The Molly Pitcher Stakes is an American

Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

raced annually during the last week of August at

Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with ...

Oceanport, New Jersey Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 5,832,fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

and mares, age three and up, over one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. This Grade III event currently carries a purse of $100,000. The Molly Pitcher was reduced from a Grade II to a Grade III event in 2015 and had its purse lowered. In 1951, the Molly Pitcher was the first race in the United States ever to be

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in color.

Records

Speed record: * 1:41.20 -

Ambassador of Luck {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Ambassador of Luck , image = , caption = , sire = What Luck , grandsire = Bold Ruler , dam = Detente , damsire = Dark Ruler , sex = Mare , foaled = 1979 , country = United States , colour = Bay , br ...

(1983) * 1:41.20 -

Lady's Secret Lady's Secret (April 8, 1982 – March 4, 2003) was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklah ...

(1986) Most wins: * 2 -

Politely Politely (foaled 1963 in Maryland) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was bred by Allaire du Pont and raced under her Bohemia Stable banner. Her sire, Amerigo, a son of the great Nearco, was a stakes winner of races in England and the ...

(1967, 1968) * 2 -

Hystericalady Hystericalady (foaled April 2, 2003), is a multiple Graded stakes race, stakes winning United States, American Thoroughbred race horse. Background Bred in Kentucky by Abbott Properties, Hystericalady is the best daughter of the leading sire Di ...

(2007, 2008) Most wins by a

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: * 5 -

Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day (born October 13, 1953, in Brush, Colorado) is a retired American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 an ...

(1985, 1986, 1996, 1998, 2000) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 - Todd A. Pletcher (2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021) Most wins by an owner: * 2 - Christiana Stables (1948, 1973) * 2 -

Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the '' nom de course '' for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Livingston Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky. History Over the ye ...

(1955, 1966) * 2 -

Bohemia Stable Allaire du Pont (May 4, 1913 – January 6, 2006) was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fam ...

(1967, 1968) * 2 -

H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen (born July 19, 1941 in The Bronx, New York) is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Biography A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the pri ...

(1981, 1997) * 2 - Stephen D. Peskoff (1983, 1987)

Winners

References

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The 2008 Molly Pitcher Stakes at the NTRA
Graded stakes races in the United States Horse races in New Jersey Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Monmouth Park Racetrack Recurring sporting events established in 1946 1946 establishments in New Jersey