Victory Ride Stakes
| Grade III race | |
| Location |
Belmont Park Elmont, New York |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.nyra.com/index Belmont |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 1⁄2 furlongs sprint |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000[1] |
The Victory Ride Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at a distance of 6 1⁄2 furlongs on the dirt. It is a Grade III race with a current purse of $150,000.
Since 2012, the race has been run at Belmont Park in early July. Earlier runnings were at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race was run at 6 furlongs until 2013, when it was changed to 6 1⁄2 furlongs.
The race is named in honor of Victory Ride, Saratoga's Grade I Test Stakes champion in 2001.
Past winners
- 2016 - Coppa (Joseph Talamo)
- 2015 - Irish Jasper (Javier Castellano)
- 2014 - Street Story (Joel Rosario)
- 2013 - Baby J (Joel Rosario)
- 2012 - Emma's Encore (Junior Alvarado)
- 2011 - Hot Summer (Cornelio Velasquez)
- 2010 - Rapport (Martin Garcia)
- 2009 - Sara Louise (Edgar Prado)
- 2008 - Porte Bonheur (Ramon Dominguez)
- 2007 - La Traviata (Julien Leparoux)
- 2006 - Wildcat Bettie B (Mario G. Pino)
- 2005 - Nothing But Fun (Richard Migliore)
- 2004 - Smokey Glacken (Joe Bravo)
- 2003 - Country Romance (Jorge Chavez)
References
- ↑ "Victory Ride Stakes". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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