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The Inside Information Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in late January at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The inaugural running of the event was on 21 April 1976 as the Shirley Jones Stakes over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles on the turf track for fillies and mares that were three-year-olds or older. It was won by Roger E. Leslie's Canadian-bred Regal Quillo who started as the 11/10 favorite winning by 1+3⁄4 lengths.[1] The event was named after the fine mare Shirley Jones who defeated her male counterparts in the inaugural running of the Pan American Handicap at Gulfstream Park in 1962.[2]

During the 1970s the legal inflighting between owner Donn family's Gulfstream Park and John W. Galbreath's Hialeah Park over racing date allotments impacted the scheduling of the event.[3] The event was not held in 1977 or 1978.[4] In 1979 the event was scheduled as a race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track. The race was a spectacular clash between two brilliant fillies, Candy Eclair and Davona Dale which Candy Eclair won her seventh straight race to remain undefeated by a 1+3⁄4 lengths in a scintillating 1:083⁄5.[5]

Again in 1980 the event was not scheduled but in 1981 the event resumed as a seven furlong sprint for fillies and mares that are four years old or older and has currently remains as such.[6]

In 1983, the event was held in two split divisions with both favorites Meringue Pie and Secrettame winning their races.[7]

The event was upgraded in 1998 by the American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III race.[6] The event was upgraded to Grade II classification in 2005.[6]

In 2009 the event was renamed to the Inside Information Stakes in honor of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame racing mare Inside Information, winner of the 1995 Breeders' Cup Distaff who was voted that year's American Champion Older Female Horse. Inside Information ran three times at Gulfstream Park winning twice including the Grade II Bonnie Miss Stakes.[8]

In the 2011 running of the event 3/5 odds-on favorite Hilda's Passion set a new track record for the 7 furlongs distance in her 5+1⁄4 lengths defeat of five other runners.[9]

Records

Speed record:

  • 7 furlongs: 1:20.45 – Hilda's Passion (2011)

Margins:

