The Sweetest Chant Stakes is a
Grade III American
Thoroughbred horse race for three year old
fillies, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the
turf held annually in late January or early February at
Gulfstream Park,
Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.
History
The race was inaugurated in 1986 and was run on the dirt
and named after the winning mare
Sweetest Chant
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who won twelve races in her career including the
Grade II
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Orchid Stakes
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.
The event has been run at several different distances the current distance of one mile and on the turf since 2009
after a lengthy absence of nine years.
[
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.][
The distance for the event was increased to miles in 2022.][
]
Records
Speed record:
* miles: 1:39.36 – Life's an Audible (2024)
* 1 mile: 1:34.20 – Premier Steps ( IRE) (2013)
Margins:
* 8 lengths – Natania (1986)
;Most wins by a jockey
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* 4 – José A. Santos
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Career
Jose Santos first raced horses ...
(1992, 1994, 1995, 1997)
;Most wins by a trainer
* 6 – Chad C. Brown
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(2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
;Most wins by an owner
* 3 – Klaravich Stables & William Lawrence (2014, 2015, 2016)
Winners
''Legend:''
''Notes:''
See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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External links
2021–22 Gulfstream Park Media Guide
External links
Gulfstream Park
Horse races in the United States
Graded stakes races in the United States
1986 establishments in Florida
Horse races established in 1986
Horse races in Florida
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
Mile category horse races for fillies and mares