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Shuvee Stakes
Shuvee Stakes
ClassGrade II
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1976 (at Belmont Park as Shuvee Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & older, fillies and mares
Weight124 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2021)

The Shuvee Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older over a distance of  1+18 miles on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

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The race was named after the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly, Shuvee, winner of the 1969 Fillies Triple Crown.[1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 16 May 1976 at Belmont Park as the Shuvee Handicap as a one-mile event. The winner Proud Delta made an immediate impact for the event as she continued her winning ways to be crowned US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse.[2]

The following year the distance for the event was increased to 1+116 miles[3] and for the third running in 1978 the event was classified as a Grade II.[4]

The event was upgraded to Grade I in 1986,[3] the year Lady's Secret won the event en route to a Breeders' Cup Distaff victory at Santa Anita Park and U.S. Horse of the Year honors.

In 1995 the distance for the event reverted to its original one mile.[4]

In 1997 the event was downgraded to Grade II[3] and in 2012 the event was not held.[4] NYRA moved the event to Saratoga for 2013 as they expanded the number of racing dates at that track. The event was downgraded to Grade III for its first running at the new track and the event holds this classification to date. Also that year the distance was increased to a mile-and-an-eighth.[4]

Other notable mares to have won this race are 1995 winner Inside Information who won the event as the Shug McGaughey trained entry with Regal Solution defeating the short favorite and 1994 winner Sky Beauty and US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. Later that year Inside Information would win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and be crowned US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. The 1997 winner Hidden Lake would also later that year be voted US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. Stopchargingmaria, in 2015, was the last Shuvee winner to go on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

In 2022, the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the event back to Grade II.[5]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1 mile: 1:34.23 – Society Selection (2005)
  • 1+116 miles: 1:40.40 – Dance Number (1983)
  • 1+18 miles: 1:48.94 – Letruska (2020)

Largest Winning Margin:

  • 32+12 lengths – Paid Up Subscriber (2017)

Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time Purse Grade Ref
At Saratoga – Shuvee Stakes
2025 Leslie’s Rose 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd A. Pletcher Whisper Hill Farm 1:50.77 $175,000 II
2024 Raging Sea 4 Flavien Prat Chad C. Brown Alpha Delta Stables 1:51.95 $194,000 II [6]
2023 Nest 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd Pletcher Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Michael House 1:50.72 $186,000 II [7]
2022 Clairiere 4 Joel Rosario Steve Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 1:51.96 $186,000 II [8]
2021 Royal Flag 5 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown William S. Farish III 1:49.42 $200,000 III [9]
2020 Letruska 4 Joel Rosario Fausto Gutierrez St. George Stable 1:48.94 $125,000 III [10]
2019 Golden Award 4 Tyler Gaffalione William I. Mott Summer Wind Equine 1:49.64 $194,000 III [11]
2018 Farrell 4 Channing Hill Wayne M. Catalano Coffeepot Stables 1:49.35 $200,000 III [12]
Shuvee Handicap
2017 Paid Up Subscriber 5 John R. Velazquez Chad C. Brown Allen Stable & Peter M. Brant 1:51.31 $180,000 III [13]
2016 Curalina 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners 1:49.85 $190,000 III [14]
2015 Stopchargingmaria 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Town and Country Farms 1:49.37 $200,000 III [15]
2014 Antipathy 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Kiaran P. McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 1:52.80 $200,000 III [16]
2013 Authenticity 6 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Padua Stables 1:52.33 $200,000 III [17]
2012 Race not held
At Belmont Park
2011 Awesome Maria 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Robsham Stables 1:35.19 $147,000 II [18]
2010 Funny Moon 4 Alan Garcia Christophe Clement Mrs. C. Wilson McNeely III 1:36.70 $147,000 II [19]
2009 Seattle Smooth 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Anthony W. Dutrow Mercedes Stable 1:35.94 $150,000 II [20]
2008 Cowgirls Don't Cry 4 Michael J. Luzzi Kiaran P. McLaughlin Jeff Singer 1:37.31 $150,000 II [21]
2007 Teammate 4 Cornelio Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens H. Joseph Allen 1:38.19 $150,000 II [22]
2006 Take D' Tour 5 Cornelio Velásquez David Fawkes Alice Muller 1:36.10 $147,000 II [23]
2005 Society Selection 4 Eibar Coa H. Allen Jerkens Irving & Marjorie Cowan 1:34.23 $196,000 II [24]
2004 Storm Flag Flying 4 John R. Velazquez Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps et al. 1:36.10 $200,000 II [25]
2003 Wild Spirit (CHI) 4 Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Sumaya U.S. Stable 1:34.51 $200,000 II [26]
2002 Shiny Band 4 Robbie Davis H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:34.95 $200,000 II [27]
2001 Apple of Kent 5 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Juddmonte Farms 1:35.16 $200,000 II [28]
2000 Beautiful Pleasure 5 Jorge F. Chavez John T. Ward Jr. John C. Oxley 1:35.65 $200,000 II [29]
1999 Catinca 4 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Robert K. Waxman 1:34.38 $150,000 II [30]
1998 Colonial Minstrel 4 John R. Velazquez Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 1:36.20 $150,000 II [31]
1997 Hidden Lake 4 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Robert N. Clay 1:35.27 $150,000 II [32]
1996 Clear Mandate 4 Julie Krone George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1:35.01 $153,300 I [33]
1995 § Inside Information 4 José A. Santos Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:35.10 $129,689 I [34]
1994 Sky Beauty 4 Mike E. Smith H. Allen Jerkens Georgia E. Hofmann 1:40.60 $150,000 I [35]
1993 Turnback the Alarm 4 Chris Antley William V. Terrill Valley View Farm 1:43.11 $150,000 I [36]
1992 Missy's Mirage 4 Eddie Maple H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stable 1:40.74 $171,600 I [37]
1991 A Wild Ride 4 Mike E. Smith D. Wayne Lukas Yoshida Zeyna 1:42.40 $171,900 I [38]
1990 Tis Juliet 4 Richard Migliore D. Wayne Lukas Calumet Farm 1:43.00 $171,300 I [39]
1989 Banker's Lady 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Philip M. Hauswald Edward A. Cox Jr. 1:40.80 $174,300 I [40]
1988 Personal Ensign 4 Randy Romero Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:41.60 $170,100 I [41]
1987 Ms. Eloise 4 Robbie Davis Philip G. Johnson Margaret E. Grimm 1:41.80 $179,700 I [42]
1986 Lady's Secret 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1:41.80 $113,800 I [43]
1985 Life's Magic 4 Jorge Velásquez D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1:42.40 $172,000 II [44]
1984 Queen of Song 5 Sam Maple Claude R. McGaughey III Parrish Hill Farm 1:43.00 $121,400 II [45]
1983 Dance Number 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 1:40.40 $82,500 II [46]
1982 Anti Lib 4 Jacinto Vásquez David A. Whiteley Pen-Y-Bryn Farm 1:41.60 $55,700 II [47]
1981 Chain Bracelet 4 Ruben Hernandez James W. Maloney Jr. Shirley H. Taylor 1:42.80 $55,500 II [48]
1980 Alada 4 Jeffrey Fell Robert G. van Wert Meadow Stable 1:43.00 $54,100 II [49]
1979 Pearl Necklace 5 Jeffrey Fell Roger Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1:41.40 $53,800 II [50]
1978 One Sum 4 Ruben Hernandez Luis Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr. 1:44.00 $53,000 II [51]
1977 † Mississippi Mud 4 Jacinto Vásquez Charles Peoples Mrs. Bayard Sharp 1:43.60 $54,600 [52]
1976 Proud Delta 4 Jorge Velásquez Peter M. Howe Montpelier Stable 1:35.00 $56,350 [53]

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1977 running, Secret Lanvin finished first but was disqualified for interference and was placed third. Mississippi Mud was declared the winner.

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