Cecil B. DeMille Stakes

Cecil B. DeMille Stakes
Grade III race
LocationDel Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1982 (as Hoist The Flag Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteDel Mar
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-old
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
Purse$100,000 (since 2015)

The Cecil B. DeMille Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds 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.

History

The event was inaugurated on 11 November 1982 as the Hoist The Flag Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack and was won by Fifth Division who was trained by A. Thomas Doyle and ridden by the US Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. in a time of 1:353⁄5.[1] The event was named in honor of Hoist The Flag, the 1970 US Champion Two-Year-Old Colt whose career was cut short due to injury as a three-year-old. Hoist The Flag was successful as a sire and as a broodmare sire, he was the leading juvenile sire in North America in 1981 and the leading broodmare sire in 1987.

In 1986 the event was classified as Grade III[2] and in 1988 the event was upgraded to Grade II. However, the event that year was moved off the turf course and both divisions were held on the muddy dirt course.[3] After one more running the event was downgraded back to Grade III in 1990.[4]

In 1993 the event was renamed to the Generous Stakes after the Irish bred Generous who in a period of seven weeks in 1991 won the Epsom Derby by five lengths, the Irish Derby by three lengths and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a record seven lengths. In 2005 the event was not held because the newly planted Hollywood Park's turf course had failed to root properly. [5]

The event has been run in split divisions six times, the last of which was in 2006.[6]

With the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack in 2013 the event was renamed in 2014 to the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes and moved to Del Mar Racetrack. The movie producer Cecil B. DeMille and movie stars often frequented Del Mar Racetrack in the 1930s and ’40s. His grandson, Joseph Harper has been in a management position at Del Mar since 1978 and became CEO of the track in 1990.[7]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile: 1:34.28 - The Leopard (2007)

Margins:

