Southwest Stakes

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Grade III race
Southwest Stakes
Location	Oaklawn Park Hot Springs, Arkansas
Inaugurated	1968
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$250,000

The Southwest Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas in mid February during the President's Day weekend. The race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race one mile on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000. On November 28th, 2007, the ungraded Southwest Stakes was upgraded to a Grade III event by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Inaugurated in 1968 as the Southwest Handicap, it was run at a distance of six furlongs from 1968 through 1983. The race is often used as a prep to the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby.

The race's forerunner was the Southwest Purse, held in 1959 and 1962 and won by Call Hy and Killoqua, respectively.

It was run in two divisions in 1972 and 2002.

[edit] Records

Speed record:

• 1:34.40 - Whitebrush (1984)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Larry Snyder (1979, 1983, 1990)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - Robert E. Holthus (1988, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Loblolly Stable (1984, 1987, 1991)

[edit] Winners of the Southwwest Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Denis of Cork	Robby Albarado	David Carroll	Mr. & Mrs. William Warren	1:37.89
2007	Teuflesberg	Stewart Elliot	Jamie Sanders	Gary S. Logsdon et al	1:38.20
2006	Lawyer Ron	John McKee	Robert E. Holthus	Est. James T. Hines, Jr.	1:40.00
2005	Greater Good	John McKee	Robert E. Holthus	Lewis Lakin	1:39.09
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliot	John Servis	Roy & Patricia Chapman	1:37.57
2003	Great Notion	Terry J. Thompson	Darrin Miller	Silverton Hills Farm	1:38.96
2002	Private Emblem	Donnie J. Meche	Steve Asmussen	J. Cassels / R. Zollars	1:40.29
2002	Paloma Parilla	James Lopez	Larry Robideaux, Jr.	Barnett Stables	1:41.70
2001	Son of Rocket	Terry J. Thompson	Robert E. Holthus	Frank Fletcher Racing	1:38.34
2000	Afternoon Affair	Joe Judice	Robert E. Holthus	Swifty Farms	1:37.00
1999	Jim'Smrtee	Travis Hightower	John Milliron	James Hutzel	1:39.40
1998	Hot Wheels	Calvin Borel	Thomas Amoss	So What's Nu Stable	1:38.60
1997	Smoke Glacken	Craig Perret	Henry L. Carroll	Karkenny, Levy & Roberts	1:38.60
1996	Ide	Craig Perret	P. Vestal	Willmott Stables	1:37.80
1995	Mystery Storm	Carlos Gonzalez	Larry Robideaux, Jr.	David Beard	1:36.60
1994	Southern Rhythm	Garrett Gomez	James Keefer	Heiligbrodt, Keefer & New	1:36.80
1993	Foxtrail	Willie Martinez	Larry Robideaux, Jr.	Linda Bennett	1:36.40
1992	Big Sur	David Guillory	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm & Lukas	1:36.60
1991	Fenter	Don Howard	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:37.00
1990	Tarascon	Larry Snyder	Jack Van Berg	John A. Franks	1:35.80
1989	Termez	Dean Kutz	J. Bert Sonnier	Knelman & Hayden	1:37.80
1988	Proper Reality	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert E. Holthus	James A. Winn	1:36.80
1987	Demons Begone	Pat Day	Philip M. Hauswald	Loblolly Stable	1:34.60
1986	Rare Brick	Mike E. Smith	Tony Foyt	A. J. Foyt	1:36.20
1985	Clever Allemont	Pat Day	Lynn S. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	1:37.60
1984	Whitebrush	Garth Patterson	C. R. McGaughey III	Loblolly Stable	1:34.40

[edit] Earlier winners