Swale Stakes

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Grade II race
Swale Stakes
Location	Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida
Inaugurated	1985
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance	6.5 furlong sprint
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000

The Swale Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade II sprint race for three-year-olds, it is run on dirt over a distance of 6.5 furlongs. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The Swale Stakes was inaugurated in 1985 as a seven furlong sprint but in 2007 was modified to 6.5 furlongs.

The race was named in honor of Claiborne Farm's brilliant colt Swale who won the 1984 Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes but who died suddenly of a heart attack eight days after his Belmont victory.

[edit] Records

Speed record:

• 1:21.06 - Midas Eyes (2003) (at previous distance of 7 furlongs)

[edit] Winners of the Swale Stakes since 1998

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Eaton's Gift	Kent Desormeaux	Dale L. Romans	Zayat Stables	1:15.63
2007	Adore the Gold	Cornelio Velasquez	Michael E. Gorham	John D. Murphy, Sr.	1:15.86
2006	Sharp Humor	Mark Guidry	Dale L. Romans	Purdedel Stable/WinStar Farm	1:22.14
2005	Lost in the Fog	Russell Baze	Greg Gilchrist	Harry Aleo	1:22.21
2004	Wynn Dot Comma	Edgar Prado	Marty Wolfson	Martin Cherry	1:22.87
2003	Midas Eyes	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:21.06
2002	Ethan Man	Pat Day	Patrick B. Byrne	West Point Thoroughbreds	1:22.29
2001	D'wildcat	Corey Nakatani	Robert B. Hess Jr.	Fog City Stable	1:22.25
2000	Trippi	Jerry D. Bailey	Todd A. Pletcher	Dogwood Stable	1:23.43
1999	Yes It's True	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Padua Stables	1:22.29
1998	Favorite Trick	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Joseph LaCombe	1:22.86

[edit] Earlier winners