The Jimmy Durante Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.[1]

Jimmy Durante Stakes
Grade III race
LocationDel Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1990 (as Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteDel Mar
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
Purse$100,000 (since 2015)

History

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The event was inaugurated on 19 December 1990 as the Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack as a race for three year old fillies over a distance of 1+116 miles and was won by Dead Heat in a time of 1:41 flat.[2] The following year the event was restricted to two-year-old fillies and the distance was decreased to one mile.[3]

The event was named in honor of the mare Miesque, who won the Breeders' Cup Mile twice and was the United States Champion Female Turf Horse in 1987 and 1988.

In 1995, the event was classified as Grade III.[3]

The 2005 edition of the Miesque Stakes had to be canceled because the newly planted Hollywood Park's turf course had failed to root properly.[4]

When Hollywood Park closed in 2013, the race was renamed in honor of the actor Jimmy Durante as part of a Del Mar rebranding initiative to evoke "old Hollywood cool".[5]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:34.30 - Antespend (1995)

Margins:

  • 3+12 lengths – Here's to You (1998)

Most wins by a Jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an Owner

Winners

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Del Mar – Jimmy Durante Stakes
2023 Zona Verde (IRE) Juan J. Hernandez Philip D'Amato Benowitz Family Trust, CYBT, McLean Racing Stables & Michael Nentwig 1 mile 1:36.02 $102,500 III [6]
2022 Liguria Flavien Prat Chad C. Brown Alpha Delta Stables 1 mile 1:36.16 $103,500 III [7]
2021 Tezzaray (GB) Irad Ortiz Jr. Peter Miller Slam Dunk Racing & Roger H. Newman 1 mile 1:37.56 $103,000 III [8]
2020 Fluffy Socks Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Head Of Plains Partners 1 mile 1:35.35 $102,500 III [9]
2019 Alms Paco Lopez Michael Stidham Godolphin Racing 1 mile 1:36.01 $102,106 III [10]
2018 Elsa Joe Bravo Michael Stidham Godolphin Racing 1 mile 1:35.68 $102,415 III [11]
2017 Daddy Is a Legend Joe Bravo George Weaver Jim & Susan Hill 1 mile 1:36.06 $102,415 III [12]
2016 Journey Home Drayden Van Dyke H. Graham Motion Sam-Son Farm 1 mile 1:38.24 $102,760 III [13]
2015 Family Meeting Drayden Van Dyke Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1 mile 1:37.14 $101,750 III [14]
2014 Ol' Fashion Gal Joseph Talamo Mark E. Casse Bill & Vicki Poston 1 mile 1:37.27 $151,500 III [15]
At Hollywood Park – Miesque Stakes
2013 Full Ransom Victor Espinoza James M. Cassidy Deron Pearson 1 mile 1:37.51 $100,250 III [16]
2012 Travesura Tyler Baze Jeff Mullins Val-U-Chem 1 mile 1:37.01 $100,000 III [17]
2011 More Than Love Ramon A. Dominguez John P. Terranova II Newtown Anner Stud Farm 1 mile 1:36:32 $100,000 III [18]
2010 Neversaidiwassweet Rafael Bejarano Jerry Hollendorfer Red Oak Stable 1 mile 1:35.88 $100,000 III [19]
2009 The Mailet Joel Rosario Bruce N. Levine J. W. Singer, LLC 1 mile 1:35.05 $100,000 III [20]
2008 Habaya Richard Migliore Kiaran P. McLaughlin Shadwell Farm 1 mile 1:37.07 $113,800 III [21]
2007 Sea Chanter Mike E. Smith Todd A. Pletcher Stonerside Stable 1 mile 1:35.84 $113,200 III [22]
2006 Valbenny (IRE) Alex O. Solis Patrick Gallagher LGL Racing, Rita DiPietro, Michael Rosenmayer et al. 1 mile 1:36.58 $100,000 III [23]
2005 Race not held
2004 Louvain (IRE) Ramon A. Dominguez Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1 mile 1:37.19 $75,000 III Division 1[24]
Paddy's Daisy Corey Nakatani Todd A. Pletcher Stonehaven Farm 1:36.92 $75,000 Division 2[25]
2003 Mambo Slew Mike E. Smith Patrick L. Biancone Frank Manganaro 1 mile 1:36.17 $100,000 III [26]
2002 § Atlantic Ocean David R. Flores Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corporation 1 mile 1:34.63 $200,000 III [27]
2001 Forty On Line (GB) Corey Nakatani Robert B. Hess Jr. Jack Cohen, Michael Sigband, Rich Ulmer et al. 1 mile 1:36.38 $200,000 III [28]
2000 Fantastic Filly (FR) Garrett K. Gomez Robert J. Frankel Agri-Harvest 1 mile 1:35.11 $200,000 III [29]
1999 Prairie Princess Alex O. Solis Linda L. Rice Clyde D. Rice 1 mile 1:37.30 $200,000 III [30]
1998 Here's to You Eddie Delahoussaye Simon Magnier Sally Stacey 1 mile 1:36.57 $200,000 III [31]
1997 Star's Proud Penny Garrett K. Gomez Robert J. Frankel Agri-Harvest 1 mile 1:37.42 $200,000 III [32]
1996 Ascutney Eddie Delahoussaye David G. Donk December Hill Farm 1 mile 1:35.16 $200,000 III [33]
1995 § Antespend Chris Antley Ron McAnally Jack Kent Cooke 1 mile 1:34.30 $200,000 III [34]
1994 Bail Out Becky Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Kenneth L. Ramsey 1 mile 1:37.26 $200,000 Listed [35]
1993 Tricky Code Corey Nakatani Gary F. Jones Kallenberg Thoroughbred 1 mile 1:35.15 $250,000 Listed [36]
1992 Creaking Board (GB) Kent J. Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Patrizio Cozzi 1 mile 1:35.62 $250,000 Listed [37]
1991 More Than Willing Eddie Delahoussaye Rodney Rash Robert E. Hibbert 1 mile 1:35.51 $112,500 Listed Division 1[38]
Hopeful Amber David R. Flores Lewis A. Cenicola Margaret Elardi 1:36.72 $112,500 Division 2[39]
1990 Dead Heat Julio A. Garcia John K. Dolan Larry S. Smith 1+116 miles 1:41.00 $60,000 3YO fillies[2]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Hollywood Park Charts (1990 The Miesque – race 8: held 19 December 1990)". The Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1990. p. 69. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "JIMMY DURANTE STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ BloodHorse Staff (25 August 2006). "Hollywood Schedule Includes Eight Juvenile Stakes". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ^ Genaro, Teresa. "Re-Branded Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Goes 'Hollywood' For Its New Fall Meet". Forbes. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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