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Rachel Alexandra Stakes
Rachel Alexandra Stakes
ClassGrade II
LocationFair Grounds Race Course
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Inaugurated1982 (as Davona Dale Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
SponsorFasig-Tipton (since 2020)
WebsiteFair Grounds
Race information
Distance1+116 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs.
Purse$300,000 (since 2021)
BonusesQualification points – Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

The Rachel Alexandra Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in February at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $300,000.[1]

History

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The inaugural running of the event was on 6 March 1982 as the Davona Dale Stakes over a distance of one mile and forty yards and was won by Windfields Farm's Laura North who was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Grover G. Delp and ridden by jockey Ronald Franklin in a time of 1:4245.[2]

The event was named in honor of Calumet Farm's champion homebred filly Davona Dale, foaled in 1976 was U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly after winning the Grade I Kentucky Oaks and sweeping the New York Triple Tiara series: the Acorn Stakes, the Mother Goose Stakes, and the Coaching Club American Oaks. Davona Dale was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1985. Today Davona Dale continues to have an event named for her as the GII Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

The event became a preparatory event for the Fair Grounds Oaks and was scheduled after the Thelma Stakes (today known as the Letellier Memorial Stakes for two-year-olds held in December) which was run over the six-furlong distance.

In 1985 the distance of the event was increased to one and one sixteenth miles and the winner Marshua's Echelon also was victorious in winning both the Thelma Stakes and the Fair Grounds Oaks.[3]

The following year Tiffany Lass repeated Marshua's Echelon achievements and then continued with her undefeated streak winning the GI Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park and the GI Kentucky Oaks.[4] Although Tiffany Lass would not race in the second half of 1986 her performances were substantial enough to land her U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors for the year.

In 1999 the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III.[1] For the first running as a graded event, the US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Silverbulletday from 1998 entered and began her three-year-old campaign in the event. Starting at short odds of 1/10 Silverbulletday faced seven other fillies and won the event by 2+14 lengths.[5] Silverbulletday would go on to win another seven more events of which four were Grade I and be crowned US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1999.[6]

In 2001, a year after Silverbulletday retired Fair Grounds track administration renamed the event to the Silverbulletday Stakes.[1]

In 2002 running of the event Take Charge Lady equaled the track record in winning by 8+12 lengths in a time of 1:42.09.[7]

In 2003 the event was upgraded to Grade II status but this only was until 2005 when it was downgraded back to Grade III.[8]

Due to the catastrophic damage caused by of Hurricane Katrina to the Fair Ground Race Course in 2005 the event was held at Louisiana Downs in 2006.[9]

In 2010 Fair Grounds track administration renamed the event again to the Rachel Alexandra Stakes in honor of the 2009 American Horse of the Year, Rachel Alexandra. Rachel Alexandra had won the Fair Grounds Oaks in 2009 during her exceptional campaign that won her the Eclipse Award.

In 2016 the event was upgraded from Grade III to Grade II status. In 2020, the purse was increased to $300,000.[1]

The Rachel Alexandra Stakes is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks and has produced multiple winners of that race, including Monomoy Girl (2018), Serengeti Empress (2019)[10] and Good Cheer (2025).[11]

Records

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Speed record:

Margins:

  • 11 lengths – Out of the Bid (1987)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Rachel Alexandra Stakes – Fair Grounds Oaks double:

Notes:
† Rachel Alexandra Stakes was known as the Davona Dale Stakes
‡ Rachel Alexandra Stakes was known as the Silverbulletday Stakes

