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Davona Dale Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1988

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.gulfstreampark.com

Location
  
Gulfstream ParkHallandale Beach, Florida, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
Currently 1 mile (2015)

The Davona Dale Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one mile (beginning again in 2015) on the dirt. The race is a Grade II event with a current purse of $200,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.

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The Davona Dale is named after Calumet Farm's champion homebred filly born in 1976 by Best Turn out of Royal Entrance by Tim Tam, who not only won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks as a 3-year-old, but the New York Triple Crown for Fillies as a three-year-old: the Acorn Stakes, the Mother Goose Stakes, and the Coaching Club American Oaks, all grade ones. She is the only filly to win the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes as well as the races that now make up the Triple Tiara. Davona Dale was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1976. She also ranks #90 in Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century.

Records

Speed Record:

  • 1 mile - 1:36.25 - R Heat Lightning (2011)
  •  1 1⁄8 mile - 1:44.62 - Miss Coronado (2004)
  • 1 mile 70 yards - 1:39.31 - Glitter Woman (1997)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Scott Savin (1989, 1990)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - John Velazquez (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Todd Pletcher (2006, 2011, 2014)
  • 3 - Claude R. McGaughey III (1988, 1997, 2003)
  • 3 - Sonny Hine (1989, 1990 & 1992)

    • Winners of the Davona Dale Stakes since 1988

    A # signifies that the race was run in two divisions in 1988.

    Special Bonus

    Paths to the $2,200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Bonus

    1. win Forward Gal Stakes + win Davona Dale Stakes + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    2. win Las Virgenes Stakes + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    3. win California Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    4. win Portland Meadows Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

    Paths to the $220,000 XpressBet Bonus

    1. run in Forward Gal Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    2. run in Davona Dale Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    3. run in Las Virgenes Stakes + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    4. run in California Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    5. run in Portland Meadows Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

    References

    Davona Dale Stakes Wikipedia
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