Ballerina Handicap

The Ballerina Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.

For the Canadian horse race, see Ballerina Stakes (Canada).
Ballerina Handicap
Grade I race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualificationfillies & mares, Three-years-old & up
WeightHandicap
Purse$500,000 (2021)
BonusesWinner qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

History

The inaugural running of the Ballerina Stakes was 20 August 1979 and was won by the Ogden Phipps-owned three-year-old filly Blitey, who was ridden by the US Hall of Fame jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. on a muddy track in a time of 1:231⁄5.[1] The race is named for Howell E. Jackson's filly, Ballerina,[2] who won the 1954 inaugural running of the Maskette Stakes, run today as the Grade I Go For Wand Handicap.

In 1981 the event was classified as Grade III, upgraded to Grade II in 1984 and to Grade I in 1988.[3] The sudden rise in stature of the event was due to the quality of runners who won this event and continued to win important Grade I races. In particular the winner of the second running in 1980 was the 1979 US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Davona Dale, the 1983 winner Ambassador of Luck who went onto become the US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse and Lady's Secret, the 1985 winner as a three-year-old, who in the following year would win the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

The only dual winner of the event, Shine Again failed by a nose to win a third time as a six-year-old when she was beaten by the 13-1 outsider Harmony Lodge in 2003.[4]

The event continues to be a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series with the winner of the Ballerina Stakes automatically qualifying for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.[5]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

  • 9+1⁄4 lengths – Hilda's Passion (2011)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Shine Again (2001, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Ballerina Handicap
2023 Echo Zulu 4 Florent Geroux Steven Asmussen L and N Racing LLC & Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC 7 furlongs 1:20.95 $500,000 I [6]
2022 Goodnight Olive 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown First Row Partners & Team Hanley 7 furlongs 1:21.40 $500,000 I [7]
2021 Gamine 4 John Velasquez Bob Baffert Micheal Lund Petersen 7 furlongs 1:21.61 $500,000 I [8]
Ballerina Stakes
2020 Serengeti Empress 4 Luis Saez Thomas M. Amoss Joel Politi 7 furlongs 1:21.63 $300,000 I [9]
2019 Come Dancing 5 Javier Castellano Carlos F. Martin Blue Devil Racing Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.48 $480,000 I [10]
2018 Marley's Freedom 4 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Cicero Farms 7 furlongs 1:21.39 $500,000 I [11]
2017 By the Moon 5 Rajiv Maragh Michelle Nevin Jay Em Ess Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $500,000 I [12]
2016 Haveyougoneaway 5 John R. Velazquez Thomas Morley Gary Barber & Sequel Racing 7 furlongs 1:21.63 $500,000 I [13]
2015 Unbridled Forever 4 John R. Velazquez Dallas Stewart Charles E. Fipke 7 furlongs 1:22.54 $500,000 I [14]
2014 Artemis Agrotera 3 Rajiv Maragh Michael E. Hushion Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman 7 furlongs 1:21.89 $500,000 I [15]
2013 Dance to Bristol 4 Xavier Perez Ollie L. Figgins III Susan H. Wantz 7 furlongs 1:23.11 $500,000 I [16]
2012 Turbulent Descent 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith 7 furlongs 1:22.13 $500,000 I [17]
2011 Hilda's Passion 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Starlight Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.06 $250,000 I [18]
2010 Rightly So 4 Cornelio Velásquez Anthony W. Dutrow Zayat Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.58 $250,000 I [19]
2009 Music Note 4 Rajiv Maragh Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.10 $294,000 I [20]
2008 Intangaroo 4 Alonso Quinonez Gary Sherlock Tom Grether Farms 7 furlongs 1:22.18 $239,333 I [21]
2007 Maryfield 6 Elvis Trujillo Doug F. O'Neill Mark Gorman, Nick J. Mestrandrea & Jim Perry 7 furlongs 1:22.78 $250,000 I [22]
2006 Dubai Escapade 4 Edgar S. Prado Eoin G. Harty Darley Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.07 $240,000 I [23]
2005 Happy Ticket 4 John R. Velazquez Andrew Leggio Jr. Stewart Mather Madison 7 furlongs 1:24.53 $250,000 I [24]
Ballerina Handicap
2004 Lady Tak 4 Jerry D. Bailey Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.09 $250,000 I [25]
2003 Harmony Lodge 5 Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 7 furlongs 1:22.23 $250,000 I [26]
2002 Shine Again 5 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.26 $250,000 I [27]
2001 Shine Again 4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.33 $250,000 I [28]
2000 Dream Supreme 3 Pat Day William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $250,000 I [29]
1999 Furlough 5 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:23.04 $200,000 I [30]
1998 Stop Traffic 5 Shane Sellers Richard E. Mandella Diamond A Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.23 $200,000 I [31]
1997 Pearl City 3 Joe Bravo D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.39 $150,000 I [32]
1996 Chaposa Springs 4 Shane Sellers Martin D. Wolfson Suresh Chintamaneni 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $150,000 I [33]
1995 Classy Mirage 5 Julie Krone H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $150,000 I [34]
1994 § Roamin Rachel 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Tri Honors Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $108,400 I [35]
Ballerina Stakes
1993 Spinning Round 4 Jorge F. Chavez Carl J. Domino Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:21.40 $115,200 I [36]
1992 Serape 4 Chris Antley Henrietta Alexander George Helen K. Groves 7 furlongs 1:21.20 $118,600 I [37]
1991 Queena 5 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Emory A. Hamilton 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $120,400 I [38]
1990 § Feel The Beat 5 José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas H. Joseph Allen 7 furlongs 1:22.00 $119,800 I [39]
1989 Proper Evidence 4 Chris Antley John L. Dalton Harry A. Gampel 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $121,800 I [40]
1988 Cadillacing 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 furlongs 1:21.60 $115,000 I [41]
1987 I'm Sweets 4 Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens Brushwood Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $114,600 II [42]
1986 Gene's Lady 5 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $113,200 II [43]
1985 § Lady's Secret 3 Donald MacBeth D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $90,300 II [44]
1984 Lass Trump 4 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Alan Samford 7 furlongs 1:21.80 $86,400 II [45]
1983 Ambassador of Luck 4 Antonio Graell Mitchell C. Preger Envoy Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.20 $54,400 III [46]
1982 Expressive Dance 4 Donald MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Diana M. Firestone 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $58,600 III [47]
1981 Love Sign 4 Ruben Hernandez Sidney J. Watters Jr. Stephen C. Clark Jr. 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $54,000 III [48]
1980 Davona Dale 4 Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.20 $56,330 Listed [49]
1979 Blitey 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $42,750 Listed [1]

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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