Winners

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Fair Grounds – Rachel Alexandra Stakes
2025 Good Cheer Luis Saez Brad H. Cox Godolphin Racing 1+116 miles 1:44.12 $282,000 II [12]
2024 Tarifa Flavien Prat Brad H. Cox Godolphin Racing 1+116 miles 1:45.28 $291,000 II [13]
2023 Pretty Mischievous Tyler Gaffalione Brendan Walsh Godolphin Racing 1+116 miles 1:45.15 $291,000 II [14]
2022 Turnerloose Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Ike & Dawn Thrash 1+116 miles 1:44.22 $300,000 II [15]
2021 Clairiere Joseph Talamo Steven M. Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 1+116 miles 1:45.34 $300,000 II [16]
2020 Finite Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds, Thomas J. Reiman, William Dickson & Deborah A. Easter 1+116 miles 1:43.97 $294,000 II [17]
2019 Serengeti Empress James Graham Thomas M. Amoss Joel Politi 1+116 miles 1:44.74 $198,000 II [18]
2018 Monomoy Girl Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Micheal Dubb, Monomoy Stables, Elkstone Group & Bethlehem Stables 1+116 miles 1:43.26 $196,000 II [19]
2017 Farrell Channing Hill Wayne M. Catalano Coffeepot Stables 1+116 miles 1:44.09 $196,000 II [20]
2016 Venus Valentine Corey J. Lanerie Thomas M. Amoss Rosemont Farm 1+116 miles 1:45.24 $200,000 II [21]
2015 I'm a Chatterbox Florent Geroux J. Larry Jones Carolyn & Fletcher Gray 1+116 miles 1:44.10 $175,000 III [22]
2014 Untapable Rosie Napravnik Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds 1+116 miles 1:43.64 $196,000 III [23]
2013 Unlimited Budget Rosie Napravnik Todd A. Pletcher Repole Stable 1+116 miles 1:45.38 $200,000 III [24]
2012 Summer Applause Robby Albarado W. Bret Calhoun Gillian S. Campbell, R Group & Greenwood Lodge Farm 1+116 miles 1:43.30 $194,000 III [25]
2011 Kathmanblu Julien R. Leparoux Kenneth G. McPeek Five D Thoroughbreds & Wind River Stables 1+116 miles 1:45.13 $147,000 III [26]
Silverbulletday Stakes
2010 Jody Slew Miguel Mena W. Bret Calhoun Martin Racing Stable & Dan Morgan 1+116 miles 1:45.80 $145,500 III [27]
2009 War Echo Shaun Bridgmohan Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds 1+116 miles 1:45.20 $150,000 III [28]
2008 Indian Blessing Garrett K. Gomez Bob Baffert Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III 1+116 miles 1:43.75 $196,000 III [29]
2007 Appealing Zophie John R. Velazquez Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 1+116 miles 1:44.13 $200,000 III [30]
At Louisiana Downs
2006 Baghdaria M. Clifton Berry W. Bret Calhoun Wayne Sanders & Larry Hirsch 1+116 miles 1:46.07 $269,200 III [31]
At Fair Grounds
2005 Summerly Donnie Meche Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds 1+116 miles 1:43.79 $150,000 III [32]
2004 Shadow Cast Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III 1+116 miles 1:46.82 $150,000 II [33]
2003 Belle of Perintown Calvin H. Borel Eddie Kenneally Kenneth Mahler & Jamie Schloss 1+116 miles 1:44.48 $150,000 II [34]
2002 Take Charge Lady Jon Court Kenneth G. McPeek Select Stable 1+116 miles 1:42.09 $150,000 III [35]
2001 Lakenheath Corey J. Lanerie Gene A. Cilio James B. Tafel 1+116 miles 1:46.09 $125,000 III [36]
Davona Dale Stakes
2000 Shawnee Country Donnie Meche D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1+116 miles 1:45.11 $125,000 III [37]
1999 Silverbulletday Gary L. Stevens Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1+116 miles 1:44.36 $125,000 III [5]
1998 Cool Dixie Ronald D. Ardoin Louie J. Roussel III Louie J. Roussel III 1+116 miles 1:43.38 $125,000 Listed [38]
1997 Blushing K. D. Lonnie Meche Sam B. David Jr. James P. & Sue V. Burns 1+116 miles 1:42.48 $100,000 Listed [39]
1996 Up Dip Curt C. Bourque Albert Stall Jr. Mike G. Rutherford 1+116 miles 1:44.61 $62,725 Listed [40]
1995 § Legendary Priness Christopher A. Emigh Louie J. Roussel III Louie J. Roussel III 1+116 miles 1:44.42 $43,125 [41]
1994 Playcaller Ronald D. Ardoin Thomas M. Amoss Mike G. Rutherford 1+116 miles 1:44.31 $51,823 Listed [42]
1993 Bright Penny Ronald D. Ardoin William Badgett Jr. Arthur I. Appleton 1+116 miles 1:44.80 $31,825 [43]
1992 Prospectors Delite Bobby J. Walker Jr. Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III, James Elkins & Temple Webber, Jr. 1+116 miles 1:43.80 $31,700 [44]
1991 Nalees Pin Kenneth Bourque Larry Robideaux Jr. George Waggoner 1+116 miles 1:46.50 $31,775 [45]
1990 Windansea Randy Romero Lee J. Rossi Carl Maggio 1+116 miles 1:46.40 $27,600 [46]
1989 Exquisite Mistress Calvin H. Borel Joseph E. Broussard Joe Ladnier & Carson Kimbrough 1+116 miles 1:46.80 $26,675 [47]
1988 False Glitter Shane P. Romero Louie J. Roussel III Louie J. Roussel III 1+116 miles 1:47.40 $28,450 [48]
1987 Out of the Bid Kenneth Bourque Bud Delp Hawksworth Farm 1+116 miles 1:47.20 $37,900 [49]
1986 Tiffany Lass Ricky Frazier Lazaro S. Barrera Aaron U. Jones 1+116 miles 1:46.00 $39,900 [50]
1985 Marshua's Echelon Ronald J. Franklin Noxie Romano Jr. Joe & Jean Pizzitola 1+116 miles 1:45.20 $47,250 [51]
1984 Texas Cowgirl Nite Kenneth Bourque Ken W. Delahoussaye Charley S. Staples 1 mile & 40 yards 1:42.00 $29,050 [52]
1983 Duped Julio C. Espinoza Donald R. Winfree James J. Devaney 1 mile & 40 yards 1:43.00 $23,500 [53]
1982 Linda North Ronald J. Franklin Bud Delp Windfields Farm 1 mile & 40 yards 1:42.80 $22,950 [2]

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

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