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Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1978

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html

Distance
  
1 ⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)

The Flower Bowl Stakes is an American Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares run in early October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. For horses ages three and up, it is raced on turf at a distance of one and a quarter miles and offers a current purse of $500,000.

The race is part of the Breeders Cup Challenge series. The winner of the Flower Bowl automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

In 1987, the race was switched from turf to dirt due to heavy rain.

The race was named for Flower Bowl, a winner of the Ladies Handicap at Belmont Park and an outstanding broodmare.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:59.05 Lahudood (2007)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Riskaverse (2004, 2005)
  • 2 - Stephanie's Kitten (2014, 2015)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - John Velazquez (1998, 2006, 2012, 2014)
  • 4 - Jean-Luc Samyn (1986, 1992, 1993, 2000)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - William I. Mott (1988, 1994, 1995, 2008)
  • 4 - Chad C. Brown (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Peter M. Brant (1980, 1986, 1989)
  • 3 - Fox Ridge Farm, Inc. (1992, 2004, 2005)

    • References

    Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes Wikipedia
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