Colonel Liam Stakes

Colonel Liam Stakes
Listed race
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1987 (as Palm Beach Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-Year-Olds
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2023)

The Colonel Liam Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late February or early March on the turf course at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. A listed event open to three-year-old horses and currently offers a purse of $200,000.[1]

History

The inaugural running in 1987 was run as the Palm Beach Handicap for horses age three and older.[2] Since then it has been run on an allowance weight basis.

Kitten's Joy, who won the race in 2004, went on to be named that year's Champion Turf Horse after winning the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and Secretariat Stakes and finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Turf.[3] 2010 winner Paddy O'Prado finished third in the Kentucky Derby, first in the Secretariat, and sixth in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season.[4] 1993 winner Kissin Kris went on to finish seventh in the that' year's Kentucky Derby, second in the Belmont Stakes, first in the Haskell Invitational Stakes, and third in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his three-year-old season.[5]

Jockey Chris Antley's February 9, 1991 win aboard Magic Interlude was one of his five wins that day.[6]

The race was run in two divisions in 1989. It was switched to dirt in 1990, 1993 and 1995.[1]

The Palm Springs has been run at several distances:[1][2]

  • 7 furlongs – 1990
  • 1 mile – 1987–1989
  • 1+1⁄16 miles – 1991–1994, 2015 to present
  • 1+1⁄8 miles – 1995–2014

The event was downgraded to Listed status in 2021.[1]

In 2023 the event was renamed as the Colonel Liam Stakes after Colonel Liam who won the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational twice.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1-1/16 miles)

  • 1:40.38 – Ticonderoga (2017)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance Time Purse Grade
Colonel Liam Stakes
2023 Dude N Colorado (GB) 3 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd Pletcher Three Diamonds Farm 1 mile 1:35.05 $200,000 Listed
Palm Beach Stakes
2022 Coinage 3 Mark E. Casse abt. 1 mile 1:36.12 Listed
2021 Annex 3 William I. Mott 11⁄16 M 1:40.62 Listed
2020 Vitalogy (GB) 3 Javier Castellano Brendan Walsh Qatar Racing, M. Detampel & Bottle Rocket Stable 11⁄16 M 1:41.86 $150,000 III
2019 A Thread of Blue 3 Luis Saez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Leonard Green 11⁄16 M 1:41.93 $150,000 III
2018 Maraud 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Treadway Racing Stable 11⁄16 M 1:41.01 $100,000 III
2017 Ticonderoga 3 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Woodford Racing, LLC 11⁄16 M 1:40.38 $100,000 III
2016 Converge 3 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Paul P. Pompa Jr. 11⁄16 M 1:40.64 $150,000 III
2015 Eh Cumpari 3 Jose C. Caraballo Michael Dilger Anstu Stables 11⁄16 M 1:40.96 $150,000 III
2014 Gala Award 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher M. Tabor/Derrick Smith/Susan Magnier 11⁄8 M 1:46.19 $150,000 III
2013 Rydilluc 3 Edgar Prado Gary C. Contessa Green/Dellatore-Bobo/et al. 11⁄8 M 1:48.18 $150,000 III
2012 Howe Great 3 John Velazquez Graham Motion Team Valor International 11⁄8 M 1:46.56 $150,000 III
2011 Joes Blazing Aaron 3 Orlando Bocachica Allan hunter Jr. Joseph Witek 11⁄8 M 1:47.85 $150,000 III
2010 Paddy O'Prado 3 Jesus Castanon Dale L. Romans Winchell Thoroughbreds 11⁄8 M 1:45.40 $150,000 III
2009 El Crespo 3 Javier Castellano George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:47.71 $150,000 III
2008 Sporting Art 3 Javier Castellano Christophe Clement Jon & Sarah Kelly 11⁄8 M 1:45.98 $150,000 III
2007 Duveen 3 Mark Guidry Dale L. Romans Andrew Farm 11⁄8 M 1:47.48 $150,000 III
2006 Go Between 3 Edgar Prado William I. Mott Peter Vegso 11⁄8 M 1:45.80 $100,000 III
2005 Interpatation 3 Thomas G. Turner Robert Barbara Elliot Mavorah 11⁄8 M 1:47.12 $100,000 III
2004 Kitten's Joy 3 Jerry Bailey Dale L. Romans Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 11⁄8 M 1:48.76 $100,000 III
2003 Nothing To Lose 3 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 11⁄8 M 1:48.28 $100,000 III
2002 Orchard Park 3 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Peter Vegso 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $100,000 III
2001 Proud Man 3 René Douglas Harry Benson Robert Kaufman et al. 11⁄8 M 1:48.32 $100,000 III
2000 Mr. Livingston 3 Shane Sellers William A. Kaplan David & Teresa Palmer 11⁄8 M 1:48.04 $75,000 III
1999 Swamp 3 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 11⁄8 M 1:48.38 $75,000 III
1998 Cryptic Rascal 3 Mike E. Smith William M. Badgett Jr. Landon Knight about 11⁄8 M 1:55.0 $75,000 III
1997 Unite's Big Red 3 Ruben Hernandez Randy Mills Joan Williams 11⁄8 M 1:47.2 $75,000 III
1996 Harrowman 3 Mike E. Smith Robert Reid Jr. Gulyas Stable 11⁄8 M 1:49.2 $75,000 III
1995 Admiralty 3 Julie Krone William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 11⁄8 M 1:51.0 $75,000 III
1994 Mr. Angel 3 Herb McCauley Martin D. Wolfson Marian Prince 11⁄16 M (±) 1:44.4 $50,000 III
1993 Kissin Kris 3 Dave Penna David R. Bell John Franks 11⁄16 M 1:46.4 $50,000 III
1992 Preferences 3 Jorge Duarte Martin D. Wolfson Harbor View Farm 11⁄16 M 1:42.6 $50,000 III
1991 Magic Interlude 3 Chris Antley Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Pastime Stable (G. Watts Humphrey Jr. et al.) 11⁄16 M 1:43.0 $50,000 III
1990 Dawn Quixote 3 Craig Perret Sonny Hine Scott C. Savin 7 F 1:23.4 $50,000 III
1989-1 Shy Tom 3 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1 M 1:37.2 $40,000
1989-2 Storm Predictions 3 Steve Gaffalione Luis A. Olivares Lisa Becker 1 M 1:36.2 $40,000
1988 Tanzanid 3 Douglas Valiente William J. Cesare Three G Stable (B. Morton Gittlin family) 1 M 1:35.6 $50,000
1987 Racing Star 5 Santiago Soto Manuel A. Estevez Five Star Stable 1 M 1:34.8 $50,000

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Stakes profile". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gulfstream Park 2018–2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Gulfstream Park & Casino. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. ^ "Kitten's Joy profile". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Profile of Paddy O'Prado". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Kissin Kris profile". Equibase. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Five Winners Turn Antley Complaint Into Big Smile". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 1991-02-10. Retrieved 2018-12-16.