Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3)
Sponsored by Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital 31st Running • Fall • 1 1/2 miles (turf) • 3-year-olds and up • fillies and mares At 1½ miles on turf, the Fall Meet’s longest race for older fillies and mares is the Dowager. The name of the race is a play off the definition of dowager: a woman of stately dignity. Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital of Lexington has sponsored the Dowager since 2003.
2021 Purse: $150,000 Stakes Record: 2:29 4/5, Moments of Magic, 1999 Largest Straight Payoff: $35.40, Senada, 2011 Smallest Straight Payoff: $3.40, Sudana, 1995 Largest Field: 14, 2014 Smallest Field: 6, 2010 Largest Value to Winner: $93,000, Spice Island, 2003; Humaita (GER), 2004; Briviesca (GB), 2005; Louve Royale (IRE), 2006; Omeya (CHI), 2007; Herboriste (GB), 2008
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Milestones – Dowager Stakes
Keeneland sales graduate Summer in Saratoga held off a late bid from favored Luck Money to win the Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3).
Through 2016, Keeneland maintained separate course records for the Keeneland Course and the Haggin Course depending on the setting of a temporary rail. Beginning in 2017, Keeneland consolidated the course records into one set based solely on distance, not rail settings. (See page 218.)
Dowager Stakes History Year
Winner/Age/Owner
Jockey/Wgt./Trainer
2nd/Age/Jockey/Wgt.
3rd/Age/Jockey/Wgt.
Time
Margin
Summer in Saratoga (5) Corey Lanerie (121) Luck Money (4) Micheline (4) 2:30.02 gd 1/2 Highlander Training Center Joe Sharp Joel Rosario (121) Florent Geroux (121) (Larry Hirsch) 2020 Blame Debbie* (3) Manuel Franco (118) Always Shopping (4) With Dignity (4) 2:34.74 fm hd Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners H. Graham Motion Tyler Gaffalione (121) Julien Leparoux (121) (Aron Wellman), Michael P. Cloonan and Timothy C. Thornton 2019 Gentle Ruler* (4) Chris Landeros (123) Elysea’s World (IRE) (6) Decorating (4) 2:31.95 fm 2 1/2 Morsches Stable (Franz Morsches) Ian R. Wilkes Javier Castellano (123) Feargal Lynch (121) 2018 Vexatious (4) Florent Geroux (121) English Affair (4) Beach Flower (5) 2:32.40 fm 1 1/4 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Neil D. Drysdale Brian Hernandez Jr. (121) Chris Landeros (121) Beach Flower disqualified from first and placed third. 2017 Apple Betty (IRE) (4) John Velazquez (121) Promotional (5) Lottie (4) 2:30.80 fm 3 1/2 Joseph Allen Claude R. McGaughey III Corey Lanerie (121) Jose Ortiz (121) 2016 Elektrum (IRE) (5)* Drayden Van Dyke (121) Apple Betty (IRE) (3) Swear by It (5) 2:33.08 fm no Hronis Racing John Sadler Brian Hernandez Jr. (118) Corey Lanerie (121) Haggin Course 2015 Kitten’s Point (5)* Edgar Prado (123) Ceisteach (IRE) (4) Modernstone (GB) (5) 2:30.37 fm 1 3/4 Augustin Stable H. Graham Motion Drayden Van Dyke (123) Paco Lopez (121) Keeneland Course 2014 White Rose (4) Shaun Bridgmohan (121) Caroline Thomas (4) Appealing Cat (5) 2:31.34 fm no Jake Ballis and Rashard Lewis William I. Mott Joseph Rocco Jr. (121) Rosie Napravnik (121) Haggin Course 2013 Preferential (GB) (4) Leandro Goncalves (121) Left a Message (4) Angel Terrace (4) 2:33.11 fm 1/2 Juddmonte Farms Inc. William I. Mott Robby Albarado (121) Rosie Napravnik (121) Haggin Course 2012 Upperline (5)* James Graham (123) Ciao Bella (3) Janicellaine (IRE) (4) 2:32.19 fm 3/4 Stone Farm, John H. Adger, Michael Stidham John Velazquez (118) Julien Leparoux (121) Haggin Course Oakcrest Farm and Michael Stidham 2011 Senada (4) Edgar S. Prado (120) Upperline (4) Cheetah (4) 2:31.19 fm 3/4 Lael Stables (Roy Jackson) Barclay Tagg James Graham (120) Garrett K. Gomez (122) Haggin Course 2010 Casablanca Smile (CHI) (4)* Javier Castellano (125) Sweet and Flawless (4) Speak Easy Gal (4) 2:33.70 fm 7 Green Hills Farm Inc. Claude R. McGaughey III Julien R. Leparoux (120) Elvis Trujillo (122) Haggin Course (Leo Liaskos) 2009 Black Mamba (NZ)* (6) Robby Albarado (125) Winter View (5) Bally Noe (4) 2:37.07 yl 1 1/2 Doubledown Stables Inc. John W. Sadler Julien Leparoux (122) James Graham (120) Haggin Course (Richard Templer) 2021
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