Lone Star Derby Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Ungraded stakes
Horse Race:Lone Star Derby
Location:Lone Star Park
Grand Prairie, Texas
Inaugurated:1997
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website:www.lonestarpark.com
Distance: miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:Three-year-olds
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$200,000

The Lone Star Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf.

Inaugurated in 1997 as an ungraded stakes race, it was elevated to Grade III status in 2002. The race was downgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC) and lost its graded status in 2011.[1] Lone Star Park officials moved the race from dirt to turf for the first time after the AGSC decision and moved it to Lone Star Park's special Memorial Day program dubbed Lone Star Million Day.[2]

For the three years from 2001 through 2003, it was raced at miles.

Records

Speed record:

Largest margin of victory:

Most wins by a jockey (tie):

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Purses

Winners of the Lone Star Derby

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011ThirtyfirststreetChris LanderosDoug O'NeillGorman/Haymes/Bogart1:42.55
2010Game On DudeMartin GarciaBob BaffertLanni Family Trust/Mercedes Stable1:44.61
2009Mythical PowerVictor EspinozaBob BaffertPeachtree Stable1:42.79
2008El Gato MaloRafael BejaranoCraig DollaseWest Point Thoroughbreds1:43.04
2007Slew's TizzyRobby AlbaradoGregory FoxLaCombe Stable1:45.49
2006Wanna RunnerVictor EspinozaBob BaffertMichael E. Pegram1:43.71
2005Southern AfricaJon CourtMichael PuhichAl & Saundra Kirkwood1:41.92
2004Pollard's VisionJohn VelazquezTodd A. PletcherEdgewood Farm1:42.10
2003DyneverEdgar PradoChristophe ClementC. Willis / P. Karches1:50.43
2002Wiseman's FerryJorge ChavezNiall O'CallaghanMorton Fink et al.1:49.92
2001Percy HopeJon CourtAnthony ReinstedlerWaterfalls Stable1:50.27
2000Tahkodha HillsEibar CoaRalph ZiadieCentuar Farms Inc.1:44.05
1999TB Track StarEddie Martin, Jr.Chris CandiesKevin Candies et al.1:42.92
1998Smolderin HeartTim DoocyTerry BrennanJeff Rand1:46.29
1997AnetDavid FloresBob BaffertDonald Dizney1:40.88

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10 . bloodhorse.com . 2010-12-02.
  2. Web site: Lone Star Derby moving to grass in 2011-News . www.ntra.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614062208/http://www.ntra.com/content/display/news/NDcwOTU= . 2012-06-14.