  • 9 lengths – Incurable Optimist (1998)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Henry Pabst (1991, 1992)
  • 2 - Budget Stable (1997, 2015)
  • 2 - Gary Barber (2010, 2011)
  • 2 - Calumet Farm (2016, 2017)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Del Mar – Cecil B. DeMille Stakes
2023 Stay Hot Antonio Fresu Peter Eurton Burns Racing, Exline-Border Racing, SAF Racing, The Estate of Brereton C. Jones & William Dan Hudock 1 mile 1:35.89 $102,000 III [8]
2022 Speed Boat Beach Flavien Prat Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman 1 mile 1:35.38 $101,500 III [9]
2021 Verbal Jose Ortiz Chad Brown Juddmonte 1 mile 1:36.16 $100,000 III [10]
2020 Beer Can Man Juan Hernandez Mark Glatt Little Red Feather Racing & Sterling Stable 1 mile 1:34.75 $103,000 III [11]
2019 Smooth Like Strait Geovanni Franco Michael W. McCarthy Cannon Thoroughbreds 1 mile 1:36.02 $102,808 III [12]
2018 Flying Scotsman Flavien Prat Jerry Hollendorfer Calumet Farm 1 mile 1:34.44 $100,000 III [13]
2017 Analyze It Jose L. Ortiz Chad Brown William H. Lawrence 1 mile 1:35.05 $102,070 III [14]
2016 Term of Art Joseph Talamo Doug F. O'Neill Calumet Farm 1 mile 1:41.69 $100,690 III Off turf[15]
2015 Dressed in Hermes Mike E. Smith Janet Armstrong Budget Stable 1 mile 1:36.13 $101,750 III [16]
2014 Conquest Typhoon Mike E. Smith Mark E. Casse Conquest Stables 1 mile 1:36.25 $150,750 III [17]
At Hollywood Park – Generous Stakes
2013 Global View Joseph Talamo Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1 mile 1:36.25 $100,250 III [18]
2012 Den's Legacy Garrett K. Gomez Bob Baffert Westrock Stables 1 mile 1:36.32 $100,000 III [19]
2011 Stoney Fleece Joel Rosario John W. Sadler Cecil & Gary Barber 1 mile 1:34.77 $100,000 III [20]
2010 Comma to the Top Corey Nakatani Peter L. Miller Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum & Kevin Tsujihara 1 mile 1:34.77 $100,000 III [21]
2009 Who's Up Victor Espinoza Kathy Walsh M Racing 1 mile 1:34.39 $100,000 III [22]
2008 Mr. Rod Chantal Sutherland Dan L. Hendricks Cecil N. Peacock 1 mile 1:35.04 $109,300 III [23]
2007 The Leopard Garrett K. Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor 1 mile 1:34.28 $111,800 III [24]
2006 Warning Zone Corey Nakatani John W. Sadler Rising Sun Racing Stable 1 mile 1:36.59 $75,000 III Division 1[25]
Whatsthescript (IRE) Isaias D. Enriquez Manuel F. Marques Tommy Town Thoroughbreds 1:36.04 $75,000 Division 2[26]
2005 Race not held
2004 Dubleo Corey Nakatani Todd A. Pletcher James T. Scatuorchio, Jake Pletcher & Pete Wetterman 1 mile 1:37.21 $100,000 III [27]
2003 Castledale (IRE) Julie Krone Jeff Mullins Frank Lyons & Greg Knee 1 mile 1:35.43 $100,000 III [28]
2002 § Peace Rules Victor Espinoza Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1 mile 1:35.49 $200,000 III [29]
2001 Mountain Rage David R. Flores Bob Baffert Jacobs & Natalie Moss 1 mile 1:40.31 $200,000 III [30]
2000 Startac Alex O. Solis Simon Bray Allen E. Paulson Trust 1 mile 1:34.76 $200,000 III [31]
1999 Jokerman Pat Day Neil D. Drysdale David & Jill Heerensperger 1 mile 1:35.23 $200,000 III [32]
1998 Incurable Optimist John R. Velazquez David G. Donk John & Theresa Behrendt 1 mile 1:37.72 $250,000 III [33]
1997 Mantles Star (GB) Chris McCarron Kathy Walsh Budget Stable 1 mile 1:36.73 $250,000 III [34]
1996 Hello (IRE) Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Al & Saundra S. Kirkwood 1 mile 1:34.77 $250,000 III [35]
1995 Old Chapel Gary L. Stevens John C. Kimmel Sherwood Stable & December Hill Farm 1 mile 1:35.11 $250,000 III [36]
1994 Native Regent Dave Penna David R. Bell John A. Franks 1 mile 1:37.15 $250,000 III [37]
1993 Delineator Russell Baze Fordell Fierce Ron Crockett 1 mile 1:34.73 $250,000 III [38]
Hoist the Flag Stakes
1992 Earl of Barking (IRE) Alex O. Solis Richard J. Cross Henry Pabst 1 mile 1:34.73 $250,000 III [39]
1991 Silver Ray Martin A. Pedroza Brian A. Mayberry Ann & Jerry Moss 1 mile 1:35.00 $125,400 III Division 1[40]
Contested Bid Corey Nakatani Maurice Zilber Henry Pabst 1:34.41 $122,400 Division 2[41]
1990 Satis (FR) Corey Black Christian Doumen Lonimar Stables 1 mile 1:35.20 $112,800 III [42]
1989 Single Dawn Alex O. Solis Ron McAnally Jack Kent Cooke 1 mile 1:35.60 $114,600 II [43]
1988 Music Merci Gary L. Stevens Craig Anthony Lewis Pendleton & Royal T Stable 1 mile 1:36.40 $98,450 II † Division 1[3]
Shipping Time Corey Black Melvin F. Stute I. S. Longo 1:37.20 $98,450 † Division 2[3]
1987 Purdue King Chris McCarron Irv Guiney John Valpredo 1 mile 1:36.00 $94,750 III Division 1[44]
White Mischief Jose A. Santos LeRoy Jolley Peter Brant 1:35.80 $112,625 Division 2[45]
1986 Persevered Gary L. Stevens Laz Barrera Ethel D. Jacobs 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.80 $113,050 III Division 1[46]
ƒ Sweettuc Gary L. Stevens Charles E. Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt 1:41.60 $143,050 Division 2[47]
1985 Darby Fair Antonio Lopez Castanon Melvin F. Stute Golden Eagle Farm 1 mile 1:37.00 $191,400 Off turf[48]
1984 Overtrump Chris McCarron Jerry M. Fanning Singer & T 90 Ranch 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.80 $146,350 [49]
1983 Artichoke Bill Shoemaker Jerry M. Fanning Tom E. Gentry 1 mile 1:38.80 $93,800 Division 1[50]
Precisionist Chris McCarron L. Ross Fenstermaker Fred W. Hooper 1:37.60 $83,950 Division 2[51]
1982 Fifth Division Laffit Pincay Jr. A. Thomas Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Felty J. Yoder 1 mile 1:35.60 $53,450 [1]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
ƒ Filly or Mare
† Off turf

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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