Hillsborough Stakes

Grade III race
Hillsborough Stakes
Location Tampa Bay Downs
Tampa, Florida,
Inaugurated 1999
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.tampabaydowns.com
Race information
Distance 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track Grass, left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $150,000

The Hillsborough Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid March at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Florida.

A Grade III event since 2004, it is open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older. Raced on turf, since 2004 it has been contested at a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) prior to which it was run at 11/16 miles.

Records

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Winners of the Hillsborough Stakes

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Denomination 5 Frederic Lenclud Christophe Clement Ghislaine Head 1:48.69
2010 Phola 4 Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher Saufley/Pletcher/Pattersons 1:52.51
2009 Backseat Rhythm 4 Eibar Coa Patrick Reynolds Paul Pompa, Jr. 1:51.43
2008 Dreaming of Anna 4 Cornelio Velasquez Wayne Catalano Frank C. Calabrese 1:52.18
2007 Cassydora 5 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Green Hills Farm 1:48.90
2006 Ready's Gal 4 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher James T. Scatuorchio 1:50.50
2005 Rizzi Girl 7 Oliver Castillo William Downing J. & M. Whitney 1:52.59
2004 Coney Kitty 6 Jose Santos James J. Toner Betz/Humphrey/Seel 1:48.83
2003 Strait From Texas 4 Jesus Castanon James Michael J & J Investments 1:41.14
2002 Platinum Tiara 4 Manoel Cruz Joe Waunsch M375 Thoroughbreds 1:41.34
2001 Song For Annie 5 Larry Melancon Henry Cochran Live Oak Plantation 1:41.23
2000 St. Clair Ridge 4 Pat Day W. Elliott Walden Hendrick, et al. 1:41.17
1999 Pleasant Temper 5 Pat Day W. Elliott Walden Mark Stanley 1:42.62

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