Doubledogdare Stakes

The Doubledogdare Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt held annually in April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000.

History

The race was named for Doubledogdare, the filly who gave Claiborne Farm their first major stakes win at Keeneland in the 1955 Alcibiades Stakes. Doubledogdare went on to be voted that year's American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and returned to Keeneland in 1956 to win the Spinster Stakes and would earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors.

The inaugural running of the event was on 28 October 1992 as a seven furlong event with Jeano the second favorite defeating the favorite Erica's Dream winning by a nose in a time of 1:22.61. Jeano was victorious once again in 1994 to become the races only two-time winner.

In 1995 the event was not scheduled and in 1996 the event was to be held during the Spring meeting but was cancelled after it failed to draw enough entries.

In 1997 the event was scheduled again for the spring meeting held in April, but was run on turf at a distance of five and a half furlongs. The winner Singing Heart set a new Keeneland course record of 1:02.40.

The following year the event was moved back to the dirt track and was run over a distance of mile and a sixteenth.

The 1999 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Silverbulletday began her four-year-old campaign in this event. The event attracted only five entrants with two scratching before the start of the race. Silverbulletday started an overwhelming 3-10 odds-on favorite in the three horse race narrowly defeating Roza Robata by a neck.

In 2007 the event was upgraded to Grade III status and that year the event was run on the synthetic Polytrack surface. In 2015 Keeneland reverted to a dirt surface.

The event was not held 2020 during Keeneland's spring meeting which was moved to July and shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

In 2026 the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association upgraded the event to Grade II status.

Records Speed record: miles – 1:41.20 Lu Ravi (1999)

Margins 12 lengths – Pool Land (2006) Most wins 2 – Jeano (1992, 1994)

Most wins by a jockey 6 – John R. Velazquez (2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022)

Most wins by a trainer 5 – Todd A. Pletcher (2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2022)

Most wins by an owner 2 – Frances A. Genter (1992, 1994) 2 – Sam-Son Farm (2002, 2015) 2 – Stonestreet Stables (2018, 2019)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref2026Alpine Princess 5Irad Ortiz Jr.Brad H. CoxFull of Run Racing II & Madaket Stables miles1:44.09$400,000II2025Gin Gin4Jose L. OrtizBrendan P. WalshCalumet Farm miles 1:45.15$350,000III2024Raging Sea 4Flavien PratChad C. BrownAlpha Delta Stables miles1:44.24$300,000III2023Frost Point5Flavien PratWilliam I. MottGodolphin miles1:43.95$292,594 III2022Malathaat4John R. VelazquezTodd A. PletcherShadwell Racing miles1:44.58$300,000III2021Bonny South4Florent GerouxBrad H. CoxJuddmonte Farm miles1:43.46$100,000III2020Race not held2019Electric Forest4Jose L. OrtizChad C. BrownStonestreet Stables miles1:45.25$98,000III2018Valadorna4Brian Hernandez Jr.Mark E. CasseStonestreet Stables miles1:43.87$100,000III2017Unbridled Mo4John R. VelazquezTodd A. PletcherRed Oak Stable (Brunetti) miles1:45.11$100,000III2016Brooklynsway4Robby AlbaradoBernard S. FlintNaveed Chowhan miles1:42.86$100,000III2015Deceptive Vision5John R. VelazquezMalcolm PierceSam-Son Farm miles1:44.34$100,000III2014Sisterly Love6Stewart ElliottMark E. CasseGary Barber miles1:43.82$100,000III2013Ice Cream Silence4Rosie NapravnikGeorge R. Arnold IIG. Watts Humphrey Jr. miles1:44.66$100,000III2012Pachattack6Rajiv MaraghH. Graham MotionFlaxman Holdings miles1:43.75$100,000III2011Embur's Song4John R. VelazquezTodd A. PletcherFares Farm miles1:41.62$125,000III2010Haka4Garrett K. GomezChristophe ClementClaiborne Farm miles1:44.72$98,000III2009Indescribable5Kent J. DesormeauxWilliam I. MottCourtlandt Farm miles1:42.40$100,000III2008Carriage Trail5 Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable miles1:42.51$125,000III2007Asi Siempre5Garrett K. GomezPatrick L. BianconeMartin S. Schwartz miles1:46.04$108,600III2006Pool Land4John R. VelazquezTodd A. PletcherMelnyk Racing Stables miles1:44.08$107,300Listed 2005Colony Band4John R. VelazquezTodd A. PletcherWertheimer et Frère miles1:46.15$109,700 Listed 2004Mayo On the Side5Pat DayCarl A. NafzgerLothenback Stables miles1:43.92$114,300 Listed 2003Reason to Talk4Pat DayDavid R. Vance Ronald L. & Tom Kirby miles1:45.19$105,439 Listed 2002Dancethruthedawn4Robby AlbaradoMark R. FrostadSam-Son Farm miles1:42.92$107,600 Listed 2001Darling My Darling4Mike E. SmithJohn T. Ward Jr. Debby M. Oxley miles1:44.38$108,500 Listed 2000Silverbulletday4Jerry D. BaileyBob BaffertMichael E. Pegram miles1:43.76$99,084 Listed 1999Lu Ravi4Willie MartinezCarl BowmanYoshio Fujita miles1:41.32$108,800 Listed 1998Top Secret5Joe BravoGeorge R. Arnold IIJohn H. Peace miles1:42.60$72,150 Listed 1997Singing Heart5Craig PerretAlice G. CohnCarl Icahn furlongs1:02.49 $73,385Listed 1995–1996Race not held1994Jeano6Shane SellersCarl A. NafzgerFrances A. Genter Stable7 furlongs1:24.06$44,700 1993How Rare4Brent E. BartramBilly G. AshabranerNorman R. Wooten & Bryant Wells7 furlongs1:22.02$46,900 1992Jeano4Shane SellersCarl A. NafzgerFrances A. Genter7 furlongs1:22.61$38,150

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