Miss Grillo Stakes

The Miss Grillo Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds filles over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles on the turf track scheduled annually in late September at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.

Miss Grillo Stakes
Grade II race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated1980 (at Aqueduct Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (2021)

History

The event was named for the Argentine bred filly Miss Grillo,[1] a record breaking stakes winner in the 1940s who won the Diana Handicap twice.

The event was inaugurated on 29 October 1980 at Aqueduct Racetrack and was run over the 1+1⁄8 mile distance with Robert Kluener's Smilin' Sera winning the event by one length over De La Rose in a time of 1:512⁄5.[2] De La Rose the following year would be crowned the US Champion Female Turf Horse.

In 1982 the event was classified as Grade III, upgraded to Grade II in 1988 and was downgraded to Grade III the following year.[3] From 2001–2007 the race was not graded as in 2009 when the event was moved off the turf track due to the inclement weather and held over a shorter one mile distance.[4] In 2018 the event was upgraded back to Grade II.[3]

The event was run in two divisions in 1988.[5]

The distance of the event has been changed several times but since 2010 the event has been run over the current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles.[3]

The race was part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series from 2008 to 2010, with the winner automatically qualifying for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

In 2022 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.[6]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:40.49 – Namaste's Wish (2007)
  • 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:49.53 – Belle Cherie (1998)

Margins:

  • 8 lengths – Melhor Ainda (2004)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 9 – Chad C. Brown (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)

Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Aqueduct – Miss Grillo Stakes
2023 Hard to Justify Flavien Prat Chad C. Brown Wise Racing 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.92 $200,000 II [7]
2022 Pleasant Passage Irad Ortiz Jr. Claude R. McGaughey Emory Hamilton 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.25 $200,000 II [8]
At Belmont Park
2021 Sail By Junior Alvarado Leah Gyarmati Treadway Racing Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.21 $200,000 II [9]
2020 Plum Ali Jose L. Ortiz Christophe Clement Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Bethlehem Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.03 $145,500 II [10]
2019 Selflessly Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.11 $200,000 II [11]
2018 Newspaperofrecord (IRE) Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.29 $200,000 II [12]
2017 Significant Form Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Stephanie Seymour Brant 1+1⁄16 miles 1:44.58 $200,000 III [13]
2016 New Money Honey Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.41 $200,000 III [14]
2015 Tin Type Gal Luis Saez H. Graham Motion My Meadowview Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.50 $200,000 III [15]
2014 Lady Eli Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Sheep Pond Partners 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.50 $200,000 III [16]
2013 Testa Rossi (FR) Jose Lezcano Chad C. Brown James Covello, Thomas Coleman & DMZ Racing Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.73 $200,000 III [17]
2012 Watsdachances (IRE) Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Michael E. Kisber & Bradley Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄16 miles 1:47.90 $150,000 III [18]
2011 Pure Gossip Ryan Curatolo Philip M. Serpe Flying Zee Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:47.71 $100,000 III [19]
2010 Winter Memories Jose Lezcano James J. Toner Phillips Racing Partnership 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.69 $150,000 III [20]
2009 Dad's Crazy Julien R. Leparoux Todd A. Pletcher Smarch Racing 1 mile 1:40.04 $141,000 Listed Off turf[21]
2008 Maram Jose Lezcano Chad C. Brown Karen N. Woods 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.12 $164,200 III [22]
2007 § Namaste's Wish Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Live Oak Plantation 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.49 $81,900 Listed [23]
2006 Chestoria Eibar Coa Bruce N. Levine E L R Corp 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.82 $84,375 Listed [24]
2005 Wait A While Jerry D. Bailey Todd A. Pletcher Arindel Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:52.87 $82,550 Listed Off turf[25]
2004 Melhor Ainda Jose A. Santos Robert J. Frankel Stud TNT 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.28 $82,200 Listed [26]
2003 Please Take Me Out Aaron Gryder Alfredo Callejas Robert Perez 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.75 $84,400 Listed [27]
At Aqueduct
2002 Fircroft Jean-Luc Samyn George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.79 $84,000 Listed Off turf[28]
2001 Riskaverse Robbie Davis Patrick J. Kelly Fox Ridge Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.61 $86,700 Listed [29]
At Belmont Park
2000 Ruff John R. Velazquez David G. Donk Robert Spiegel 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.79 $111,300 III [30]
1999 Wolf Alert Jerry D. Bailey Gary C. Contessa Nedlaw Stable & William F. Coyro Jr. 1+1⁄8 miles 1:54.01 $111,000 III [31]
1998 Belle Cherie John R. Velazquez Philip G. Johnson Jeffrey Foong & Roy Jackson 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.53 $112,500 III [32]
At Aqueduct
1997 Compassionate Robbie Davis Mark A. Hennig Ethel D. Jacobs 1+1⁄8 miles 1:53.13 $114,500 III [33]
At Belmont Park
1996 Miss Huff n' Puff Richard Migliore Richard A. Violette Jr. Ralph M. Evans 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.47 $113,400 III Off turf[34]
At Aqueduct
1995 Mountain Affair Todd Kabel Kathy Patton Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 1+1⁄16 miles 1:53.91 $115,600 III [35]
At Belmont Park
1994 Upper Noosh Eddie Maple Patrick J. Kelly Fox Ridge Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:47.10 $81,626 III [36]
1993 Chelsey Flower Jorge Velasquez Jose A. Martin Clanni Gael Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:45.21 $124,200 III [37]
1992 Missymooiloveyou Herb McCauley Thomas M. Walsh Dan-dev Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.57 $100,000 III [38]
1991 Good Mood Mike E. Smith Richard A. DeStasio Peter E. Blum 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.60 $131,200 III [39]
At Aqueduct
1990 † Purana Herb McCauley Philip A. Gleaves Strauss Medina Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.40 $93,300 III [40]
1989 Savina Jerry F. Belmonte Woodford C. Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1+1⁄8 miles 1:56.20 $132,200 III [41]
1988 Memories Jean Cruguet John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:58.80 $136,700 II Division 1[42]
Darby's Daughter Calvin H. Borel Clarence E. Picou James E. Cottrell 1:59.20 $123,000 Division 2[43]
1987 Betty Lobelia Ruben Hernandez H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1+1⁄8 miles 1:55.00 $94,050 III [44]
1986 Lovelier Angel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Harbor View Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:52.20 $91,650 III Off turf[45]
1985 Cadabra Abra Jorge Velasquez Daniel Perlsweig Jerry R. Pinkley 1+1⁄8 miles 1:55.40 $87,750 III [46]
1984 Endear Gregg McCarron Woodford C. Stephens Claiborne Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:55.00 $86,550 III [47]
1983 Heartlight Angel Cordero Jr. Howard M. Tesher Rhonda Allen 1+1⁄8 miles 2:04.80 $56,500 III [48]
1982 § Bemissed Frank Lovato Jr. Woodford C. Stephens Ryehill Farm (Jim & Eleanor Ryan) 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.80 $84,150 III [49]
1981 Baby Duck Gregg McCarron Braulio Baeza Regal Oak Farm 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.40 $84,450 [50]
1980 Smilin' Sera Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Robert Kluener 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.40 $55,000 [2]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1990 running, Seewillo was first past the post but was disqualified for interference in the straight and Purana was declared the winner.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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