| Grade II race | |
|---|---|
| Risen Star Stakes | |
| Location | Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.fairgroundsracecourse.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $300,000 |
The Risen Star Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Fair Grounds Race Course. It is open to three year old horses and is raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it offers a purse of $300,000. The race is a prep to the Louisiana Derby and an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby. The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to Grade II from Grade III in 2010. [1]
Previously known as the Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes, in 1989 it was renamed to honor locally-owned Risen Star who won the race in 1988 and went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes and be voted the 1988 Eclipse Award for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.
Notably, in 1975 Golden Chance Farm's colt Master Derby won this race then went on to win the Louisiana Derby and the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.
The Risen Star Stakes was run in two divisions in 1993 and again in 1995.
Contents |
Speed record:
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
| 2011 | Mucho Macho Man | 3 | Rajiv Maragh | Katherine Ritvo | Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team One Racing Stable |
1-1/16 | 1:43.98 |
| 2010 | Discreetly Mine | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | E. Paul Robsham Stables, LLC | 1-1/16 | 1:44.88 |
| 2009 | Friesan Fire | 3 | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms/Vinery | 1-1/16 | 1:45.11 |
| 2008 | Pyro | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1-1/16 | 1:44.68 |
| 2007 | Notional | 3 | Robby Albarado | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1-1/16 | 1:44.18 |
| 2006 | Lawyer Ron | 3 | John McKee | Robert E. Holthus | James T. Hines, Jr. | 1-1/16 | 1:43.13 |
| 2005 | Scipion | 3 | Gary L. Stevens | Patrick L. Biancone | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1-1/16 | 1:44.54 |
| 2004 | Gradepoint | 3 | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard | Mt. Brilliant Stable/W. S. Farish | 1-1/16 | 1:45.36 |
| 2003 | Badge of Silver | 3 | Robby Albarado | Ronny Werner | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 1-1/16 | 1:42.99 |
| 2002 | Repent | 3 | Tony D'Amico | Kenneth McPeek | Select Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:43.86 |
| 2001 | Dollar Bill | 3 | Chris McCarron | Dallas Stewart | Gary & Mary West | 1-1/16 | 1:43.45 |
| 2000 | Exchange Rate | 3 | Corey Nakatani | D. Wayne Lukas | Padua Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:44.25 |
| 1999 | Ecton Park | 3 | Shane Sellers | W. Elliott Walden | Mark H. Stanley | 1-1/16 | 1:44.83 |
| 1998 | Comic Strip | 3 | Shane Sellers | Neil J. Howard | Elkins/Farish/Humphrey | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 |
| 1997 | Open Forum | 3 | Donna Barton | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 |
| 1996 | Zarbs Magic | 3 | E. J. Perrodin | Bret Thomas | Foxwood Plantation | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 |
| 1995 | Knockadoon | 3 | Willie Martinez | Anthony L. Reinstedler | William K. Warren, Jr. | 1-1/16 | 1:45.44 |