Alcibiades Stakes
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| Grade I race | |
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| Alcibiades Stakes | |
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| Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky  |
| Inaugurated | 1952 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.keeneland.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Polytrack, left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 1952-1978 :119 lbs 1979-present : 118 lbs |
| Purse | $500,000 |
The Alcibiades Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A Grade I race, it is open to two-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
Sponsored by Darley Racing since 2003, the Alcibiades Stakes was named for Hal Price Headley's great foundation mare Alcibiades. It obtained Graded stakes race status in 1973 and was a Grade III race through 1975, a Grade II from 1976 through 2006 and elevated in 2007 to Grade I status with a purse of $500,000.
Inaugurated in 1952 as a seven furlong race, from 1956 through 1980 it was run at seven furlongs, 184 feet. In 1981 it was changed to its present distances of 11/16 miles.
The Alcibiades Stakes was raced on dirt until 2006 when Keeneland Race Course installed the synthetic Polytrack surface.
[edit] Records
Time record: (at present distance of 11/16 miles)
- 1:43.20 - Eliza (1992)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Leslie Combs II (1957, 1967, 1978. 1983)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Don Brumfield (1968, 1972, 1982)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - D. Wayne Lukas (1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2003)
[edit] Winners of the Alcibiades Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2007 | Country Star | Rafael Bejarano | Robert J. Frankel | Stonerside Stable | 1:45.85 |
| 2006 | Bel Air Beauty | Fernando Jara | Frank L. Brothers | W. Bruce Lunsford | 1:45.32 |
| 2005 | She Says It Best | Eddie M. Martin, Jr. | Vickie L. Foley | Carl Bowling/Foley, et al | 1:49.07 |
| 2004 | Runway Model | Rafael Bejarano | Bernard S. Flint | Naveed Chowhan | 1:44.31 |
| 2003 | Be Gentle | Cornelio Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Thomas F. Van Meter II | 1:45.51 |
| 2002 | Westerly Breeze | Robby Albarado | Carl Nafzger | A. Stevens Miles, Jr. | 1:46.90 |
| 2001 | Take Charge Lady | Anthony J. D'Amico | Kenneth G. McPeek | Select Stable | 1:46.23 |
| 2000 | She's A Devil Due | Mark Guidry | Kenneth G. McPeek | Brian Griggs/Mike Goetz | 1:44.80 |
| 1999 | Scratch Pad | Willie Martinez | Joseph Waunsch | Jaime S. Carrion | 1:44.00 |
| 1998 | Silverbulletday | Gary L. Stevens | Bob A. Baffert | Mike Pegram | 1:42.20 |
| 1997 | Countess Diana | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | M/M Richard Kaster | 1:45.20 |
| 1996 | Southern Playgirl | Randy Romero | Harvey L. Vanier | Nancy A. Vanier | 1:46.80 |
| 1995 | Cara Rafaela | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | TNT Stud | 1:44.40 |
| 1994 | Post It | Sam Maple | Ronald Allen, Sr. | Jerry Campbell | 1:46.20 |
| 1993 | Stellar Cat | Shane Sellers | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:44.60 |
| 1992 | Eliza | Patrick Valenzuela | Alex L. Hassinger, Jr. | Allen E. Paulson | 1:43.20 |
| 1991 | Spinning Round | Joe Johnson | James E. Baker | Kinsman Stable | 1:47.20 |
| 1990 | Private Treasure | Jerry D. Bailey | Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. | Pastime Stable | 1:43.80 |
