The Dearly Precious Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to three-year-old fillies, the non-graded stakes is contested on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
The race is named in honor of Dearly Precious, the 1975 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly who was in the hunt for another Championship at age three when she suffered a career-ending injury on July 11, 1976 while winning the Dark Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Records Speed record: 1:10.20 - T Storm (1999)
Most wins by a jockey: 2 - Richard Migliore (1997, 2002) 2 - Aaron Gryder (1998, 2000) 2 - Mario Pino (2004, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer: No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner: No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time2011Coax LibertyDavid CohenJames L. Lawrence, IICopper Penny Stables1:11.242010Fuzzy BritchesRamon DominguezRick Dutrow, Jr.1:11.882009Dream PlayEddie CastroKiaran McLaughlinStewart L. Armstrong1:10.862008Ready for FortuneMario PinoGary C. ContessaDennis Narlinger1:11.312007Special DreamAlan GarciaGuadolupe PreciadoHidden Lanes Farm1:11.362006Ring TrueNorberto ArroyoJames A. JerkensJoseph Iracane1:12.012005Acey DeuceyDiane NelsonJohn MorrisonJeffrey Tucker1:10.682004Among My SouvenirsMario PinoAnthony W. DutrowPeter G. Angelos1:11.602003LadyechoOliver CastilloJohn ServisCharlotte C. Polin1:12.682002Proper GambleRichard MiglioreTodd A. PletcherStoneway Farm1:11.012001Xtra HeatRick WilsonJohn SalzmanKenneth Taylor1:11.882000Southern Sandra Aaron GryderRobert BarbaraSabine Stable 1:11.801999T StormJose EspinozaRene ArayaR. Kay Stable1:10.201998Diablo's NotablyAaron GryderRichard SchosbergDale H. Austin1:12.401997ParlayRichard MiglioreJohn C. KimmelAckerly Bros. & R. Levy1:11.201996InfomintCarlos Marquez, Jr.Ben Perkins, Jr.New Farm1:11.201995Evil's PicMike LuzziHoward M. TesherTheodore Shapiro1:13.60
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