Sugar Swirl Stakes

Sugar Swirl Stakes
Grade III race
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida,
United States
Inaugurated1981 (as First Lady Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing – Dirt
WebsiteGulfstream Park
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies and Mares, three years old and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and older: 125 lbs.
3-year-olds: 123 lbs.
PurseUS$125,000 (since 2022)

The Sugar Swirl Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of 6 furlongs on the dirt track held annually in December at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $125,000.

History

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The event is named in honor of the Canadian bred mare Sugar Swirl[1] who was owned by Stronach Stables. The Stronach Group are the owners of Gulfstream Park where this event is held.

The race was inaugurated in 1981[2] and the event was run as the First Lady Handicap.[2] At that time the event was held in January and the conditions of the race were for fillies and mares that were four years old or older.

In 2008 Sugar Swirl won this event and in 2010 the event was renamed to the Sugar Swirl Stakes.[3] The event was moved to December in 2011 and there were two runnings of the event that year.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs: 1:08.66 – Dust and Diamonds (2012)

Margins:

  • 6+3⁄4 lengths – Lady's Island (2019)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Harmony Lodge (2003, 2004)
  • 2 - Lady's Island (2019, 2020)
Most wins by a jockey
Most wins by a trainer
Most wins by an owner

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Sugar Swirl Stakes
2023 Spirit Wind 4 Jose L. Ortiz Carlos David Jacks or Better Farm 6 furlongs 1:10.58 $150,000 III [4]
2022 Frank's Rockette 5 Luis Saez William I. Mott Frank Fletcher Racing Operations 6 furlongs 1:09.63 $125,000 III [5]
2021 Center Aisle 4 Luis Saez Paulo Lobo OXO Equine 6 furlongs 1:09.54 $100,000 III [6]
2020 Lady's Island 6 Emisael Jaramillo Georgina Baxter Matties Racing Stable & Averill Racing 6 furlongs 1:10.46 $100,000 III [7]
2019 Lady's Island 5 Emisael Jaramillo Georgina Baxter Matties Racing Stable & Averill Racing 6 furlongs 1:10.75 $100,000 III [8]
2018 Dream Pauline 3 Javier Castellano Kiaran P. McLaughlin Stonestreet Stables 6 furlongs 1:11.10 $100,000 III [9]
2017 Rich Mommy 3 Luis Saez Victor Barboza Jr. Winds of Change Racing Stable 6 furlongs 1:10.44 $100,000 III [10]
2016 Dearest 3 Edgard J. Zayas Gilberto Zerpa Gelfenstein Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.59 $100,000 III [11]
2015 Best Behavior 5 John R. Velazquez Martin D. Wolfson Miller Racing 6 furlongs 1:09.69 $100,000 III [12]
2014 Merry Meadow 4 Javier Castellano Mark A. Hennig David S. Howe & William Parsons 6 furlongs 1:10.29 $100,000 III [13]
2013 Heart Stealer 3 Javier Castellano Martin D. Wolfson Peachtree Stable 6 furlongs 1:09.49 $100,000 III [14]
2012 Dust and Diamonds 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Gorges Torrealba Hldgs. & Three Chimneys Farms 6 furlongs 1:08.66 $100,000 III [15]
2011† Pomeroys Pistol 3 Javier Castellano Amy Tarrant Hardacre Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.35 $100,000 III December[16]
2011 Tar Heel Mom 6 Alan Garcia Stanley M. Hough Alex Rankin 6 furlongs 1:09.75 $100,000 III January[17]
2010 Pretty Prolific 4 Edgar S. Prado James E. Baker Tom R. Walters 6 furlongs 1:10.75 $100,000 III [18]
First Lady Stakes
