Secretariat Stakes
Grade I race | |
Location | Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1974 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.arlingtonpark.com |
Race information | |
Distance | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $450,000 (2015) |
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).. Held annually in mid August, it is the brother of both the Arlington Million and the Beverly D. Stakes and is raced on the same day and on the same turf course at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
The race was created in 1974 from the "Arlington Invitational" which had been run only in the previous year in order to showcase U.S. Triple Crown winner Secretariat to Chicago racing fans. Secretariat won the race with My Gallant and Our Native running second and third respectively. Both of these horses had lost to the Champion in the Triple Crown series.
The distance of the 1974 inaugural race was Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).. It was run over Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). in 1975/76 and extended to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). from 1978 to 1984, before settling at its present 1 1⁄4 mile distance. In 1977 the race was run on dirt and in 1985 it was held at Hawthorne Race Course. There was no race run in 1988, 1998 and 1999.
In 2005 it was included in the Grand Slam of Grass, which offered a substantial bonus to the winner of this race, the Colonial Turf Cup, the Virginia Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf.
Records
Time record: (at current distance of 1 1⁄4 miles)
- 1:59.65 - Kitten's Joy (2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Michael Tabor (1996, 2000, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Pat Day (1983, 1991, 1995)
- 3 - Kent Desormeaux (2002, 2009, 2010)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Aidan O'Brien (2000, 2011, 2014, 2015)