Wonder Again Stakes

Wonder Again Stakes
Grade III race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated 2014
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing - Inner Turf
Website nyra.com
Race information
Distance ​1 1⁄8 miles
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-old fillies
Weight Allowance
Purse $200,000 (2018)
Bonuses First three placegetters invited to Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes[1]

The Wonder Again Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old held over a distance of one and one eighth of a mile on the inner turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The race was inaugurated in 2014[2] with a stakes purse of $200,000.[3]

In 2017 the event was classified as Grade III.[1]

The race is named after the Grade I winner Wonder Again who won the GI Garden City Breeders' Cup (2002) and GI Diana Handicap (2004).[4]

The event is considered a preparatory race for the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes which is held in July.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:47.48 - Time and Motion (2016)

Most wins by a jockey:

Largest margin of victory:

  • 1 length - La Signare (2018)

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
Purse
 Grade
2018 La Signare Joel Rosario Bryan Lynch Madaket Stables, T&A Cambron, Bradley Thoroughbreds 1:48.84 $200,000 III
2017 New Money Honey Javier Castellano Chad Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 1:48.01 $200,000 III
2016 Time and Motion John Velazquez James Toner Phillips Racing Partnership 1:47.48 $200,000 Listed
2015 Lady Eli Irad Ortiz, Jr. Chad Brown Sheep Pond Partners 1:49.94 $200,000
2014 Sea Queen Irad Ortiz, Jr. Christophe Clement Stonetower Stables 1:49.89 $200,000

Notes:
Fillies in bold have won the Wonder Again Stakes – Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes double

References

  1. 1 2 "THE WONDER AGAIN". equibase. 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "WONDER AGAIN STAKES - BELMONT PARK, NY". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Wonder Again S. Black Type - Thoroughbred INNER TURF FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD". equibase. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Wins - WONDER AGAIN". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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