2009 Game Face 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Zabeel Racing International 6 furlongs 1:10.57 $100,000 III [19]
First Lady Handicap
2008 Sugar Swirl 5 Javier Castellano Brian A. Lynch Stronach Stables 6 furlongs 1:10.06 $100,000 III [20]
2007 Any Limit 4 Rafael Bejarano H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields, Jr 6 furlongs 1:10.58 $100,000 III [21]
2006 Smokey Glacken 5 Javier Castellano James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore 6 furlongs 1:09.98 $100,000 III [22]
2005 Savorthetime 6 John R. Velazquez Steven M. Asmussen Brenda & Philip Robertson 6 furlongs 1:09.21 $100,000 III [23]
2004 Harmony Lodge 6 Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 6 furlongs 1:09.64 $100,000 III [24]
2003 Harmony Lodge 5 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 6 furlongs 1:10.31 $100,000 III [25]
2002 Raging Fever 4 John R. Velazquez Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 6 furlongs 1:10.36 $100,000 III [26]
2001 Another 4 Edgar S. Prado Thomas Victor Smith Robert E. Masterson 6 furlongs 1:10.41 $117,000 III [27]
2000 Hurricane Bertie 5 Pat Day Bernard S. Flint Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein 6 furlongs 1:10.22 $75,000 III [28]
1999 Scotzanna 7 Richard Migliore Michael Wright Jr. Bruno Schickedanz 6 furlongs 1:10.17 $75,000 III [29]
1998 U Can Do It 4 Shane Sellers Larry Pilotti Carina & Frank Marano 6 furlongs 1:09.86 $75,000 III [30]
1997 Chip 4 Joe Bravo Sonny Hine Carolyn H. Hine 6 furlongs 1:09.76 $75,000 III [31]
1996 Chaposa Springs 4 Jerry D. Bailey Martin D. Wolfson Suresh Chintamanen 6 furlongs 1:10.23 $75,000 III [32]
1995 Recognizable 4 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 6 furlongs 1:09.74 $50,000 III [33]
1994 Santa Catalina 6 Jerry D. Bailey Mark A. Hennig Team Valor 6 furlongs 1:11.26 $50,000 III [34]
1993 Si Si Sezyou 3 Ruben Hernandez Robert A. Hale Anne Yates 6 furlongs 1:10.06 $50,000 III [35]
1992 Withallprobability 4 Craig Perret D. Wayne Lukas Edward P. Evans 6 furlongs 1:11.14 $50,000 Listed [36]
1991 Spirit of Fighter 8 José A. Vélez Jr. Daniel C. Hurtak Daniel C. Hurtak & Dennis G. Punches 6 furlongs 1:11.70 $50,000 Listed [37]
First Lady Breeders' Cup Handicap
1990 Sez Fourty 4 Miguel A. Gonzalez Luis Olivares Marissa Olivares & Three G Stable 6 furlongs 1:11.20 $45,940 Listed [38]
First Lady Handicap
1989 Waggley 6 Jean-Luc Samyn Sonny Hine Scott C. Savin 6 furlongs 1:11.00 $45,480 Listed [39]
1988 Funistrada 5 Walter Guerra J. Bert Sonnier Jamie S. Carrion 6 furlongs 1:10.20 $48,720 Listed [40]
1987 One Fine Lady 5 Roger Danjean Pedro J. Sobarzo Larry Foggle 6 furlongs 1:10.40 $40,075 Listed [41]
1986 Sugar's Image 5 José A. Vélez Jr. Happy Alter Alter's Racing Stable 6 furlongs 1:11.20 $49,560 [42]
1985 Nany 5 Gene St. Leon Richard R. Root Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 6 furlongs 1:09.80 $48,920 [43]
1984 Race not held
1983 Prime Prospect 5 Donald MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Diana M. Firestone 6 furlongs 1:10.80 $40,470 [44]
1982 Race not held
1981 Island Charm 4 Jorge Velásquez Stephen A. DiMauro David A. McKibbin 6 furlongs 1:10.60 $37,560 [45]


Notes:
† Gulfstream Park administration moved the event to earlier in their 2011–12 meeting from January to December. Hence, there were two runnings of the event in the calendar year (2011)

See also

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References

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