Rampart Stakes

Grade III race
Rampart Stakes
Location	Gulfstream Park Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1980
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
Weight	123 lbs. / Allowances
Purse	$150,000

The Rampart Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The Grade III event is open to filles and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt.

As a result of a sponsorship arrangement, the Rampart was run as the Johnny Walker Black Classic in 1989 and 1990.

Since inception in 1980, the race has been contested at two different distances:

• 1¹/16 miles : 1980-2000
• 1⅛ miles : 2001–present

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Rampart Stakes since 1999 3 Earlier winners 4 References

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:42.83

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Rampart Stakes since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Awesome Maria	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:49.09
2010	Unrivaled Belle	4	Kent Desormeaux	William I. Mott	Gary Seidler & Peter Vegso	1:49.36
2009	One Caroline	4	Edgar Prado	Rusty Arnold	G. Watts Humphrey	1:48.88
2008	Spring Waltz	5	Javier Castellano	Brian A. Lynch	Stronach Stables	1:49.73
2007	Miss Shop	4	Rafael Bejarano	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1:49.42
2006	Oonagh Maccool	4	Rafael Bejarano	Todd A. Pletcher	Charles H. Wacker III	1:49.99
2005	D' Wildcat Speed	5	Manoel Cruz	William P. White	Establo P. R. Speed	1:48 .94
2004	Sightseek	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Tobert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:51.07
2003	AllAmerican Bertie	4	John Velazquez	Steven B. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:47.92
2002	Forest Secrets	4	Pat Day	John T. Ward, Jr.	Debby M. Oxley	1:49.83
2001	De Bertie	4	Jorge Chavez	Bernard S. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:50.48
2000	Bella Chiarra	5	Shane Sellers	Patrick B. Byrne	Jack Mandato	1:43.27
1999	Banshee Breeze	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	1:42.83

Earlier winners

References

• The 2008 Rampart Handicap at Thoroughbred Times
• The 2009 Rampart Stakes at the NTRA
• Gulfstream Park 2010 stakes race schedule