The Doubledogdare Stakes is a Grade III American

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for

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and

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that are four years old or older, over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt held annually in April at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.

History

The race was named for

Doubledogdare Doubledogdare (1953–1974) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred and raced by the renowned Claiborne Farm of Bull Hancock, she was sired by Double Jay, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1946 and a four-time Leading bro ...

, the filly who gave

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their first major stakes win at Keeneland in the 1955

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. Doubledogdare went on to be voted that year's American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and returned to Keeneland in 1956 to win the

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and would earn

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honors. The inaugural running of the event was on 28 October 1992 as a seven furlong event with Jeano the second favorite defeating the favorite Erica's Dream winning by a nose in a time of 1:22.61. Jeano was victorious once again in 1994 to become the races only two-time winner. In 1995 the event was not scheduled and in 1996 the event was to be held during the Spring meeting but was cancelled after it failed to draw enough entries. In 1997 the event was scheduled again for the spring meeting held in April, but was run on

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at a distance of five and a half furlongs. The winner Singing Heart set a new Keeneland course record of 1:02.40. The following year the event was moved back to the dirt track and was run over a distance of mile and a sixteenth. In 2007 the event was upgraded to Grade III status and that year the event was run on the synthetic Polytrack surface. In 2015 Keeneland reverted to a dirt surface. The event was not held 2020 during Keeneland's spring meeting which was moved to July and shortened due to the

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. The 1999 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly

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began her four year old campaign in this event. The event attracted only five entrants with two scratching before the start of the race. Silverbulletday started an overwhelming 3-10 odds-on favorite in the three horse race narrowly defeating Roza Robata by a neck.

Records

Speed record: * miles – 1:41.20 Lu Ravi (1999) Margins *12 lengths – Pool Land (2006) Most wins * 2 – Jeano (1992, 1994) Most wins by a

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* 6 – John R. Velazquez (2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022) Most wins by a trainer * 5 – Todd A. Pletcher (2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2022) Most wins by an owner * 2 –

Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter (February 17, 1898 – November 24, 1992) was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentuck ...

(1992, 1994) * 2 –

Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian C ...

(2002, 2015) * 2 –

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(2018, 2019)

Winners

''Legend:''

External links

2021 Keeneland Media Guide

References

{{reflist, 2 Graded stakes races in the United States Grade 3 stakes races in the United States Flat horse races for four-year-old fillies Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Recurring sporting events established in 1992 Keeneland horse races 1992 establishments in Kentucky

History

Records

Winners

See also

External links

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