# Prioress Stakes

The Prioress Stakes is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the eight-week meet at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Inaugurated in 1948 at Jamaica Racetrack, it was raced there through 1959 after which it was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack through 1986. It was run at Belmont Park from 1987 through 2011 before being moved to Saratoga Race Course in 2012, where it remains on the stakes schedule. The Prioress was named for the filly Prioress, out of the great mare Reel, herself by Glencoe. In 1858, Prioress became the first American Thoroughbred ever to win in England.
The Prioress Stakes was run in two divisions in 1951 and again in 1958.
This race was downgraded to a Grade II for its 2014 running.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:08.26 – Xtra Heat (2001)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – John Velazquez (1994, 1996, 2002, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – Bob Baffert (2004, 2008, 2018)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Happy Valley Farm (1970, 1986, 1988)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2022 | Wicked Halo | Tyler Gaffalione | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1:10.16 |
| 2021 | Cilla | Tyler Gaffalione | Charlton Baker | P. Dale Ladner | 1:10.05 |
| 2020 | Frank's Rockette | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Frank Fletcher Racing Operations Inc | 1:08.89 |
| 2019 | Royal Charlotte | Javier Castellano | Chad Brown | First Row Partners & Parkland Thoroughbreds | 1:09.45 |
| 2018 | Dream Tree | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Phoenix Thoroughbred III | 1:09.50 |
| 2017 | Vertical Oak | John R. Velazquez | Steve Asmussen | J. Kirk and Judy Robinson | 1:10.00 |
| 2016 | Lucy N Ethel | Jose Lezcano | Chloe Bradley | J A G Racing/Jettany Thoroughbred | 1:09.33 |
| 2015 | Cavorting | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Kiaran McLaughlin | Stonestreet Stables | 1:09.47 |
| 2014 | Stonetastic | Paco Lopez | Kelly J. Breen | Stoneway Farm | 1:08.88 |
| 2013 | Lighthouse Bay | Joseph Rocco Jr. | George Weaver | Richlyn Farm, Inc. | 1:09.29 |
| 2012 | Emma's Encore | Joel Rosario | Wesley A. Ward | Wesley A. Ward | 1:09.35 |
| 2011 | Her Smile | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Bobby Flay | 1:09.44 |
| 2010 | Franny Freud | Garrett Gomez | John Terranova II | Paul P. Pompa Jr. | 1:10.11 |
| 2009 | Cat Moves | Ramon Domínguez | Anthony Dutrow | Edward P. Evans | 1:08.65 |
| 2008 | Indian Blessing | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert | Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III | 1:09.36 |
| 2007 | Dream Rush | Eibar Coa | Richard Violette Jr. | West Point Stable, et al. | 1:09.02 |
| 2006 | Wildcat Bettie B | Michael Pino | J. Larry Jones | Oasis Racing | 1:09.18 |
| 2005 | Acey Deucey | Diane Nelson | John D. Morrison | Jeffrey Tucker | 1:10.37 |
| 2004 | Friendly Michelle | Corey Nakatani | Bob Baffert | Ed Friendly | 1:09.09 |
| 2003 | House Party | José A. Santos | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph V. Shields Jr. | 1:09.45 |
| 2002 | Carson Hollow | John Velazquez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Hemlock Hills Farm et al. | 1:08.79 |
| 2001 | Xtra Heat | Rick Wilson | John Salzman Sr. | Kenneth Taylor | 1:08.26 |
| 2000 | I'm Brassy | Mike Luzzi | Kristina Dupps | Iron Lance Stables | 1:09.53 |
| 1999 | Sapphire n' Silk | Pat Day | Dallas Stewart | William A. Carl | 1:09.40 |
| 1998 | Hurricane Bertie | Pat Day | Bernard S. Flint | Bertram W. Klein | 1:08.80 |
| 1997 | Pearl City | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:09.40 |
| 1996 | Capote Belle | John Velazquez | Daniel Pietz | Lawana & Robert Low | 1:08.81 |
| 1995 | Scotzanna | Robin Platts | Michael W. Wright | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:10.61 |
