Kelso Stakes Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Kelso Stakes
Location:Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated:2014 (as Forbidden Apple Stakes at Belmont Park)
Website:NYRA
Distance:1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:Four-year-olds and older
Weight:124 lbs with allowances
Purse:US$175,000 (since 2022)

The Kelso Stakes, previously held as the Forbidden Apple Stakes, is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf held annually in mid-July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

History

The inaugural event was named in honor of Forbidden Apple[1] who won the 2001 Grade I Manhattan Handicap and won the Grade II Kelso Handicap twice.

The event's inaugural running was on Independence Day in 2014 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York as the seventh race on the ten race holiday card and was won by Shadwell Stable's Sayaad who defeated the favorite Kharafa in a five horse field by lengths in a time of 1:38.27 on a soft yielding turf track.

From 2014 until 2018 the event was held at Belmont Park.[2]

In 2019 the event was moved to Saratoga.[2] That same year the event was classified as Grade III by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.[3]

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA did not schedule the event in their Saratoga summer meeting. [4]

In 2023 NYRA announced that the event would be renamed to the Kelso Stakes.[5] The event was renamed in honor of Kelso, Allaire du Pont's five-time winner of American Horse of the Year honors. Kelso won the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park five times (1960 - 1964) consecutively at the then distance of 2 miles on the dirt.

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Saratoga  - Kelso Stakes
align=center 2024Carl Spackler (IRE)4Tyler GaffalioneChad C. Browne Five Racing Thoroughbredsalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:34.72align=canter $162,750align=center III[6]
align=center 2023Casa Creedalign=center 7Luis SaezWilliam I. MottLRE Racing, JEH Racing Stable align=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.51align=center $175,000align=center III[7]
Forbidden Apple Stakes
align=center 2022City Manalign=center 5Joel RosarioChristophe ClementReeves Thoroughbred Racing, Peter Searles, & Patty Searlesalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:33.76align=center $175,000align=center III[8]
align=center 2021Rinaldialign=center 5Luis SaezH. James BondBond Racing Stablealign=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.70align=center $150,000align=center III[9]
2020Race not held
align=center 2019align=center 5Catherine Day PhillpsSean & Dorothy Fitzhenryalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:37.50align=center $150,000align=center III[10]
At Belmont Park
align=center 2018Voodoo Songalign=center 4Manuel FrancoLinda L. RiceBarry K. Schwartzalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:31.67align=center $150,000align=center Listed [11]
align=center 2017Disco Partneralign=center 5Irad Ortiz Jr.Patricia A. Generazioalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:33.49align=center $150,000align=center Listed [12]
align=center 2016King Kreesaalign=center 7Irad Ortiz Jr.David G. DonkGerald & Susan Kresaalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:33.06align=center $150,000align=center Listed [13]
align=center 2015King Kreesaalign=center 6Jose L. OrtizDavid G. DonkGerald & Susan Kresaalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:32.34align=center $147,000align=center Listed [14]
align=center 2014Sayaadalign=center 4Jose L. OrtizKiaran P. McLaughlinShadwell Stablealign=center 1 milealign=center 1:38.27align=center $144,000align=center [15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forbidden Apple (USA) dkb/br. H, 1995 - 31 Starts, 8 Wins, 6 Places, 9 Shows Career Earnings: $1,680,640 . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2021 . 3 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Forbidden Apple Stakes (Gr. 3) . equibase . 2021 . 3 July 2021.
  3. Web site: FORBIDDEN APPLE STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2021 . 3 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Ehalt . Bob . Saratoga Stakes Schedule Released, Travers Now Aug. 8 . BloodHorse . 3 July 2021 . 19 June 2020.
  5. Web site: 2023 Saratoga Summer Meet Stakes Schedule Released The 40-day summer meet will open July 13 and continue through Sept. 4. . Bloodhorse.com . NYRA . 8 March 2023 . 8 March 2023.
  6. Web site: 2024 Kelso Stakes Grade 3 - (race 2) . Equibase . 13 July 2024 . 14 July 2024.
  7. Web site: 2023 Kelso Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 15 July 2023.
  8. Web site: 2022 Forbidden Apple Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 16 July 2022.
  9. Web site: 2021 Forbidden Apple Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 17 July 2021.
  10. Web site: 2019 Forbidden Apple Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 12 July 2019 . 3 July 2021.
  11. Web site: 2018 Forbidden Apple Stakes Listed - (race 9) . Equibase . 14 July 2018 . 3 July 2021.
  12. Web site: 2017 Forbidden Apple Stakes Listed - (race 8) . Equibase . 15 July 2017 . 3 July 2021.
  13. Web site: 2016 Forbidden Apple Stakes Listed - (race 8) . Equibase . 16 July 2016 . 3 July 2021.
  14. Web site: 2015 Forbidden Apple Stakes Listed - (race 9) . Equibase . 11 July 2015 . 3 July 2021.
  15. Web site: 2014 Forbidden Apple Stakes Black Type - (race 7) . Equibase . 4 July 2014 . 3 July 2021.

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