Wise Dan Handicap

Wise Dan Stakes
Grade II race
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated 1983[1]
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Churchill Downs
Race information
Distance 1 1/16 mile (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $200,000

The Wise Dan Stakes, formerly known as the Firecracker Handicap,[2] is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually on the turf course at Churchill Downs. The Grade II event is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one sixteenth of a mile and currently offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The race was first run in 1983 on the dirt at 7 furlongs, only to be discontinued in 1986. In 1993, the race was revived, now on turf at 1 mile. It became a Grade III event in 1996, and a Grade II event in 2002.[1]

The race was renamed as the Wise Dan Stakes in 2016 in honor of two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan, who won the race in 2011 in his Turf Debut.[3] The distance was changed from 8 furlongs to 8.5 furlongs at the same time.[2]

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2016 Pleuven (FR) 5 Channing Hill Philip Sims Nelson McMakin 1:40.96
2015 Departing 5 Miguel Mena Albert M. Stall, Jr. Claiborne Farm/Dilschneider 1:38.16
2014 Silver Max 5 Robby Albarado Dale L. Romans Bacon/Wells 1:34.21
2013 Wise Dan 6 John Velazquez Charles Lopresti Morton Fink 1:39.82
2012 Guys Reward 5 Corey Lanerie Dale Romans Michael J. Bruder 1:38.46
2011 Wise Dan 4 Jon Court Charles Lopresti Morton Fink 1:34.59
2010 Tizdejavu 5 Jesus Castenon Greg Fox Cooper/Ziebarth 1:35.98
2009 Mr. Sidney 5 Kent Desormeaux William I. Mott Circle E Racing 1:37.28
2008 Thorn Song 5 Kent Desormeaux Dale Romans Zayat Stables 1:36.89
2007 Remarkable News 5 Ramon Dominguez Angel Penna, Jr. Holly Rincon 1:34.74
2006 Miesque's Approval 7 Eddie Castro Martin D. Wolfson Live Oak Plantation 1:34.52
2005 Kitten's Joy 4 Edgar Prado Dale L. Romans Ken & Sarah Ramsey 1:35.25
2004 Quantum Merit 5 Shane Sellers Del Carroll, Jr. Very Un Stable 1:34.15
2003 Tap The Admiral 5 John McKee Del Carroll, Jr. Stanley Ettinger 1:35.48
2002 Good Journey 6 Pat Day Wallace Dollase Flaxman Holdings 1:34.83
2001 Irish Prize 5 Gary Stevens Neil Drysdale Sheikh Mohammed 1:34.68
2000 Conserve 4 Shane Sellers Frank L. Brothers Claiborne Farm 1:35.12

Earlier winners

  • 1999 - Joe Who
  • 1998 - Claires Honor
  • 1997 - Soviet Line
  • 1996 - Rare Reason
  • 1995 - Jaggery John
  • 1994 - First And Only
  • 1993 - Cleone
  • 1985 - Rapid Grey
  • 1984 - Turn and Cheer
  • 1983 - Shot n' Missed

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics - Wise Dan Stakes". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Lintner, Jonathan (January 5, 2016). "Churchill renames spring stakes for Wise Dan". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. Manley, Travers (June 26, 2013). "Horse of the Year Wise Dan Headlines 23rd Firecracker Handicap". Churchill Downs. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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