Secretariat Stakes

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The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1¼ miles (approximately 2,000 metres). The race 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, Chicago, Illinois in August.

The race was first run in 1974 and named after Secretariat, a champion racehorse of the previous year. The distance of the inaugural race was 1¹/16 miles (1,700 metres). It was run over 1⅛ miles (1,800 metres) in 1975/76 and extended to 1½ miles (2,400 metres) from 1978 to 1984, before settling at its present 1¼ mile distance.

In 2005 it was included in the Jacob Investments Grand Slam of Grass, which offered a bonus to the winner of this race, the Colonial Turf Cup, the Virginia Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf.

[edit] Winners since 1993

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1993	Awad	John Velazquez	David Donk	Ryhill Farm	2:08.60
1994	Vaudeville	Gary Stevens	Fordell Fierce	Ron Crockett	2:01.00
1995	Hawk Attack	Pat Day	Elliott Walden	Cavalier Stable	2:00.17
1996	Marlin	Shane Sellers	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	2:01.09
1997	Honor Glide	Garrett Gomez	Jim Day	Robert Schaedle	2:02.74
1998 & 1999 no race
2000	Ciro	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor	2:01.64
2001	Startac	Alex Solis	Simon Bray	Allen Paulson Living Trust	2:04.91
2002	Chiselling	Kent Desormeaux	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	2:04.16
2003	Kicken Kris	Javier Castellano	Michael Matz	Brushwood Stable	2:02.53
2004	Kitten's Joy	Jerry Bailey	Dale Romans	Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey	1:59.65
2005	Gun Salute	Cornelio Velasquez	Bill Mott	Brant Laue	2:03.79
2006	Showing Up	Cornelio Velasquez	Barclay Tagg	Lael Stables	2:00.09