Princess Pat Stakes
The Princess Pat Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1937 at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track.[1] A race for two-year-old fillies, except for 1941 and 1942 when it was open to fillies and mares age three and older, the Princess Pat Stakes was moved to Arlington Park in 1958.
| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois: Washington Park (1937-1957) Arlington Park (1958-1963) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
For most of its duration, the Princess Pat Stakes offered the largest purse of an American race for two-year-old fillies. In 1954, it was the world's richest race for 2-year-old fillies with a purse of $102,760.[2]
The Princess Pat Stakes was run in two divisions in 1961.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:09.20 - Smart Deb (for 6 furlongs)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Douglas Dodson (1945, 1947, 1949)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Calumet Farm (1944, 1947, 1951)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Furlongs) |
Time | Win $ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Sari's Song | Bill Shoemaker | Jess Byrd | J. Kel Houssels | 6 F | 1:11.20 | $16,925 | ||
| 1962 | Smart Deb | Manuel Ycaza | Arnold N. Winick | Mrs. Russell L. Reineman | 6 F | 1:09.20 | |||
| 1961 | Dodge Me | Eldon Coffman | Mrs. R. M. Chastain | 5.5 F | 1:04.00 | $16,262 | |||
| 1961 | Miss Summer Time | Robert Nono | Del W. Carroll | Russell A. Firestone Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:04.20 | $16,262 | ||
| 1960 | Rose Bower | John L. Rotz | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Charlton Clay | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $62,500 | ||
| 1959 | Heavenly Body | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $65,450 | ||
| 1958 | Battle Heart | Kenneth Church | Douglas Davis, Jr. | Edward P. Metz | 6 F | 1:10.80 | $71,000 | ||
| 1957 | Hasty Doll | Bill Hartack | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 6 F | 1:11.20 | $67,120 | ||
| 1956 | Splendored | John Heckmann | Donald M. McKellar | Donald M. McKellar | 6 F | 1:13.40 | $58,300 | ||
| 1955 | Supple | Bill Hartack | Hal Price Headley | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $57,710 | |||
| 1954 | Delta | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 6 F | 1:14.80 | $63,590 | ||
| 1953 | Queen Hopeful | John Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 6 F | 1:11.00 | $68,320 | ||
| 1952 | Fulvous | Dave Erb | Jack C. Hodgins | Miss Mary V. Fisher | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $55,825 | ||
| 1951 | A Gleam | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $47,620 | ||
| 1950 | Flyamanita | Gerald Porch | J. W. Burton | Reverie Knoll Farm | 6 F | 1:10.80 | $43,710 | ||
| 1949 | Here's Hoping | Douglas Dodson | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stable | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $43,175 | ||
| 1948 | Sequence | Fred A. Smith | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs II | 6 F | 1:10.00 | $41,900 | ||
| 1947 | Bewitch | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:11.00 | $48,875 | ||
| 1946 | Say Blue | Sammy Roberts | H. C. "Red" Dodson | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 6 F | 1:13.00 | $50,275 | ||
| 1945 | Beaugay | Douglas Dodson | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 6 F | 1:13.00 | 34,020 | ||
| 1944 | Good Blood | Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:13.20 | $29,340 | ||
| 1943 | Whirlabout | Joe Wagner | Arthur B. Hancock, Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:08.80 | ||||
| 1942 | Blue Delight | Ralph Neves | Burley Parke | Mrs. John Marsch | 8 F | 1:37.00 | $4,190 | ||
| 1941 | Misty Isle | Albert Snider | Daniel E. Stewart | Joseph E. Widener | 8 F | 1:36.80 | $2,000 | ||
| 1938 | - 1940 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1937 | Well Rewarded | Leon Haas | Robert V. McGarvey | Ethel V. Mars | 6 F | 1:11.80 | $11,370 | ||
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