Valley View Stakes Explained

Surface:	Turf
Class:	Grade III
Horse Race:	Valley View Stakes
Location:	Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated:	1991
Race Type:	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website:	Keeneland
Distance:	1 mile
Track:	Left-handed
Qualification:	Three-year-old fillies
Weight:	122 lbs. with allowances
Purse:	$300,000 (since 2022)
Sponsor:	Bank of America (since 2023)

The Valley View Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of 1 mile on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting.

History

The event was named in after the Valley View Ferry which connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County and Nicholasville in Jessamine County and is widely regarded as the Kentucky's oldest continually operating business.^[1]

The event was inaugurated on 11 October 1991 and was won by the 31-1 longshot La Gueriere in a time of 1:43.49. Two weeks later La Gueriere proved that her win was not a fluke by winning the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes.^[2]

From 1994 to 1998 the event was classified as Listed and in 1999 the event was upgraded to Grade III.^[3]

The race was split into two divisions in 2009^[4] and 2012.^[5] In 2006 due to inclement weather the event was moved to the synthetic track and in 2015 also the event was moved off the turf to the dirt track.^[6]

In 2023 the distance of the event was decreased from miles to one mile.^[3]

Records

Speed record:

• 1:41.51 - Spinning Round (1992)

Margins:

• 7 lengths – Mingling Glances (1997)

Most wins by an owner

• 3 - Augustin Stable (2010, 2012, 2022)

Most wins by a jockey

• 3 - Joe Bravo (1997, 2018, 2019)
• 3 - Pat Day (2000, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer

• 4 - H. Graham Motion (2015, 2016, 2018, 2022)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
align=center	2023	Surge Capacity	Joel Rosario	Chad C. Brown	Klaravich Stables	align=center	1 mile	align=center	1:35.80	align=center	$299,375	align=center	III	^[7]
align=center	2022	Sparkle Blue	Joel Rosario	H. Graham Motion	Augustin Stable & Catherine Parke	align=center	miles	align=center	1:42.42	align=center	$298,594	align=center	III	^[8]
align=center	2021	Navratilova	Colby Hernandez	George R. Arnold II	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.57	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[9]
align=center	2020	Stunning Sky	Ricardo Santana Jr.	Michael J. Maker	Paradise Farms Corp. & Parkland Thoroughbreds	align=center	miles	align=center	1:41.33	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[10]
align=center	2019	Lady Prancealot (IRE)	Joe Bravo	Richard Baltas	Jules & Michael Iavarone & Jerry McClanahan	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.25	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[11]
align=center	2018	Colonia (FR)	Joe Bravo	H. Graham Motion	Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Maurice Lagasse, Haras d'Etreham & Bethlehem Stables	align=center	miles	align=center	1:45.98	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[12]
align=center	2017	Lovely Bernadette	Florent Geroux	James P. DiVito	James M. Miller	align=center	miles	align=center	1:42.80	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[13]
align=center	2016	Quidura (GB)	Junior Alvarado	H. Graham Motion	Gestut Fahrhof	align=center	miles	align=center	1:45.86	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[14]
align=center	2015	Tiger Ride	Edgar S. Prado	H. Graham Motion	Dixiana Farms	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.99	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[15]
align=center	2014	Sparkling Review	Julien R. Leparoux	Ben Colebrook	Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly S. Anderson	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.34	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[16]
align=center	2013	Overheard	Eurico Rosa da Silva	Malcolm Pierce	Pin Oak Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.36	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[17]
align=center rowspan=2	2012	Angel Terrace	James Graham		Augustin Stable	align=center rowspan=2	miles	align=center	1:44.77	align=center	$125,000	align=center rowspan=2	III	^[18]
Miz Ida	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steve Margolis	Richard Bertram and Elaine Klein	align=center	1:44.25	align=center	$125,000	^[19]
align=center	2011	Daisy Devine	Calvin H. Borel	Andrew McKeever	James M. Miller	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.30	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[20]
align=center	2010	Fugitive Angel	Rosie Napravnik	Jonathan E. Sheppard	Augustin Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.10	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[21]
align=center rowspan=2	2009	Single Solution	James Graham	Chris M. Block	Lothenbach Stables	align=center rowspan=2	miles	align=center	1:47.00	align=center	$125,000	align=center rowspan=2	III	^[22]
Eye of Taurus	John R. Velazquez	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Harvey A. Clarke	align=center	1:46.49	align=center	$125,000	^[23]
align=center	2008	Acoma	Julien R. Leparoux	David M. Carroll	Helen C. Alexander & Helen K. Groves	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.60	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[24]
align=center	2007	Bel Air Beauty	Mark Guidry	Frank L. Brothers	Bruce Lunsford	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.39	align=center	$150,000	align=center	III	^[25]
align=center	2006	Meribel	Garrett K. Gomez	Christophe Clement	Arthur B. Hancock III & Catesby W. Clay	align=center	miles	align=center	1:42.95	align=center	$125,000	align=center	III	^[26]
align=center	2005	Asi Siempre	Gary L. Stevens	Patrick L. Biancone	Martin S. Schwartz	align=center	miles	align=center	1:45.37	align=center	$125,000	align=center	III	^[27]
align=center	2004	Sister Swank	Pat Day	Steven M. Asmussen	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:46.75	align=center	$116,300	align=center	III	^[28]
align=center	2003	Dyna Da Wyna	Pat Day	W. Elliott Walden		align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.54	align=center	$112,900	align=center	III	^[29]
align=center	2002	Bedanken	Donald R. Pettinger	Donnie K. Von Hemel	Pin Oak Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.24	align=center	$114,700	align=center	III	^[30]
align=center rowspan=2	2001	Cozzy Corner	Lonnie Meche	Patrick J. Kelly	Fox Ridge Farm	align=center rowspan=2	miles	align=center rowspan=2	1:42.93	align=center rowspan=2	$113,600	align=center rowspan=2	III	^[31]
Chausson Poire	Russell W. Woolsey	Duane Knipe	Pia M. Kirkham
align=center	2000	Good Game	Pat Day	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III & Edward J. Hudson Jr.	align=center	miles	align=center	1:45.69	align=center	$114,800	align=center	III	^[32]
align=center	1999	Gimmeakissee	Patricia Cooksey	Robert W. Leonard	Hurst Leigh Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:42.05	align=center	$113,100	align=center	III	^[33]
align=center	1998	White Beauty	Calvin H. Borel	Terry J. Brennan	Greg Rand	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.09	align=center	$84,525	align=center	Listed	^[34]
align=center	1997	Mingling Glances	Joe Bravo	Burk Kessinger Jr.	Alvin D. Haynes, Bruce Barton & Turf Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.51	align=center	$84,825	align=center	Listed	^[35]
align=center	1996	Turkappeal	Donna M. Barton	Todd A. Pletcher	Betty G. Massey & Jake J. Pletcher	align=center	miles	align=center	1:46.10	align=center	$84,075	align=center	Listed	^[36]
align=center	1995	Country Cat	Donna M. Barton	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	align=center	miles	align=center	1:44.88	align=center	$82,500	align=center	Listed	^[37]
align=center	1994	Pharma	Chris Antley	Alex L. Hassinger Jr.	Allen E. Paulson	align=center	miles	align=center	1:42.48	align=center	$81,850	align=center	Listed	^[38]
align=center	1993		Charles R. Woods Jr.	Burk Kessinger Jr.	New Phenoix Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.06	align=center	$41,650	align=center		^[39]
align=center	1992	§ Spinning Round	Fabio A. Arguello Jr.	James E. Baker	Kinsman Stable	align=center	miles	align=center	1:41.51	align=center	$39,900	align=center		^[40]
align=center	1991	La Gueriere	Brian Dale Peck	A. Peter Perkins	Wimborne Farms	align=center	miles	align=center	1:43.49	align=center	$44,650	align=center		^[41]

Legend:

