The Victory Ride Stakes is a
Grade III American
Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old
fillies run at a distance of
furlongs on the dirt held annually in late June or early July at
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905.
It is operated by the non-profit New York Racin ...
in
Elmont, New York.
History
The race is named in honor of Victory Ride, winner of the Grade I
Test Stakes in 2001.
The event was inaugurated on 23 August 2003 and was held at
Saratoga Race Course in
Saratoga Springs, New York over a distance of six furlongs. The event was won by the
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He has won twenty Breeders' Cup races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his horses ha ...
trained Country Romance in a time of 1:09.62.
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The race was ungraded for its first three editions and was upgraded to Grade III in 2006.]
Records
Speed record:
* furlongs: 1:14.47 – Frank's Rockette (2020)
* 6 furlongs: 1:08.89 – Emma's Encore (2012)
Margins:
* lengths – La Traviata (2007)
Most wins by a jockey
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:
* 2 – Joel Rosario (2013, 2014)
* 2 – Javier Castellano (2015, 2019)
* 2 – Flavien Prat (2017, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
* No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
* No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners
See also
* List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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Graded stakes races in the United States
Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
Horse races in New York (state)
Belmont Park
Recurring sporting events established in 2003
2003 establishments in New York (state)