 1+16 m 1:42.61 G3
1993 Mz. Zill Bear 4 Edgar Prado Ronald Cartwright Mea Culpa Stable (Bill & Phyllis Dixon) 1+16 m 1:44.55 G3
1992 Highland Crystal 4 Edgar Prado Barclay Tagg Bonner Farm (George Rowand) 1+16 m 1:41.26 G3
1991 Southern Tradition 4 José Santos Henry L. Carroll Delehanty Farm (Frank Stella) 1+16 m 1:43.60 G3
1990 Miss Josh 4 Mario Pino Barclay Tagg Bonner Farm (George Rowand) 1+16 m 1:40.00 G3
1989 Gather The Clan 4 Craig Perret William I. Mott Bertram R. Firestone 1+16 m 1:39.60 G3
1988-1 Just Class 4 Chris Antley Alan E. Goldberg Robert Masterson 1+16 m 1:40.20 G3
1988-2 Graceful Darby 4 Randy Romero John M. Veitch James W. Phillips 1+16 m 1:41.00 G3
1987-1 Videogenic 5 Jean Cruguet Gasper Moschera Albert & Barbara Davis 1+16 m 1:42.00 G3
1987-2 Dismasted 5 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Edward P. Evans 1+16 m 1:41.60 G3
1986 Lake Country 5 Vince Bracciale Jr. Donnie Walker Don Prowse & Donald McIntosh 1+16 m 1:41.20 G3
1985-1 Possible Mate 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Edward P. Evans 1+16 m 1:42.20 G3
1985-2 Vers La Caisse 4 Richard Migliore Victor J. Nickerson Walter Haefner 1+16 m 1:43.00 G3
1984-1 Rash But Royal 4 Jack Kaenel Richard A. DeStasio Michael Berry 1+16 m 1:42.20 G3
1984-2 Aspen Rose 4 Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Daniel M. Galbreath 1+16 m 1:42.00 G3
1983-1 Twosome 4 Jerry Bailey Laz Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr. 1+16 m 1:41.20 G3
1983-2 Geraldine's Store 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Thomas P. Whitney 1+16 m 1:40.60 G3
1982-1 Pat's Joy 4 Jerry Bailey Mitch Griffin Fred W. Hooper 1+16 m 1:42.20
1982-2 Dearly Too 3 Jean-Luc Samyn Stephen A. DiMauro Richard E. Bailey 1+16 m 1:42.20
1981 Honey Fox 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Flint S. Schulhofer Jerome M. Torsney 1+16 m 1:41.40
1980-1 Producer 4 Jeffrey Fell Claude Beniada Roy Gottlieb 1+16 m 1:41.60
1980-2 The Very One 5 Jorge Velásquez Stephen A. DiMauro Helen Pollinger 1+16 m 1:42.40
1979 Terpsichorist 4 Mike Venezia Woody Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 1+16 m 1:43.20
1978 Navajo Princess 4 Craig Perret Douglas Dodson Victor N. Green 1+16 m 1:44.00
1977 Lady Singer 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Victor J. Nickerson Walter Haefner 1+16 m 1:48.40
  • † switched from turf to dirt, no grade allocated.

References

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  1. ^ "Rare Double for Cordero". New York Times, Section Sports page 1 (175). 1977-09-25. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. ^ "Very One Stakes". Pimlico.com. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  3. ^ "Media Guide 2019-20". Gulfstream Park. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. ^ "Stakes results Meadlowlands 9th". The Courier-Journal, page 23. 1988-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-05.