  • 7+1⁄4 lengths – Randaroo (2004)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Love's Exchange (1990, 1991)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Inside Information Stakes
2024 Olivia Darling 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Jorge Delgado Amo Racing USA 7 furlongs 1:23.04 $210,000 II [10]
2023 Maryquitecontrary 4 Luca Panici Joseph Catanese III Rodney G. Lundock 7 furlongs 1:23.64 $200,000 II [11]
2022 Just One Time 4 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Warriors Reward & Commonwealth New Era Racing 7 furlongs 1:23.81 $200,000 II [12]
2021 Pacific Gale 5 John R. Velazquez John C. Kimmel Tobey L. Morton 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $200,000 II [13]
2020 Pink Sands 5 Jose L. Ortiz Claude R. McGaughey III Gainesway Stable & Andrew Rosen 7 furlongs 1:23.42 $200,000 II [14]
2019 America's Tale 4 Paco Lopez Bernard S. Flint Naveed Chowhan 7 furlongs 1:24.08 $200,000 II [15]
2018 Ivy Bell 5 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Mathis Stable & Madaket Stables 7 furlongs 1:23.29 $200,000 II [16]
2017 Distanta 5 John R. Velazquez Victor Barboza Jr. Veb Racing Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.93 $200,000 II [17]
2016 Stonetastic 5 Paco Lopez Kelly J. Breen Stoneway Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.22 $200,000 II [18]
2015 Classic Point 6 Paco Lopez James A. Jerkens Joseph V. Shields Jr. 7 furlongs 1:24.47 $200,000 II [19]
2014 Heart Stealer 4 Joel Rosario Martin D. Wolfson Peachtree Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.57 $200,000 II [20]
2013 Aubby K 4 Edgar S. Prado Ralph E. Nicks James C. Spence 7 furlongs 1:23.85 $150,000 II [21]
2012 Musical Romance 5 Juan C. Leyva William A. Kaplan Pinnacle Racing Stable & William A. Kaplan 7 furlongs 1:21.88 $150,000 II [22]
2011 Hilda's Passion 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Starlight Partners 7 furlongs 1:20.45 $150,000 II [23]
2010 Warbling 4 Julien R. Leparoux Eddie Kenneally Joseph W. Sutton 7 furlongs 1:21.92 $200,000 II [24]
2009 Game Face 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Zabeel Racing International 7 furlongs 1:22.09 $150,000 II [25]
Shirley Jones Handicap
2008 Sugar Swirl 5 Javier Castellano Brian A. Lynch Frank Stronach 7 furlongs 1:22.57 $170,000 II [26]
2007 Sweet Fervor 4 Fernando Jara William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.67 $200,000 II [27]
2006 Splendid Blended 4 Manoel R. Cruz William I. Mott Peter Vegso 7 furlongs 1:21.62 $200,000 II [28]
2005 Madcap Escapade 4 Jerry D. Bailey Frank L. Brothers Bruce Lunsford 7 furlongs 1:22.06 $150,000 II [29]
2004 Randaroo 4 John R. Velazquez Kiaran P. McLaughlin H. Joseph Allen 7 furlongs 1:21.42 $100,000 III [30]
2003 Harmony Lodge 5 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene & Laura Melnyk 7 furlongs 1:22.35 $100,000 III [31]
2002 Cat Cay 5 Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 7 furlongs 1:22.31 $100,000 III [32]
2001 Hidden Assets 4 Jerry D. Bailey Bernard S. Flint Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $100,000 III [33]
2000 Marley Vale 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene Melnyk 7 furlongs 1:22.24 $100,000 III [34]
1999 Harpia 5 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Juddmonte Farms 7 furlongs 1:22.17 $100,000 III [35]
1998 U Can Do It 5 Shane Sellers Larry Pilotti Frank & Carina Marano 7 furlongs 1:23.33 $100,000 III [36]
1997 Chip 4 Joe Bravo Sonny Hine Carolyn Hine 7 furlongs 1:22.24 $100,000 III [37]
1996 Dust Bucket 5 Robbie Davis William H. Turner Jr. Milton Ritzenberg 7 furlongs 1:25.97 $100,000 III [38]
1995 Educated Risk 5 Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 furlongs 1:22.94 $100,000 III [39]
1994 Santa Catalina 6 Pat Day Mark A. Hennig Team Valor 7 furlongs 1:21.94 $100,000 III [40]
1993 Jeano 5 Shane Sellers Carl A. Nafzger Frances A. Genter 7 furlongs 1:23.56 $65,100 III [41]
1992 Nannerl 5 Julie Krone Flint S. Schulhofer Marablue Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.23 $61,000 III [42]
1991 Love's Exchange 5 Heberto Castillo Jr. Frank Gomez J. Mack Robinson 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $59,700 III [43]
1990 Love's Exchange 4 Earlie Fires Frank Gomez J. Mack Robinson 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $61,500 III [44]
1989 Social Pro 4 Jorge F. Chavez Emanuel Tortora Nick Kayal 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $59,400 III [45]
1988 Tappiano 4 Jean Cruguet Flint S. Schulhofer Frances A. Genter 7 furlongs 1:23.00 $89,750 III [46]
1987 Life At the Top 4 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein & Lloyd R. French Jr. 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $59,400 [47]
1986 Soli 4 Jerry D. Bailey Woodford C. Stephens Jayeff-B Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.80 $65,650 [48]
1985 Mickey's Echo 6 Walter Guerra Claude R. McGaughey III Warner L. Jones Jr. 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $61,850 [49]
1984 Chic Belle 4 Craig Perret Jimmy Croll Aisco Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.80 $42,630 [50]
1983 Meringue Pie 5 Jorge Velasquez Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $41,195 Division 1[7]
Secrettame 5 Jacinto Vasquez Bruce Johnstone Audrey Reed 1:24.20 $41,930 Division 2[51]
1982 Bushmaid 4 Jerry D. Bailey Harvey L. Vanier Susan B. Fisher 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $32,450 [52]
1981 Sober Jig 4 J. Paul Souter John Starr Jean-Louis Levesque 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $45,255 [53]
1980 Race not held
Shirley Jones Stakes
1979 Candy Eclair 3 Anthony S. Black S. Allen King Adele W. Paxson 6 furlongs 1:08.60 $28,200 [5]
1977–1978 Race not held
1976 Regal Quillo 3 Chuck Baltazar Andrew Smithers Roger E. Leslie 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.20 $17,000 [1]

Legend:
  Turf   Dirt

See also

External links

References

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