Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes

Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
Listed race
LocationArlington Park
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Inaugurated1929
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.arlingtonpark.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
TrackSynthetic, left-handed
QualificationTwo-Year-Old Fillies
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000

The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000.[1] It was a Grade III race through 2012, but was a listed stakes in 2013.[2]

Inaugurated in 1929 as the Arlington Lassie Stakes, in 1963 it was renamed the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and in 2005 was given the Breeders' Cup designation.

Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:

  • 1929–1931 : 5.5 furlongs
  • 1932–1961 & 1972–1979 : 6 furlongs
  • 1962–1969 : 6.5 furlongs
  • 1980–1984 & 1986–1987 : 7 furlongs
  • 1985 : 6.5 furlongs (at Hawthorne Race Course)
  • 1986–2013 : 1 mile
  • 2014 to present : 7 furlongs

The race was not run in 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995, 1998 and 1999.

Records

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Time record: (at one mile distance)

Largest winning margin:

  • 12 lengths – Eliza (1992)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2017 Bet She Wins Jose Lopez Chris Block Lothenbach Stables 1:24.43
2016 Diadura Carlos Marquez Jr. Michael Stidham Empyrean Stables/Two Princesses 1:25.10
2015 Marquee Miss Emmanuel Esquivel Ingrid Mason Joe Ragsdale 1:24.29
2014 Quality Rocks Rosemary Homeister Jr. William Helmbrecht Destiny Oaks Of Ocala LLC 1:24.88
2013 She's Offlee Good Eddie Castro Richard R. Scherer Holmark Stables II 1:37.98
2012 Gold Edge Chris Emigh Lon Wiggins Dolphus C. Morrison 1:37.96
2011 Rocket Twentyone Eusebio Razo Jr. W. T. Howard Frank Fletcher 1:39.13
2010 Wonderlandbynight E. T. Baird Michael L. Reavis Mark Dedomenico LLC 1:36.65
2009 She Be Wild Junior Alvarado Wayne Catalano Nancy Mazzoni 1:38.67
2008 C.S. Silk Robby Albarado Dale Romans Pacella/Bonomo/Barbara 1:36.38
2007 Dreaming Of Liz E. T. Baird Wayne Catalano Frank Calabrese 1:37.08
2006 Lisa M Carlos Marquez Jr. Dave Kassen Larry Bielfeldt 1:38.90
2005 Original Spin Jesse M. Campbell Anthony Mitchell Reineman Stable 1:35.93
2004 Culinary Carlos Marquez Jr. Michael Stidham J. H. Smith Thoroughbreds 1:36.98
2003 Zosima Pat Day Eoin G. Harty Darley Racing 1:36.02
2002 Moonlight Sonata Shane Laviolette William Helmbrecht Woodbridge Farm 1:37.82
2001 Joanies Bella Marlon St. Julien Timothy E. Hamm D. Martin / J. Ayres 1:39.34
2000 Thunder Bertie Jeremy Beasley Bernard Flint R. B. & E. Klein 1:36.91
1999 No Race
1998 No Race
1997 Silver Maiden Shane Laviolette Britt McGehee Frank Calabrese 1:37.54
1996 Southern Playgirl Randy Romero Harvey L. Vanier Nancy Vanier 1:38.27
1995 No Race
1994 Shining Light Juvenal L. Diaz Michael L. Reavis Flaxbeard/Oliphant/Sharp 1:41.70
1993 Mariah's Storm Robert N. Lester Donnie K. Von Hemel Thunderhead Farm 1:38.95
1992 Eliza Pat Valenzuela Alex Hassinger Jr. Allen E. Paulson 1:39.58
1991 Speed Dialer Pat Day Neil J. Howard E. S. Hudson & W. Farish 1:36.58
1990 Through Flight Joe Johnson Larry D. Edwards L. & B. Millsap 1:39.00
1989 Trumpet's Blare Laffit Pincay Jr. Warren A. Croll Jr. Robert P. Levy 1:38.60
1988 No Race
1987 Joe's Tammie Craig Perret Darrell Vienna David Milch 1:25.00
1986 Delicate Vine Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel G. Alsdorf/Frankel/Moss 1:23.40
1985 Family Style Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1:18.00
1984 Contredance Pat Day Woody Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1:27.00
1983 Miss Oceana Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Newstead Farm 1:23.40
1982 For Once'n My Life Eddie Maple Thomas V. Smith Joan Masterson 1:23.40
1981 Millingo Ray Sibille George J. Getz Nickels & Dimes Stable 1:23.20
