Dearly Precious Stakes

The Dearly Precious Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to three-year-old fillies, the non-graded stakes is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.

The race is named in honor of Dearly Precious, the 1975 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly who was in the hunt for another Championship at age three when she suffered a career ending injury on July 11, 1976 while winning the Dark Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:10.20 - T Storm (1999)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Richard Migliore (1997, 2002)
• 2 - Aaron Gryder (1998, 2000)
• 2 - Mario Pino (2004, 2008)

Most wins by a trainer:

• No trainer has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

References

• The 2009 Dearly Precious Stakes at Sports Illustrated