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Lone Star Derby

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Inaugurated
  
1997

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
www.lonestarpark.com

Location
  
Lone Star Park Grand Prairie, Texas

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

The Lone Star Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf.

Inaugurated in 1997 as an ungraded stakes race, it was elevated to Grade III status in 2002. The race was downgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC) and lost its graded status in 2011. Lone Star Park officials moved the race from dirt to turf for the first time after the AGSC decision and moved it to Lone Star Park's special Memorial Day program dubbed Lone Star Million Day.

For the three years from 2001 through 2003, it was raced at  1 1⁄8 miles.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:40.88 - Anet (1997)

    • Largest margin of victory:

  •  4 3⁄4 lengths - Wanna Runner (2006)

    • Most wins by a jockey (tie):

  • 2 - Jon Court (2001, 2005)
  • 2 - Victor Espinoza (2006, 2009)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Bob Baffert (1997, 2006, 2009, 2010)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • As of 2007, no owner has won this race more than once.

    • Purses

  • As of 2010, the purse was lowered to $200,000. It was set at $400,000 for 2008 & 2009.

    • References

    Lone Star Derby Wikipedia
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