1980 Truly Bound Bill Shoemaker Bud Delp Windfields Farm 1:25.20
1979 Sissy's Time Earlie Fires J. Bert Sonnier M. Selz & B. Smeker 1:11.00
1978 It's In The Air Ed Delahoussaye Lou M. Goldfine Harbor View Farm 1:09.60
1977 Stub Ron Turcotte James E. Picou Marge Schott 1:10.40
1976 Special Warmth Sam Maple Larry Flakes L. C. Wilson/H. Inman/G. B. Gabbert 1:10.40
1975 Dearly Precious Michael Hole Stephen A. DiMauro Richard E. Bailey 1:11.20
1974 Hot n Nasty Darrel McHargue Gordon R. Potter Dan Lasater 1:11.40
1973 Special Team Álvaro Pineda John W. Russell Fred W. Hooper 1:11.00
1972 Double Your Fun Larry Melancon Larry Robideaux Jr. W. S. Woodside/F. Webster Jr. 1:12.00
1972 Natural Sound Jorge Tejeira Joseph Pierce Jr. W. P. Burke/S. Pierce 1:11.60
1971 No Race
1970 No Race
1969 Clover Lane Bill Shoemaker Joseph Pierce Jr. Seymour Rose 1:18.40
1968 Process Shot Chuck Baltazar John B. Bond M/M Sonny Werblin 1:17.40
1967 Shenow Laffit Pincay Jr. Dick Posey Everett Lowrance 1:18.40
1966 Mira Femme Ismael Valenzuela Irv Guiney Verne Winchell 1:16.80
1965 Silver Bright Jimmy Nichols Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney 1:18.20
1964 Admiring Bill Hartack Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 1:18.00
1963 Sari's Song Bill Shoemaker Jess Byrd J. Kel Houssels 1:18.20
1962 Smart Deb Manuel Ycaza Arnold N. Winick Marion Reineman 1:16.20
1961 Rudoma Bill Hartack LeRoy Jolley Mrs. Moody Jolley 1:11.20
1960 Colfax Maid Steve Brooks W. J. Schmidt Schmidt & Trimble 1:11.80
1959 Monarchy Steve Brooks Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:10.00
1958 Dark Vintage Johnny Heckmann E. B. Carpenter North Star Ranch 1:10.80
1957 Poly Hi Eric Guerin George M. Odom Mrs. S. George Zauderer 1:10.60
1956 Leallah Bill Hartack MacKenzie Miller Charlton Clay 1:11.60
1955 Judy Rullah Dave Erb Strother Griffin Bwamazon Farm 1:13.80
1954 Delta Steve Brooks Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:10.40
1953 Queen Hopeful John H. Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1:10.60
1952 Fulvous Steve Brooks Jack C. Hodgins Mary V. Fisher 1:13.80
1951 Princess Lygia Kenneth Church Harry Trotsek Mrs. H. Trotsek 1:11.20
1950 Shawnee Squaw A. D. Rivera Howard Wells Sunningdale Farm 1:12.00
1949 Duchess Peg Steve Brooks Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1:15.60
1948 Pail Of Water Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch Edward Lasker 1:12.40
1947 Bewitch Douglas Dodson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1:10.80
1946 Four Winds Irving Anderson Jack C. Hodgins Dixiana Stables 1:12.00
1945 Beaugay John H. Adams Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 1:12.20
1944 Expression Ferril Zufelt John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:12.40
1943 Twilight Tear Nick Jemas Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1:13.20
1942 Fad Arthur Craig Howard Wells Walmac Farm 1:13.60
1941 Petrify Ruperto Donoso Alfred Holberg Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1:12.60
1940 Blue Delight Albert Snider Roscoe Goose Mrs. John Marsch 1:12.80
1939 Now What Raymond Workman Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1:13.00
1938 Inscoelda Chance Rollins Ben A. Jones Woolford Farm 1:11.60
1937 Theen Irving Anderson Frank J. Kearns Calumet Farm 1:11.80
1936 Apogee Earl Steffen Duval A. Headley Hal Price Headley 1:13.20
1935 Forever Yours Don Meade Robert V. McGarvey Milky Way Farm Stable 1:12.80
1934 Motto Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1:13.40
1933 Mata Hari Robert Jones Clyde Van Dusen Dixiana Farm 1:12.00
1932 Hilena Raymond Workman Kay Spence Audley Farm Stable 1:10.40
1931 Top Flight Alfred Robertson Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1:05.20
1930 Risque Earl Steffen Willie Knapp Fanny Hertz 1:05.80
1929 Capture Elmore Shropshire John Lowe Rancocas Stable 1:06.00

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