Doubledogdare Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Grade III
| horse race = Doubledogdare Stakes
| image =
| caption =
| location = Keeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
| inaugurated = 1992
| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing
| website = {{URL|http://www.keeneland.com/default.aspx}}
| distance = {{frac|1|1|16}} miles
| surface = dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Fillies and Mares, four-years-old and older
| weight = 123 lbs with allowances
| purse = US$300,000 (since 2022)
| bonuses =
| sponsor = Baird (since 2011)
}}
The Doubledogdare Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt held annually in April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.
History
The race was named for Doubledogdare, the filly who gave Claiborne Farm their first major stakes win at Keeneland in the 1955 Alcibiades Stakes.{{cite web|url=https://claibornefarm.com/history/hof/doubledogdare/ |title=DOUBLEDOGDARE 1953-1974 |work=Claiborne Farm |date=14 August 2019 |accessdate=6 April 2021}} Doubledogdare went on to be voted that year's American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and returned to Keeneland in 1956 to win the Spinster Stakes and would earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors.
The inaugural running of the event was on 28 October 1992 as a seven furlong event with Jeano the second favorite defeating the favorite Erica's Dream winning by a nose in a time of 1:22.61. Jeano was victorious once again in 1994 to become the races only two-time winner.{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=4385 |date=2021 |accessdate=6 April 2021 |publisher=Thoroughbred Database |title=DOUBLEDOGDARE STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS}}
In 1995 the event was not scheduled and in 1996 the event was to be held during the Spring meeting but was cancelled after it failed to draw enough entries.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/legacy#lnd=1&query=Hoofnotes+Doubledogdare+Stakes&ymd=1996-04-15 |title=Hoofnotes |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |page=17 |date=15 April 1996 |accessdate=6 April 2021 }}
In 1997 the event was scheduled again for the spring meeting held in April, but was run on turf at a distance of five and a half furlongs. The winner Singing Heart set a new Keeneland course record of 1:02.40.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/legacy#lnd=1&query=Doubledogdare+Singing+Heart+record&ym=1997-04&offset=1 |title=Singing Heart sets record in win |agency=The Associated Press |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |page=22 |date=17 April 1997 |accessdate=6 April 2021 }}
The following year the event was moved back to the dirt track and was run over a distance of mile and a sixteenth.{{cite web |title=Hilliard Lyons-Baird Doubledogdare Stakes (Gr. 3) |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=789 |website=www.equibase.com |accessdate=6 April 2021 |language=en}}
In 2007 the event was upgraded to Grade III status and that year the event was run on the synthetic Polytrack surface. In 2015 Keeneland reverted to a dirt surface.
The event was not held 2020 during Keeneland's spring meeting which was moved to July and shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/241365/keeneland-applies-to-run-summer-meet-july-8-12 |title=Keeneland Applies to Run Summer Meet July 8–12 |date=22 May 2020 |accessdate=22 May 2020 |work=BloodHorse.com |first=Byron |last=King}}
The 1999 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Silverbulletday began her four-year-old campaign in this event. The event attracted only five entrants with two scratching before the start of the race. Silverbulletday started an overwhelming 3-10 odds-on favorite in the three horse race narrowly defeating Roza Robata by a neck.
Records
Speed record:
- {{frac|1|1|16}} miles – 1:41.20 Lu Ravi (1999)
Margins
- 12 lengths – Pool Land (2006)
Most wins
- 2 – Jeano (1992, 1994)
Most wins by a jockey
- 6 – John R. Velazquez (2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022)
Most wins by a trainer
- 5 – Todd A. Pletcher (2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2022)
Most wins by an owner
- 2 – Frances A. Genter (1992, 1994)
- 2 – Sam-Son Farm (2002, 2015)
- 2 – Stonestreet Stables (2018, 2019)
Winners
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Winner ! Age ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Owner ! Distance ! Time ! Purse ! Grade ! Ref |
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|align=center |2025 |Gin Gin |align=center |4 |Brendan P. Walsh |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center | 1:45.15 |align=center |$350,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2024 |Raging Sea |align=center |4 |Alpha Delta Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.24 |align=center |$300,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2023 |Frost Point |align=center |5 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.95 |align=center |$292,594 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2022 |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.58 |align=center |$300,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2021 |Bonny South |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.46 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align="center" |2020 |align="center" colspan=10|Race not held |
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|align=center |2019 |Electric Forest |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.25 |align=center |$98,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2018 |Valadorna |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.87 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2017 |Unbridled Mo |align=center |4 |Red Oak Stable (Brunetti) |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.11 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2016 |Brooklynsway |align=center |4 |Bernard S. Flint |Naveed Chowhan |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.86 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2015 |Deceptive Vision |align=center |5 |Malcolm Pierce |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.34 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2014 |Sisterly Love |align=center |6 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.82 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2013 |Ice Cream Silence |align=center |4 |George R. Arnold II |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.66 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2012 |Pachattack |align=center |6 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.75 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2011 |Embur's Song |align=center |4 |Fares Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:41.62 |align=center |$125,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2010 |Haka |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.72 |align=center |$98,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2009 |Indescribable |align=center |5 |Courtlandt Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.40 |align=center |$100,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2008 |Carriage Trail |align=center |5 |{{nowrap|Kent J. Desormeaux}} |{{nowrap|Claude R. McGaughey III}} | Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.51 |align=center |$125,000 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2007 |Asi Siempre |align=center |5 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:46.04 |align=center |$108,600 |align=center |III |
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|align=center |2006 |Pool Land |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.08 |align=center |$107,300 |align=center |Listed |
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|align=center |2005 |Colony Band |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:46.15 |align=center |$109,700 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2004 |Mayo On the Side |align=center |5 |Lothenback Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.92 |align=center |$114,300 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2003 |Reason to Talk |align=center |4 | Ronald L. & Tom Kirby |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:45.19 |align=center |$105,439 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2002 |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.92 |align=center |$107,600 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2001 |Darling My Darling |align=center |4 | Debby M. Oxley |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:44.38 |align=center |$108,500 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |2000 |align=center |4 |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:43.76 |align=center |$99,084 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1999 |Lu Ravi |align=center |4 |Carl Bowman |Yoshio Fujita |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:41.32 |align=center |$108,800 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1998 |Top Secret |align=center |5 |George R. Arnold II |John H. Peace |align=center |{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center |1:42.60 |align=center |$72,150 |align=center | Listed |
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|align=center |1997 |Singing Heart |align=center |5 |Alice G. Cohn |align=center |{{frac|5|1|2}} furlongs |align=center |1:02.49 |align=center |$73,385 |align=center |Listed |
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|align="left" colspan=2|1995–1996 |align="center" colspan=9|Race not held |
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|align=center |1994 |Jeano |align=center |6 |align=center |7 furlongs |align=center |1:24.06 |align=center |$44,700 |align=center | |
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|align=center |1993 |How Rare |align=center |4 |Brent E. Bartram |Billy G. Ashabraner |Norman R. Wooten & Bryant Wells |align=center |7 furlongs |align=center |1:22.02 |align=center |$46,900 |align=center | |
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|align=center |1992 |Jeano |align=center |4 |align=center |7 furlongs |align=center |1:22.61 |align=center |$38,150 |align=center | |
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See also
External links
- [https://www.keeneland.com/media/media-guide 2021 Keeneland Media Guide]