Princess Pat Stakes
| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois: Washington Park (1937-1957) Arlington Park (1958-1963) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
The Princess Pat Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1937 at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track.[1] A race for two-year-old fillies, except for 1941 and 1942 when it was open to fillies and mares age three and older, the Princess Pat Stakes was moved to Arlington Park in 1958.
For most of its duration, the Princess Pat Stakes offered the largest purse of an American race for two-year-old fillies. In 1954, it was the world's richest race for 2-year-old fillies with a purse of $102,760.[2]
The Princess Pat Stakes was run in two divisions in 1961.
Records[edit]
Speed record:
- 1:09.20 - Smart Deb (for 6 furlongs)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Douglas Dodson (1945, 1947, 1949)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Calumet Farm (1944, 1947, 1951)
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Furlongs) |
Time | Win $ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Sari's Song | Bill Shoemaker | Jess Byrd | J. Kel Houssels | 6 F | 1:11.20 | $16,925 | ||
| 1962 | Smart Deb | Manuel Ycaza | Arnold N. Winick | Mrs. Russell L. Reineman | 6 F | 1:09.20 | |||
| 1961 | Dodge Me | Eldon Coffman | Mrs. R. M. Chastain | 5.5 F | 1:04.00 | $16,262 | |||
| 1961 | Miss Summer Time | Robert Nono | Del W. Carroll | Russell A. Firestone Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:04.20 | $16,262 | ||
| 1960 | Rose Bower | John L. Rotz | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Charlton Clay | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $62,500 | ||
| 1959 | Heavenly Body | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $65,450 | ||
| 1958 | Battle Heart | Kenneth Church | Douglas Davis, Jr. | Edward P. Metz | 6 F | 1:10.80 | $71,000 | ||
| 1957 | Hasty Doll | Bill Hartack | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 6 F | 1:11.20 | $67,120 | ||
| 1956 | Splendored | John Heckmann | Donald M. McKellar | Donald M. McKellar | 6 F | 1:13.40 | $58,300 | ||
| 1955 | Supple | Bill Hartack | Hal Price Headley | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $57,710 | |||
| 1954 | Delta | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 6 F | 1:14.80 | $63,590 | ||
| 1953 | Queen Hopeful | John Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 6 F | 1:11.00 | $68,320 | ||
| 1952 | Fulvous | Dave Erb | Jack C. Hodgins | Miss Mary V. Fisher | 6 F | 1:09.80 | $55,825 | ||
| 1951 | A Gleam | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $47,620 | ||
| 1950 | Flyamanita | Gerald Porch | J. W. Burton | Reverie Knoll Farm | 6 F | 1:10.80 | $43,710 | ||
| 1949 | Here's Hoping | Douglas Dodson | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stable | 6 F | 1:10.40 | $43,175 | ||
| 1948 | Sequence | Fred A. Smith | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs II | 6 F | 1:10.00 | $41,900 | ||
| 1947 | Bewitch | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:11.00 | $48,875 | ||
| 1946 | Say Blue | Sammy Roberts | H. C. "Red" Dodson | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 6 F | 1:13.00 | $50,275 | ||
| 1945 | Beaugay | Douglas Dodson | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 6 F | 1:13.00 | 34,020 | ||
| 1944 | Good Blood | Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 6 F | 1:13.20 | $29,340 | ||
| 1943 | Whirlabout | Joe Wagner | Arthur B. Hancock, Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:08.80 | ||||
| 1942 | Blue Delight | Ralph Neves | Burley Parke | Mrs. John Marsch | 8 F | 1:37.00 | $4,190 | ||
| 1941 | Misty Isle | Albert Snider | Daniel E. Stewart | Joseph E. Widener | 8 F | 1:36.80 | $2,000 | ||
| 1938 | - 1940 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1937 | Well Rewarded | Leon Haas | Robert V. McGarvey | Ethel V. Mars | 6 F | 1:11.80 | $11,370 | ||