Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park

The Barbaro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. It is now run in October.

Barbaro Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
LocationDelaware Park Racetrack
Stanton, Delaware, United States
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.delawarepark.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

Previously known as the Leonard Richards Stakes, in 2007 it was renamed in honor of Barbaro, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006 but who eventually died after shattering his leg in that year's Preakness Stakes.

A Grade III race through 2009 but now ungraded, it is open to three-year-old horses running one and one sixteenth mile on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000. In 2011, the race was run at 1 mile and 70 yards.

There was no race from 1983 through 1996.

Records

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Speed record: (since 1997 at current distance of 1+116 miles)

  • 1:42.41 - Burning Roma (2001)
  • Previously the race has been contested at 1+18 miles. On June 18, 1960, Victoria Park won the race in a track record time of 1:47.40 for 1+18 miles. As at 2020, that record remains intact.

Winners since 1997

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1997 Leestown Jose Velez, Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Not found 1:43.46
1998 Scatmandu Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Robert Waxman 1:42.43
1999 Stellar Brush Mike McCarthy Richard W. Small Robert E. Meyerhoff 1:42.78
2000 Grundlefoot Travis Dunkelberger Gary Capuano Paul Fowler, Jr. 1:44.04
2001 Burning Roma Rick Wilson Anthony Dutrow Harold Queen 1:42.41
2002 Running Tide Ramon Dominguez Rodney Jenkins On The Run Farm 1:45.10
2003 Awesome Time Anthony Black Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta 1:43.26
2004 Pollard's Vision Jerry Bailey Todd Pletcher Edgewood Farm 1:43.85
2005 Sun King Rafael Bejarano Nick Zito Tracy Farmer 1:43.33
2006 Awfully Smart Ramon Dominguez Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables 1:43.23
2007 Xchanger Edgar Prado Mark Shuman Circle Z Stable et al. 1:43.40
2008 Magical Forest Jorge Chavez Joseph Demola Paraneck Stable 1:44.02
2009 Our Edge Alan Garcia Nick Zito Robert LaPenta 1:43.70
2010 Trickmeister Gabriel Saez Cindy Jones Brereton Jones and Timonthy Thornton 1:45.32
2011 Awesome Bet Kent Desormeaux Steve Asmussen Mike McCarty 1:40.37
2012 Stephanoatsee Sheldon Russell H. Graham Motion My Meadowview Farm 1:44.79
2013 Purple Egg Paco Lopez Jane Cibelli Goodwood Racing 1:43.66

Earlier winners (partial list)

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  • 1948 - Page Boots
  • 1949 - Sun Bahram
  • 1950 - Post Card
  • 1951 - Hall of Fame
  • 1952 - Jampol
  • 1953 - Jamie K
  • 1954 - Full Flight
  • 1955 - Saratoga
  • 1956 - Ricci Tavi
  • 1957 - Lucky Dip
  • 1958 - Cavan
  • 1959 - Waltz
  • 1960 - Victoria Park
  • 1961 - Hitting away
  • 1962 - Noble Jay
  • 1963 - Crewman
  • 1964 - Sheldrake
  • 1965 - First Family
  • 1966 - Buckpasser
  • 1967 - Damascus
  • 1968 - Balustrade
  • 1969 - North Flight
  • 1970 - The Pruner
  • 1971 - Gleaming
  • 1972 - Floor Show
  • 1973 - London Company
  • 1974 - Silver Florin
  • 1975 - My Friend Gus
  • 1976 - Cinteelo
  • 1977 - True Colors
  • 1978 - Mac Diarmida
  • 1979 - Lucys Axe
  • 1980 - Proctor
  • 1981 - Sportin Life
  • 1982 - Northrop

References

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