Affectionately Handicap

Affectionately Stakes
ClassDiscontinued stakes
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1976
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1-1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationRacemares, four-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Affectionately Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run between 1976 and 2015 at New York's Aqueduct Race Track.[1]

The one and one-sixteenth mile listed stakes event was for fillies and mares, three-years-old and up, offering a purse of $100,000 added. Through 2004 it was a Grade III Stakes.[2]

The race was named for the great racing filly Affectionately. She was ranked Number 81 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Affectionately was called the "Queen of Aqueduct" during her racing days.

In 1976 the race was run at one mile. In 1977, 1983, and 1985, it was run in two divisions.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:41.87 @ 1-1/16 miles: Sweetzie (1998)

Most wins:

  • Plankton (1980, 1981)
  • Zonk (2002, 2003)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win$
Gr.
2015 America 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Bobby Flay 1-1/16 m 1:44.68 $60,000 L/R
2014 Teen Pauline 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd Pletcher Stonestreet Stable 1-1/16 m 1:45.64 $60,000 B/T
2013 Twice The Lady 5 Cornelio Velásquez Tony Dutrow Michael Dubb & Scott K. Akman 1-1/16 m 1:44.05 $45,000 B/T
2012 Love and Pride 4 Cornelio Velásquez Todd Pletcher Green Hills Farm Inc. (Dimitrios Katsaros) 1-1/16 m 1:43.90 $45,000 B/T
2011 no race
2010 Tidal Dance 5 Ramon Dominguez Michael Hushion Marc C. Ferrell 1-1/16 m 1:46.64 $39,000 B/T
2009 Yet Again 4 Orlando Bocachica Karl M. Grusmark Seahorse Stable (Dr. Cary Shapoff) 1-1/16 m 1:45.28 $41,622 B/T
2008 Stage Luck 4 Stewart Elliott Thomas Albertrani Aaron & Marie Jones 1-1/16 m 1:44.73 $49,320 B/T
2007 Great Intentions 5 Norberto Arroyo Jr. Michael Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 1-1/16 m 1:44.35 $42,354 B/T
2006 Bohemian Lady 5 José A. Santos Todd Pletcher Padua Stables (Satish Sanan) 1-1/16 m 1:46.41 $41,544 B/T
2005 Saintliness 5 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin Stronach Stables 1-1/16 m 1:44.89 $48,765 G3
2004 Austin's Mom 4 Pablo Fragoso Allen Iwinski Leonard M. Friedman, Jan Nilsen, Brom Keifetz 1-1/16 m 1:44.02 $65,760 G3
2003 Zonk 5 Charles C. Lopez John Servis Fox Hill Farms, Inc. Rick Porter) 1-1/16 m 1:44.58 $65,760 G3
2002 Zonk 4 Charles C. Lopez John Servis Fox Hill Farms, Inc. (Rick Porter) 1-1/16 m 1:42.58 $68,040 G3
2001 Pentatonic 6 Aaron Gryder Richard E. Schosberg Sheila Sherry 1-1/16 m 1:43.17 $66,300 G3
2000 Theresa the Teacha 5 Heberto Castillo Jr. Deborah Bodner John D. Stuart 1-1/16 m 1:46.42 $51,855 G3
1999 Biding Time 5 Aaron Gryder Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 1-1/16 m 1:44.62 $50,220 G3
1998 Sweetzie 6 Julio Pezua Rita Nash Rita Nash 1-1/16 m 1:41.87 $50,700 G3
1997 Mil Kilates 4 Jorge Chavez Alfredo Callejas Robert Perez 1-1/16 m 1:44.63 $39,996 G3
1996 Lotta Dancing 5 Heberto Castillo Jr. Claude McGaughey III Heidi Doubleday 1-1/16 m 1:42.43 $39,024 G3
1995 Sea Ditty 4 Art Madrid Jr. Charles Carlesimo Jr. Arthur F. Parent 1-1/16 m 1:46.93 $50,190 G3
1994 Poolesta 5 Frank Lovato Jr. Angel A. Penna Jr. Malcolm E. Parrish 1-1/16 m 1:44.80 $49,425 G3
1993 Hilbys Brite Flite 4 John R. Velazquez Robert Klesaris Louie J. Roussel III 1-1/16 m 1:44.64 $52,470 G3
1992 Get Lucky 4 Mike E. Smith Claude McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1-1/16 m 1:46.00 $52,650 G3
1991 My Treasure 4 Carlos Lopez Raul Neira Eugene Abbruzzese 1-1/16 m 1:44.20 $54,360 G3
1990 Naskra's Return 4 Mike E. Smith George R. Arnold II John H. Peace 1-1/16 m 1:43.80 $51,480 G3
1989 Rose's Cantina 5 Eddie Maple Leroy Jolley Carl Icahn 1-1/16 m 1:42.80 $54,720 G3
1988 Tricky Squaw 5 José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1-1/16 m 1:45.20 $52,740 G3
1987 Squan Song 6 José A. Santos Carlos A. Garcia Robert Brennan 1-1/16 m 1:46.20 $56,340 ??
1986 Lady On The Run 4 Angel Cordero Jr. Bruce N. Levine Peter Montemarano 1-1/16 m 1:46.20 $52,110 G3
1985-1 Sintrillium 7 Robbie Davis Michael Sedlacek Frank Stronach 1-1/16 m 1:45.60 $52,830 G3
1985-2 Descent 5 Robert Thibeau Jr. Evan Jackson Thielene P. Shuemann 1-1/16 m 1:45.60 $52,110 G3
1984 Am Capable 4 Angel Cordero Jr. John Parisella Theodore M. Sabarese 1-1/16 m 1:46.20 $59,760 G3
1983-1 Polite Rebuff 4 Frank Lovato Jr. Michael Kay El Rancho Murietta 1-1/16 m 1:43.80 $32,880 G3
1983-2 Adept 4 Karen Rogers Frank I. Wright Nelson Bunker Hunt 1-1/16 m 1:43.40 $32,880 G3
1982 Perfect Poppy 5 Victor Molina Joseph Trovato Barry K. Schwartz 1-1/16 m 1:48.60 $33,960 G3
1981 Plankton 5 Ruben Hernandez Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1-1/16 m 1:45.40 $34,380 G3
1980 Plankton 4 Ruben Hernandez Howard M. Tesher Frederick K. Tesher 1-1/16 m 1:45.00 $35,100 G3
1979 Kit's Double 6 Antonio Graell Jose A. Martin Moreton Binn 1-1/16 m 1:48.60 $33,150 G3
1978 One Sum 4 Ruben Hernandez Luis Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr. 1-1/16 m 1:44.80 $32,910 G3
1977-1 Shy Dawn 6 Daryl Montoya Woodrow Sedlacek Jacques D. Wimpfheimer 1-1/16 m 1:45.20 $31,620 G3
1977-2 Illiterate 5 Steve Cauthen Jan H. Nerud Tartan Stable 1-1/16 m 1:45.20 $31,770 G3
1976 Proud Delta 4 Jorge Velásquez Peter M. Howe Montpelier 1 m 1:37.40 $34,650 Ungraded

References

  1. ^ "Affectionately Stakes". Equibase Co., LLC. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ "Charts". Equibase. Retrieved 10 May 2023.