Mardi Gras Stakes Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Black type stakes
Horse Race:Mardi Gras Stakes
Location:Fair Grounds Race Course
New Orleans, Louisiana
Inaugurated:1922
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:About furlongs
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:Fillies & Mares,
four years old & up
Purse:US$75,000

The Mardi Gras Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1922 at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Run in February, the race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and up, and run on turf since 2016 at a distance of about furlongs over the Stall-Wilson Turf Course.[1]

Winners since 2007

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse$
2022Elle Z5Mitchell MurrillChris HartmanM Bar O, LLC5.5 f ±1:03.95$75,000
2021Elle Z4Mitchell MurrillChris HartmanM Bar O, LLC5.5 f ±1:03.81$75,000
2020Play On4Fernando De La CruzBrad H. CoxKlein Racing5.5 f ±1:03.99$75,000
2019Student Body5Miguel MenaChristopher DavisGary Broad5.5 f ±1:04.21$75,000
2018Compelled3Corey LanerieThomas F. ProctorGlen Hill Farm5.5 f ±1:04.32$75,000
2017Rapid Rhythm5James GrahamMichael StidhamRobert S. Evans5.5 f ±1:03.73$75,000
2016Leigh Court6Michael StidhamSpeedway Stable5.5 f ±1:04.39 $60,000
2015Divine Beauty4Kerwin D. ClarkJ. Larry JonesBrereton C. Jones6 f1:10.20$60,000
2014Cozze Up Lady5Rosie NapravnikW. Bret CalhounMartin Racing & Morgan Thoroughbred et al.5.5 f1:05.10$60,000
2013Good Deed4Shaun BridgmohanSteve MargolisRichard, Bertram & Elaine Klein6 f1:11.12$75,000
2012 Daisy Devine4James GrahamAndrew McKeeverJames M. Miller1 1/16 m1:47.19$60,000
2011Street Storm3Jesse CampbellSteve MargolisRight Time Racing LLC7.5 f1:43.77$60,000
2010Chantilly Nayla3James GrahamNeil PessinSalman Rashed5.5 f1:04.75$60,000
2009Selva3Robby AlbaradoDavid M. CarrollHelen C. Alexander & Helen K. Groves5.5 f1:04.63$60,000
2008Cloudburst3Julien LeparouxDallas StewartOverbrook Farm5.5 f1:05.12$60,000
2007Corrupt3Robby AlbaradoJeff TrosclairTeam Block7.5 F1:33.15$75,000

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fairgroundsracecourse.com/racing-information/ Fair Grounds Race Course