Noble Damsel Stakes

Noble Damsel Stakes
Grade III race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York
Inaugurated1985 (as Lexiable Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, three-years-old and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse$200,000 (2021)

The Noble Damsel Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three-years-old and older run over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The event was inaugurated on 28 September 1985 as The Lexiable Stakes at one mile in distance over the dirt and was won by the Irish bred filly Alabama Nana who was trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas in a time of 1:351⁄5.[1]

The following year the event was run in split divisions on the turf over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles.[2]

In 1988 the event was classified as Grade III.[3]

In 1989 the event was renamed to the Noble Damsel Stakes[4] in honor of Noble Damsel, who won the 1982 New York Handicap at Belmont Park.[5]

In 1997 the distance of the event was shortened to one mile[6] In 2010 the conditions of the event were changed from a handicap to a stakes race with base weights with allowances.[6]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile: 1:32.06 – Viadera (GB) (2020)
  • 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:39.59 – Irish Linnet (1994)

Margins:

  • 25 lengths – Gerrymander (2023)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Austin Delaney (1994, 1995)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Aqueduct – Noble Damsel Stakes
2024 Ocean Club 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Jack Sisterson Glen Hill Farm 1 mile 1:34.71 $175,000 III [7]
2023 Gerrymander 4 José Ortiz Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1 mile 1:36.46 $112,500 Listed Off turf[8]
2022 Evvie Jets 4 Eric Cancel Mertkan Kantarmaci Robert J. Amendola 1 mile 1:35.65 $145,500 III [9]
At Belmont Park
2021 Shifty She 5 Edwin Gonzalez Saffie A. Joseph Jr. Chris Pallas & Harvey E. Rothenberg 1 mile 1:33.24 $200,000 III [10]
2020 Viadera (GB) 4 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Juddmonte Farms 1 mile 1:32.06 $100,000 III [11]
2019 Significant Form 4 John R. Velazquez Chad C. Brown Stephanie Seymour Brant 1 mile 1:33.48 $200,000 III [12]
2018 Uni (GB) 4 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Michael Dubb, Head of Plains Partners, Roberta LaPenta & Bethlehem Stables 1 mile 1:36.11 $186,000 III [13]
2017 Off Limits (IRE) 5 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Martin S. Schwartz 1 mile 1:32.51 $196,000 III [14]
2016 Mrs McDougal 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. 1 mile 1:34.99 $200,000 III [15]
2015 Recepta 4 Elvis Trujillo James J. Toner Phillips Racing Partnership & Pam Gartin 1 mile 1:33.32 $200,000 III [16]
2014 Annecdote (GB) 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Christophe Clement George Bolton & Peter Leidel 1 mile 1:35.09 $200,000 III [17]
2013 Peace Preserver 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd A. Pletcher Alto Racing 1 mile 1:33.93 $200,000 III [18]
2012 Naples Bay 4 Jose Lezcano Christophe Clement Edward A. Cox Jr. 1 mile 1:33.96 $150,000 III [19]
2011 Unbridled Humor 4 Ramon A. Dominguez H. Graham Motion Live Oak Plantation 1 mile 1:34.09 $100,000 III [20]
2010 Strike the Bell 4 Ramon A. Dominguez David G. Donk Rising Star Stables 1 mile 1:34.58 $100,000 III [21]
Noble Damsel Handicap
2009 Rutherienne 5 Alan Garcia Christophe Clement Virginia Kraft Payson 1 mile 1:34.34 $107,000 III [22]
2008 Criminologist 5 Edgar S. Prado Claude R. McGaughey III Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable 1 mile 1:37.91 $111,700 III [23]
2007 Dance Away Capote 5 Alan Garcia Barclay Tagg Robert S. Evans 1 mile 1:34.82 $113,500 III [24]
2006 Karen's Caper 4 Edgar S. Prado Robert J. Frankel Stonerside Stable 1 mile 1:34.91 $155,366 III [25]
2005 Bright Abundance 4 Richard Migliore Christophe Clement Jon & Sarah Kelly, Don & Joan Cimpl, Jim & Joan Wiltz 1 mile 1:33.93 $150,000 III [26]
2004 Ocean Drive 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Bonnie & Sy Baskin 1 mile 1:34.71 $150,000 III [27]
2003 Wonder Again 4 Edgar S. Prado James J. Toner Joan G. & John W. Phillips 1 mile 1:33.07 $150,000 III [28]
2002 Tates Creek 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1 mile 1:32.79 $114,400 III [29]
2001 Tugger 4 Jerry D. Bailey Todd A. Pletcher Anstu Stables 1 mile 1:35.18 $113,800 III Off turf[30]
2000 Gino's Spirits (GB) 4 Edgar S. Prado W. Elliott Walden Thomas F. Van Meter II & Peter Bradley 1 mile 1:36.61 $111,200 III [31]
1999 Khumba Mela (IRE) 4 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Haras du Mezeray 1 mile 1:34.50 $112,900 III [32]
1998 Oh Nellie 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Michael B. Tabor 1 mile 1:32.80 $84,000 III [33]
1997 Colcon 4 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Andreas Putsch 1 mile 1:32.80 $115,600 III [34]
1996 Perfect Arc 4 John R. Velazquez Angel A. Penna Jr. Brazil Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.41 $93,600 III [35]
1995 Irish Linnet 7 John R. Velazquez Leo O'Brien Austin Delaney 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.67 $93,408 III [36]
1994 Irish Linnet 6 John R. Velazquez Leo O'Brien Austin Delaney 1+1⁄16 miles 1:39.59 $84,650 III [37]
Noble Damsel Stakes
1993 McKaymackenna 4 Chris Antley Rene A. Araya R. Kay Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.74 $92,700 III [38]
1992 Miss Otis 5 Art Madrid Jr. Gordon F. Rathbun Mrs. Henry T. Rathbun 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.64 $89,100 III Off turf[39]
1991 Highland Penny 6 Ángel Cordero Jr. Susan H. Duncan Ravenbrook Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.21 $84,750 III [40]
1990 Christiecat 3 Eddie Maple Patrick J. Kelly Fox Ridge Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.40 $90,150 III [41]
1989 Miss Unnameable 5 Raul I. Rojas Wayne Widmer Tatt Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.74 $91,800 III [42]
Lexiable Stakes
1988 Glowing Honor 3 Pat Day MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.00 $92,250 III [43]
1987 § Fieldy (IRE) 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Thomas J. Skiffington Fernwood Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.40 $57,500 [44]
1986 Slew's Exceller 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Thomas J. Skiffington K. Meyers 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.20 $54,100 Division 1[45]
Fama 3 Randy Romero Angel Penna Sr. Santa Cruz Ranch 1:41.00 $54,300 Division 2[46]
1985 Alabama Nana (IRE) 4 Pat Valenzuela D. Wayne Lukas Leonard Mathis 1 mile 1:35.20 $58,000 [1]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

References

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