Forward Gal Stakes

Forward Gal Stakes
Grade III race
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1981
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteGulfstream Park
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse$125,000 (since 2023)
BonusesQualification points –Road to the Kentucky Oaks

The Forward Gal Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in late January or early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $125,000.

History

The race is named for Forward Gal, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1970 and a career winner of twelve events in 26 starts.[1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 12 February 1981 and was won by Hickory Tree Stable's Dame Mysterieuse by 1+1⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:221⁄5. Dame Mysterieuse starting as the 8/5 favorite was ridden by French-born jockey Jean-Luc Samyn and was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens. Woody Stephens also trained the second placegetter Heavenly Cause and the fourth place finisher Del La Rose in the race.[2]

The following year, 1982, the event was run in split divisions.[3]

The 1984 winner Miss Oceana began her three-year-old career in the event after winning three Grade I events as a two-year-old.[4] Starting at short odds of 2/5on Miss Oceana breezed winning the race by three lengths in a time of 1:222⁄5 providing Woody Stephens with his third winner after only four runnings of the event.[5]

The event was upgraded in 1986 by the American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III race.[6]

In the 1989 the event was won by Eugene V. Klein's Open Mind, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner from the year before and US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Trained by US Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., Open Mind won by two lengths, winning her third straight event.[7] Open Mind would win seven more straight events including five Grade I events[8] to be voted US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly for 1989.

The event was upgraded to Grade II classification in 1991 and was downgraded back to Grade III in 1997.[6] In 1997, the 17th running of the event H. Joseph Allen's Glitter Woman ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Mike E. Smith blitzed her rivals winning by a then record 9+3⁄4 lengths victory and setting a new stakes record time for the event in 1.21.76.[9] The record stands to date, however the 2012 winner Broadway's Alibi created a new winning margin record thrashing her rivals by 16+3⁄4 lengths.[10]

In 2004 the event was upgraded once again to Grade II and held the classification for fourteen runnings until 2017 when it was downgraded back to Grade III.[11]

The event carries qualification points to the Kentucky Oaks as part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:21.76 – Glitter Woman (1997)

Margins:

  • 16+3⁄4 lengths – Broadway's Alibi (2012)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 – Todd A. Pletcher (2012, 2013, 2014, 2021)

