Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes

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The Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes is an American Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares on the turf run on Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. For ages three and up, it's raced at a distance of one and a quarter miles and offers a purse of $600,000.

The Flower Bowl (named for the dam of Hall of Fame Bowl of Flowers, a champion filly at age two and three) is a major prep race to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

[edit] Past winners

The winners of the Flower Bowl are:

  • 2006 - Honey Ryder (John Velazquez)
  • 2005 - Riskaverse (Jose Santos)
  • 2004 - Riskaverse (Cornelio Velasquez)
  • 2003 - Dimitrova (Jerry Bailey)
  • 2002 - Kazzia (Jorge Chavez)
  • 2001 - Lailani (Jerry Bailey)
  • 2000 - Colstar (Jean-Luc Samyn)
  • 1999 - Soaring Softly (Jerry Bailey)
  • 1998 - Auntie Mame (John Velazquez)
  • 1997 - Yashmak (Corey Nakatani)
  • 1996 - Chelsey Flower (Robbie Davis)
  • 1995 - Northern Emerald (Ramon Perez)
  • 1994 - Dahlia's Dreamer (Jorge Chavez)
  • 1993 - Far Out Beast (Jean-Luc Samyn)
  • 1992 - Christiecat ((Jean-Luc Samyn)
  • 1991 - Lady Shirl Richard Migliore)
  • 1990 - Laugh and Be Merry (Herb McCauley)
  • 1989 - River Memories (Pat Day)
  • 1988 - Gaily Gaily (Julie Krone)
  • 1987 - Slew's Exceller (Jose Santos)
  • 1986 - Scoot (Willie Shoemaker)
  • 1985 - Dismasted (Jean-Luc Samyn)
  • 1984 - Rossard ((Laffit Pincay, Jr.)
  • 1983 - First Approach (Jorge Velasquez)
  • 1982 - Trevita (Ruben Hernandez)
  • 1981 - Rokeby Rose (Jeffrey Fell)
  • 1980 - Just A Game (Don Brumfield)
  • 1979 - Pearl Necklace (Willie Shoemaker)
  • 1978 - Waya (Angel Cordero, Jr.)