The Quick Call Stakes is a Grade III American

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for horses aged three years old over the distance of

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s on the

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scheduled annually in July at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.

History

The race was inaugurated in September 2008. Thereafter it has been held in either July or early August. The event is named in honor of Quick Call, the multiple graded stakes winning gelding who won more than half his 16 career victories at the

. Quick Call was a dual winner of the GII

Forego Handicap The Forego Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses four years old and older over the distance of seven furlongs on the dirt, scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event curr ...

, lived to the age of 35 and is buried at Clare Court in

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. The 2010 running was on the Inner Turf course at a distance of 1 mile. In 2019 the event was upgraded to Grade III. The race was run on the main track in 2023 and was subsequently downgraded to a Listed event.

Records

Speed record: * furlongs; 1:00.80 – Big Invasion (2022) Margins: * lengths; Uncashed (2023 - dirt) * lengths; Central Banker (2013 - turf) Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

Javier Castellano Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977, in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Castellano began his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada racecourses in Venezuela. In June 1997 he ...

: (2010, 2015, 2017) * 3 –

Joel Rosario Joel Rosario (born January 14, 1985) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic. In the space of five weeks in 2013 he rode the winners of the Dubai World Cup and the Kentucky Derby. More rec ...

: (2013, 2019, 2022) * 3 – Irad Ortiz Jr.: (2018, 2021, 2023) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 – Linda L. Rice: (2009, 2020) * 2 –

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: (2014, 2022) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – Michael Dubb: (2008, 2018)

Winners

''Legend:''

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References