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

• List of American and Canadian Graded races

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pin Oak Valley View Stakes G3 . 2020 . 19 September 2020 . 133 . Keeneland.
2. Web site: 1991 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) . Equibase . 26 October 1991 . 18 September 2020.
3. Web site: Bank of America Valley View Stakes (Gr. 3) . Equibase . 2023 . 28 October 2023.
4. Web site: McLaughlin, Velazquez Sweep Valley View . Jason . Shandler . BloodHorse . 23 October 2009 . 19 September 2020.
5. Web site: VALLEY VIEW STAKES (2ND. DIV.) - KEENELAND, KY. Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2020 . 19 September 2020.
6. Web site: VALLEY VIEW STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS . Thoroughbred Pedigree Online . 2020 . 19 September 2020.
7. Web site: 2023 Bank of America Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 28 October 2023 . 29 October 2023.
8. Web site: 2022 Rubicon Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 28 October 2022 . 29 October 2022.
9. Web site: 2021 Rubicon Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 29 October 2021 . 30 October 2021.
10. Web site: 2020 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 16 October 2020 . 20 October 2020.
11. Web site: 2019 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 18 October 2019 . 18 September 2020.
12. Web site: 2018 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 19 October 2018 . 18 September 2020.
13. Web site: 2017 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 20 October 2017 . 18 September 2020.
14. Web site: 2016 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 21 October 2016 . 18 September 2020.
15. Web site: 2015 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 24 October 2015 . 18 September 2020.
16. Web site: 2014 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 17 October 2014 . 18 September 2020.
17. Web site: 2013 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 18 October 2013 . 18 September 2020.
18. Web site: 2012 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 Division 1 - (race 7) . Equibase . 19 October 2012 . 18 September 2020.
19. Web site: 2012 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 Division 2 - (race 9) . Equibase . 19 October 2012 . 18 September 2020.
20. Web site: 2011 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 21 October 2011 . 18 September 2020.
21. Web site: 2010 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 22 October 2010 . 18 September 2020.
22. Web site: 2009 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 Division 1 - (race 7) . Equibase . 23 October 2009 . 18 September 2020.
23. Web site: 2009 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 Division 2 - (race 9) . Equibase . 23 October 2009 . 18 September 2020.
24. Web site: 2008 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 17 October 2008 . 18 September 2020.
25. Web site: 2007 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 19 October 2007 . 18 September 2020.
26. Web site: 2006 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 20 October 2006 . 18 September 2020.
27. Web site: 2005 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 21 October 2005 . 18 September 2020.
28. Web site: 2004 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 23 October 2004 . 18 September 2020.
29. Web site: 2003 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9) . Equibase . 18 October 2003 . 18 September 2020.
30. Web site: 2002 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 19 October 2002 . 18 September 2020.
31. Web site: 2001 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 20 October 2001 . 18 September 2020.
32. Web site: 2000 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 21 October 2000 . 18 September 2020.
33. Web site: 1999 Valley View Stakes Grade 3 - (race 8) . Equibase . 23 October 1999 . 18 September 2020.
34. Web site: 1998 Valley View Stakes Listed - (race 8) . Equibase . 25 October 1998 . 18 September 2020.
35. Web site: 1997 Valley View Stakes Listed - (race 8) . Equibase . 25 October 1997 . 18 September 2020.
36. Web site: 1996 Valley View Stakes Listed - (race 5) . Equibase . 26 October 1996 . 18 September 2020.
37. Web site: 1995 Valley View Breeders' Cup Stakes Listed - (race 7) . Equibase . 7 October 1995 . 18 September 2020.
38. Web site: 1994 Valley View Breeders' Cup Stakes Listed - (race 7) . Equibase . 8 October 1994 . 18 September 2020.
39. Web site: 1993 Valley View Stakes Black Type - (race 8) . Equibase . 13 October 1993 . 18 September 2020.
40. Web site: 1992 Valley View Stakes Black Type - (race 8) . Equibase . 14 October 1992 . 18 September 2020.
41. Web site: 1991 Valley View Stakes Black Type - (race 8) . Equibase . 11 October 1991 . 18 September 2020.