| 1989 | Special Happening | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:44.60 |
| 1988 | Wonders Delight | Gary L. Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:46.40 |
| 1987 | Terra Incognita | Darrell Foster | Michael Ball | Robert C. Billips | 1:44.60 |
| 1986 | Zero Minus | Sandy Hawley | Carl Nafzger | William H. Floyd | 1:45.20 |
| 1985 | Silent Account | Keith Allen | H. Allen Jerkens | Centennial Farms | 1:46.20 |
| 1984 | Foxy Deen | Daryl Montoya | Ronnie Warren | Elmer E. Miller | 1:45.60 |
| 1983 | Lucky Lucky Lucky | Jacinto Vasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Leslie Combs II/Equites St | 1:47.00 |
| 1982 | Jelly Bean Holiday | Don Brumfield | Herbert K. Stevens | Mrs. James H. Gallagher | 1:45.80 |
| 1981 | Apalachee Honey | Bill Shoemaker | Timothy J. Muckler | Muckler Stables | 1:45.20 |
| 1980 | Sweet Revenge | Jorge Velasquez | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 1:28.00 |
| 1979 | Salud | Julio C. Espinoza | William C. Thomas | Phillip Hurley, et al | 1:28.20 |
| 1978 | Angel Island | Ed Delahoussaye | Ray Lawrence, Jr. | Leslie Combs II | 1:26.40 |
| 1977 | L'Alezane | Ron Turcotte | Yonnie Starr | Jean-Louis Levesque | 1:27.20 |
| 1976 | Sans Supplement | William Gavidia | Donald M. McKellar | Donald M. McKellar | 1:27.60 |
| 1975 | Optimistic Gal | Darrel McHargue | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone | 1:28.00 |
| 1974 | Hope of Glory | Jimmy Nichols | Donald M. McKellar | Donald M. McKellar | 1:27.20 |
| 1973 | City Girl | Earlie Fires | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 1:27.80 |
| 1972 | Coraggioso | Don Brumfield | Anthony Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:27.00 |
| 1971 | Mrs. Cornwallis | Gerardo Mora | Harry Shillick | Dogwood Stable | 1:28.40 |
| 1970 | Patelin | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:27.00 |
| 1969 | Belle Noire | Heriberto Arroyo | Stanley M. Rieser | A.P. and D.H. Gehl | 1:27.20 |
| 1968 | Lil's Bag | Don Brumfield | Ronnie Warren | M/M Robert F. Roberts | 1:28.40 |
| 1967 | Lady Tramp | Ismael Valenzuela | Richard J. Fischer | Leslie Combs II | 1:28.00 |
| 1966 | Teacher's Art | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | J. E. Tinsley, Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1:28.40 |
| 1965 | Moccasin | Larry Adams | Harry Trotsek | Claiborne Farm | 1:25.80 |
| 1964 | Fairway Fun | Jack Leonard | T. M. Crowe | William H. Floyd | 1:26.40 |
| 1963 | Secret Veil | W. D. Lucas | Strother Griffin | Reverie Knoll Farm | 1:27.40 |
| 1962 | Abrogate | Robert L. Baird | B. B. Williams | Hugh A. Grant | 1:27.20 |
| 1961 | Journalette | Willie Carstens | S. Bryant Ott | Fourth Estate Stable | 1:27.20 |
| 1960 | Little Tumbler | Ray Broussard | W. R. Mitchell | Bruno Ferrari | 1:26.60 |
| 1959 | Rash Statement | John L. Rotz | Allen Hultz | Hal Price Headley | 1:25.60 |
| 1958 | Fiji | Jimmy Nichols | Lloyd P. Tate | Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate | 1:28.00 |
| 1957 | Moon Glory | John Heckmann | S. Bryant Ott | Leslie Combs II | 1:27.20 |
| 1956 | Leallah | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | MacKenzie Miller | Charlton Clay | 1:27.00 |
| 1955 | Doubledogdare | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:24.20 |
| 1954 | Myrtle's Jet | Walter Blum | Ike K. Mourar | Maine Chance Farm | 1:23.00 |
| 1953 | Oil Painting | Al Popara | Anthony W. Rupelt | Mrs. J. A. Goodwin | 1:24.40 |
| 1952 | Sweet Patootie | Sherman Armstrong | H. H. Battle | Mrs. E. E. D. Shaffer | 1:23.60 |
