Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park
| Barbaro Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Ungraded stakes race | |
| Location |
Delaware Park Racetrack Stanton, Delaware, United States |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.delawarepark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Barbaro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. It is now run in October.
Previously known as the Leonard Richards Stakes, in 2007 it was renamed in honor of Barbaro, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006 but who eventually died after shattering his leg in that year's Preakness Stakes.
A Grade III race through 2009 but now ungraded, it is open to three-year-old horses running one and one sixteenth mile on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000. In 2011, the race was run at 1 mile and 70 yards.
There was no race from 1983 through 1996.
Records
Speed record: (since 1997 at current distance of 11/16 miles)
- 1:42.41 - Burning Roma (2001)
- Previously the race has been contested at 1⅛ miles. On June 18, 1960, Victoria Park won the race in a track record time of 1:47.40 for 1⅛ miles. As at 2008, that record remains intact.
Winners since 1997
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2013 | Purple Egg | Paco Lopez | Jane Cibelli | Goodwood Racing | 1:43.66 |
| 2012 | Stephanoatsee | Sheldon Russell | H. Graham Motion | My Meadowview Farm | 1:44.79 |
| 2011 | Awesome Bet | Kent Desormeaux | Steve Asmussen | Mike McCarty | 1:40.37 |
| 2010 | Trickmeister | Gabriel Saez | Cindy Jones | Brereton Jones and Timonthy Thornton | 1:45.32 |
| 2009 | Our Edge | Alan Garcia | Nick Zito | Robert LaPenta | 1:43.70 |
| 2008 | Magical Forest | Jorge Chavez | Joseph Demola | Paraneck Stable | 1:44.02 |
| 2007 | Xchanger | Edgar Prado | Mark Shuman | Circle Z Stable et al. | 1:43.40 |
| 2006 | Awfully Smart | Ramon Dominguez | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stables | 1:43.23 |
| 2005 | Sun King | Rafael Bejarano | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 1:43.33 |
| 2004 | Pollard's Vision | Jerry Bailey | Todd Pletcher | Edgewood Farm | 1:43.85 |
| 2003 | Awesome Time | Anthony Black | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1:43.26 |
| 2002 | Running Tide | Ramon Dominguez | Rodney Jenkins | On The Run Farm | 1:45.10 |
| 2001 | Burning Roma | Rick Wilson | Anthony Dutrow | Harold Queen | 1:42.41 |
| 2000 | Grundlefoot | Travis Dunkelberger | Gary Capuano | Paul Fowler, Jr. | 1:44.04 |
| 1999 | Stellar Brush | Mike McCarthy | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1:42.78 |
| 1998 | Scatmandu | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Robert Waxman | 1:42.43 |
| 1997 | Leestown | Jose Velez, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Not found | 1:43.46 |
Earlier winners (partial list)
- 1982 - Northrop
- 1981 - Sportin Life
- 1980 - Proctor
- 1979 - Lucys Axe
- 1978 - Mac Diarmida
- 1977 - True Colors
- 1976 - Cinteelo
- 1975 - My Friend Gus
- 1974 - Silver Florin
- 1973 - London Company
- 1972 - Floor Show
- 1971 - Gleaming
- 1970 - The Pruner
- 1969 - North Flight
- 1968 - Balustrade
- 1967 - Damascus
- 1966 - Buckpasser
- 1965 - First Family
- 1964 - Sheldrake
- 1963 - Crewman
- 1962 - Noble Jay
- 1961 - Hitting away
- 1960 - Victoria Park
- 1959 - Waltz
- 1958 - Cavan
- 1957 - Lucky Dip
- 1956 - Ricci Tavi
- 1955 - Saratoga
- 1954 - Full Flight
- 1953 - Jamie K
- 1952 - Jampol
- 1951 - Hall of Fame
- 1950 - Post Card
- 1949 - Sun Bahram
- 1948 - Page Boots