| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
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| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Athenia Handicap history at Belmont Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | US$100,000 added |
The Athenia Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to fillies and mares, age three and older, it is contested on turf at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlongs).
The Athenia Stakes is named in honor of Hal Price Headley's filly who won the 1946 Ladies Handicap.
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From its inception in 1978 through 1982, the Athenia was restricted to three-year-old fillies.
The race was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack in 1982, 1998–2000 and 2002-2004.
It was run on dirt in 1979 and again in 1990 and was raced in two divisions in 1982 and 2001.
Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
Speed record: (at current distance of 11/16 miles)
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2011 | Denomination | 5 | Joe Bravo | Christophe Clement | Ghislaine Head | 1:44.17 |
| 2010 | Eye of Taurus | 4 | Harvey A. Clarke | 1:47.04 | ||
| 2009 | Belle Allure | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Christophe Clement | Ronchalon Stable | 1:43.30 |
| 2008 | Sunshine for Life | 4 | Channing Hill | Richard Schosberg | Jane M. Schosberg | 1:41.55 |
| 2007 | Criminologist | 4 | John Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | S. Janney III & Phipps Stable | 1:45.09 |
| 2006 | Pommes Frites | 4 | Jose A. Santos | William I. Mott | Santa Maria de Araras | 1:42.95 |
| 2005 | Asti | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | H. Joseph Allen | 1:42.57 |
| 2004 | Finery | 4 | Pablo Fragoso | William H. Turner, Jr. | Althea D. Richards | 1:43.73 |
| 2003 | Caught in the Rain | 4 | Richard Migliore | Guadalupe Preciado | Heiligbrodt Stable | 1:47.00 |
| 2002 | Babae | 6 | Jorge F. Chavez | Frank A. Alexander | Joseph Platt, Jr. | 1:44.90 |
| 2001 | Verruma | 5 | John Velazquez | Angel Penna, Jr. | Earle I. Mack & Haras J. B. Barros | 1:42.09 |
| 2001 | Babae | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | Frank A. Alexander | Joseph Platt, Jr. | 1:40.40 |
| 2000 | Wild Heart Dancing | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Eugene Brajczewski | My Jo Lee Stable | 1:43.40 |
| 1999 | Antoniette | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Joseph Schlich | Calumet Farm | 1:41.89 |
| 1998 | Tampico | 5 | Joe Bravo | Barclay Tagg | Ronald G. Cullis | 1:42.90 |
| 1997 | Rapid Selection | 4 | Joe Bravo | Linda L. Rice | Clyde D. Rice | 1:47.11 |
| 1996 | Sixieme Sens | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Three Plus U Stable | 1:37.80 |
| 1995 | Caress | 4 | Robbie Davis | H. Allen Jerkens | Harbor View Farm | 1:54.18 |
| 1994 | Lady Affirmed | 3 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | Harbor View Farm | 1:48.66 |
| 1993 | Trampoli | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Christophe Clement | Paul de Moussac | 2:17.16 |
| 1992 | Fairy Garden | 4 | Julie Krone | Roger Attfield | Michael J. Ryan | 2:13.62 |
| 1991 | Flaming Torch | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 2:13.99 |
| 1990 | Buy The Firm | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Jose A. Martin | Thomas Mara | 2:18.20 |
| 1989 | Capades | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Richard O'Connell | Poma Stable | 2:13.20 |
| 1988 | High Browser | 3 | Pat Day | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:18.60 |
| 1987 | Lead Kindly Light | 4 | Julio Pezua | Angel Penna, Jr. | Cynthia Phipps | 2:23.80 |
| 1986 | Dawn's Curtesy | 4 | Eddie Maple | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 2:16.00 |
| 1985 | Videogenic | 3 | Jean Cruguet | Gasper S. Moschera | Albert Davis | 2:15.40 |
| 1984 | Key Dancer | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | William J. Hirsch, Jr. | Oxford Stable | 2:14.80 |
| 1983 | Rose Crescent | 3 | Robbie Davis | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:22.00 |
| 1982 | Middle Stage | 3 | Jimmy Miranda | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 2:17.40 |
| 1982 | Mintage | 3 | Jean-Luc Saymn | Philip Johnson | Meadowhill | 2:17.80 |
| 1981 | De La Rose | 3 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 2:00.40 |
| 1980 | Love Sign | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Sidney Watters ,Jr. | Stephen C. Clark, Jr. | 2:00.40 |
| 1979 | Poppycock | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 2:03.60 |
| 1978 | Terpsichorist | 3 | Michael Venezia | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 2:03.20 |