Gamely Stakes

Grade 1 race
Gamely Stakes
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated 1939
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Hollywood Park official website
Race information
Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track Grass, left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $250,000

The Gamely Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. A Grade I event, it is open to fillies and mares, aged three-years old and upward, and since 1973 has been run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf.

In its 43rd year in 2009, the race was inaugurated in 1939 as the Long Beach Handicap but then was not run again until 1968. The race was renamed for the 1976 running to honor the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Gamely who had died in 1975. It was run in two divisions in 1971 and again in 1978.

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Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners since 1989

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Dubawi Heights 4 Joel Rosario Simon Callaghan Callaghan/McStay/Magnier/Wyatt 1:47.29
2010 Tuscan Evening 5 Rafael Bejarano Jerry Hollendorfer William Deburgh 1:47.30
2009 Magical Fantasy 4 Alex Solis Paddy Gallagher David Bienstock, et al. 1:48.18
2008 Precious Kitten 5 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Lael Stables 1:45.23
2007 Citronnade 4 David Flores Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1:45.73
2006 Shining Energy 4 Victor Espinoza Julio C. Canani J. T. Lanni / B. J. Schiappa 1:46.86
2005 Mea Domina 4 Tyler Baze Ron McAnally Janis R. Whitham 1:46.47
2004 Noches De Rosa 6 Mike E. Smith Richard Mandella Diamond A Racing 1:48.34
2003 Tates Creek 5 Pat Valenzuela Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:46.97
2002 Astra 6 Kent Desormeaux Laura De Seroux Allen E. Paulson Trust 1:46.93
2001 Happyanunoit 6 Brice Blanc Robert J. Frankel Amerman Racing Stables 1:47.34
2000 Astra 4 Kent Desormeaux Simon Bray Allen E. Paulson Trust 1:45.81
1999 Tranquility Lake 4 Ed Delahoussaye Julio C. Canani Pam & Martin Wygod 1:46.04
1998 Fiji 4 Kent Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:47.42
1997 Donna Viola 5 Gary Stevens Ben D. A. Cecil Gary A. Tanaka 1:47.40
1996 Auriette 4 Kent Desormeaux Martin F. Jones Prestonwood / Rick Barnes 1:46.59
1995 Possibly Perfect 5 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Blue Vista, Inc. 1:46.99
1994 Hollywood Wildcat 4 Ed Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan 1:46.55
1993 Toussaud 4 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:45.07
1992 Metamorphose 4 Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel Serge Fradkoff 1:46.56
1991 Miss Josh 5 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Barclay Tagg Bonner Farm 1:47.50
1990 Double Wedge 5 Robbie Davis Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:47.80
1989 Fitzwilliam Place 5 Corey Black Charlie Whittingham Bruce McNall 1:47.80

Earlier winners

  • 1988 - Pen Bal Lady
  • 1987 - Northern Aspen
  • 1986 - La Koumia
  • 1985 - Estrapade
  • 1984 - Sabin
  • 1983 - Pride of Rosewood
  • 1982 - Ack's Secret
  • 1981 - Kilijaro
  • 1980 - Wishing Well
  • 1979 - Sisterhood
  • 1978 - Lucie Manet
  • 1978 - Star Ball
  • 1977 - Hail Hilarious
  • 1976 - Katonka
  • 1975 - Susan's Girl
  • 1974 - Sister Fleet
  • 1973 - Bird Boots
  • 1972 - Typecast
  • 1971 - Tipping Time
  • 1971 - Manta
  • 1970 - Tipping Time
  • 1969 - Foggy Note
  • 1968 - Rising Market
  • 1939 - Flying Wild


References