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 R Harper Rose Edgard Zayas Saffie A. Joseph Jr. Averill Racing & Two Eight Racing 7 furlongs 1:24.34 $145,000 III [12]
2023 Red Carpet Ready Luis Saez George R. Arnold II Ashbrook Farm & Upland Flats Racing 7 furlongs 1:23.54 $125,000 III [13]
2022 Girl With a Dream Luis Saez Brad H. Cox Jim Bakke & Gerald Isbister 7 furlongs 1:23.42 $100,000 III [14]
2021 Zaajel Luis Saez Todd A. Pletcher Shadwell Stable 7 furlongs 1:24.72 $100,000 III [15]
2020 Tonalist's Shape Irad Ortiz Jr. Saffie A. Joseph Jr. Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham & Legacy Ranch 7 furlongs 1:24.47 $150,000 III [16]
2019 Feedback Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 7 furlongs 1:23.51 $150,000 III [17]
2018 Take Charge Paula Paco Lopez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Peter Deutsch 7 furlongs 1:23.47 $200,000 III [18]
2017 Tequilita Luis Saez Michael R. Matz Dorothy Alexander Matz 7 furlongs 1:24.36 $200,000 II [19]
2016 Cathryn Sophia Joel Rosario John C. Servis Cash is King 7 furlongs 1:22.04 $200,000 II [20]
2015 Birdatthewire Irad Ortiz Jr. Dale L. Romans Forum Racing 7 furlongs 1:24.92 $200,000 II [21]
2014 Onlyforyou Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee) 7 furlongs 1:22.50 $200,000 II [22]
2013 Kauai Katie John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Stonestreet Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.13 $200,000 II [23]
2012 Broadway's Alibi John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher E. Paul Robsham 7 furlongs 1:21.94 $200,000 II [10]
2011 Pomeroys Pistol Paco Lopez Amy Tarrant Hardacre Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.89 $200,000 II [24]
2010 Bickersons Joe Bravo Kelly J. Breen Lori & George Hall 7 furlongs 1:22.35 $150,000 II [25]
2009 Frolic's Dream Jermaine Bridgmohan Martin D. Wolfson Dare To Dream Farm 7 furlongs 1:24.15 $150,000 II [26]
2008 Bsharpsonata Eric Camacho Timothy E. Salzman Cloverleaf Farm II 7 furlongs 1:23.09 $150,000 II [27]
2007 Forever Together Elvis Trujillo Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $150,000 II [28]
2006 Miraculous Miss Jeremy Rose Steve Klesaris Puglisi Stables & Steve Klesaris 7 furlongs 1:22.78 $150,000 II [29]
2005 Letgomyecho Javier Castellano George R. Arnold II Dixiana Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.24 $150,000 II [30]
2004 Madcap Escapade Jerry D. Bailey Frank L. Brothers Bruce Lunsford 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $150,000 II [31]
2003 Midnight Cry Edgar S. Prado Kenneth G. McPeek Barrister Hall Stables 7 furlongs 1:22.55 $100,000 III [32]
2002 Take the Cake Rene R. Douglas Carl A. Nafzger Elizabeth J. Valando 7 furlongs 1:25.47 $100,000 III [33]
2001 Gold Mover Jerry D. Bailey Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 7 furlongs 1:22.43 $113,000 III [34]
2000 Miss Inquistive Tommy Turner Frank A. Passero Jr. Colebrook Farms 7 furlongs 1:22.25 $75,000 III [35]
1999 China Storm Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.69 $75,000 III [36]
1998 Uanme Shane Sellers Dallas Stewart Horton Stable 7 furlongs 1:24.56 $75,000 III [37]
1997 Glitter Woman Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III H. Joseph Allen 7 furlongs 1:21.76 $75,000 III [9]
1996 Mindy Gayle Julie Krone Julian Canet Harvey Tenenbaum 7 furlongs 1:24.54 $75,000 II [38]
1995 Chaposa Springs Heberto Castillo Jr. Martin D. Wolfson Suresh Chintamaneni 7 furlongs 1:24.18 $73,100 II [39]
1994 Mynameispanama Marco Castaneda Odin J. Londono Sr. A. Garcia-de-Parades & Jorge Ameglio 7 furlongs 1:22.97 $72,600 II [40]
1993 Sum Runner Randy Romero Donald R. Winfree S Solon Cohen Stables 7 furlongs 1:23.67 $74,850 II [41]
1992 Spinning Round Jose A. Santos James E. Baker Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:24.85 $73,050 II [42]
1991 Withallprobability Craig Perret D. Wayne Lukas Edward P. Evans 7 furlongs 1:22.50 $79,650 II [43]
1990 Charon Earlie Fires Eugene Navarro Stanley Ersoff 7 furlongs 1:24.80 $60,300 III [44]
1989 Open Mind Angel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 7 furlongs 1:24.20 $61,300 III [7]
1988 On To Royalty Craig Perret Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. & Neil Litten 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $61,700 III [45]
1987 Added Elegance Jacinto Vasquez Frank Gomez Wimborne Farm 7 furlongs 1:24.60 $67,700 III [46]
1986 Noranc Herb McCauley Joseph Provost Peter Rosbeck & Jack Roberts 7 furlongs 1:23.80 $60,000 III [47]
1985 Lucy Manette Craig Perret J. Willard Thompson William M. Hackman 7 furlongs 1:23.40 $66,150 [48]
1984 Miss Oceana Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens Newstead Farm 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $40,180 [5]
1983 Unaccompanied Robert Woodhouse Dennis W. Ebert Ben P. Walden & Wells P. Hardesty 7 furlongs 1:23.40 $47,005 [49]
1982 Trove Larry Saumell Woodford C. Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $29,712 Division 1[50]
All Manners Odin J. Londono Duke Davis Mrs. Rosemary Bailey 1:23.00 $29,962 Division 2[51]
1981 Dame Mysterieuse Jean-Luc Samyn Woodford C. Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.20 $43,400 [2]

See also

References

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