| 1994 | Penny's Reshoot | John Velazquez | John DeStefano Jr. | Edwin H. Wachtel | 1:09.07 |
| 1993 | Classy Mirage | Julie Krone | H. Allen Jerkens | Middletown Stables | 1:08.89 |
| 1992 | American Royale | José A. Santos | Lisa L. Lewis | William S. Farish III | 1:09.36 |
| 1991 | Zama Hummer | Gary Stevens | Jerry Dutton | Tim K. Roe | 1:09 .88 |
| 1990 | Token Dance | Eddie Maple | Patrick J. Kelly | Fox Ridge Farm | 1:09.40 |
| 1989 | Safely Kept | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Alan E. Goldberg | Barry Weisbord | 1:11.60 |
| 1988 | Fara's Team | Jerry Bailey | Richard Dutrow Sr. | Happy Valley Farm | 1:10.20 |
| 1987 | Firey Challenge | Richard Migliore | Anthony W. Dutrow | Mary Wootten | 1:10.60 |
| 1986 | Religiosity | José A. Santos | Richard Dutrow Sr. | Happy Valley Farm | 1:11.00 |
| 1985 | Clocks Secret | John Nied Jr. | Dennis Heimer | Stanley I. Joselson | 1:10.00 |
| 1984 | Proud Clarioness | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Lou Roe Stable | 1:10.40 |
| 1983 | Able Money | Antonio Graell | Anthony B. Russo | Faith Donnelly | 1:11.00 |
| 1982 | Trove | Michael Venezia | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1:10.00 |
| 1981 | Tina Tina Too | Cash Asmussen | Richard T. DeStasio | Albert Fried Jr. | 1:11.20 |
| 1980 | Lien | Eddie Maple | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Racing | 1:11.00 |
| 1979 | Fall Aspen | Roger Velez | James E. Picou | Joseph M. Roebling | 1:12.00 |
| 1978 | Tempest Queen | Jorge Velásquez | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1:11.40 |
| 1977 | Ring O'Bells | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Woodrow Sedlacek | Jacques D. Wimpfheimer | 1:10.40 |
| 1976 | Dearly Precious | Braulio Baeza | Stephen A. DiMauro | Richard E. Bailey | 1:09.80 |
| 1975 | Sarsar | Bill Shoemaker | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 1:10.80 |
| 1974 | Clear Copy | Daryl Montoya | Jerome Hirsch | Leon J. Hekimian | 1:10.20 |
| 1973 | Windy's Daughter | Braulio Baeza | Laz Barrera | Mrs. Paul Blackman | 1:10.20 |
| 1972 | Numbered Account | Braulio Baeza | Roger Laurin | Ogden Phipps | 1:10.00 |
| 1971 | Miss Plumage | Robert Woodhouse | Philip J. Horn Jr. | David Shaer | 1:11.60 |
| 1970 | Exclusive Dancer | Chuck Baltazar | John T. Davis | Happy Valley Farm | 1:11.60 |
| 1969 | Ta Wee | John L. Rotz | John A. Nerud | Tartan Farms | 1:09.40 |
| 1968 | Dark Mirage | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Everett W. King | Lloyd Miller | 1:10.80 |
| 1967 | Just Kidding | Eddie Belmonte | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1:10.60 |
| 1966 | My Boss Lady † | Bill Shoemaker | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1:10.60 |
| 1965 | What a Treat | John L. Rotz | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:10.40 |
| 1964 | Nilene Wonder | Donald Pierce | A. W. Beuzeville | Verna Lea Farm | 1:12.20 |
| 1963 | Speedwell | Bill Shoemaker | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1:10.60 |
| 1962 | Some Song | Johnny Sellers | Edward J. Yowell | Mrs. Benjamin Cohen | 1:11.00 |
| 1961 | Primonetta | Bill Hartack | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 1:10.60 |
| 1960 | Salt Lake | Ralph Yaka | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1:11.80 |
| 1959 | Miss Royal | Bobby Ussery | Joe Kulina | John Fieramosca | 1:11.60 |
| 1958 | Milady Dares | Arthur Chambers | James J. Rowan | Mrs. Walter A. Edgar | 1:12.80 |
| 1958 | Dixie Miss | John Ruane | Willie Booth | Isaac J. Collins | 1:13.40 |
| 1957 | I Offbeat | Hedley Woodhouse | Edward I. Kelly Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:12.00 |
| 1956 | Royal Lark | Walter Blum | Ike K. Mourar | Maine Chance Farm | 1:12.40 |
| 1955 | Sometime Thing | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:12.20 |
| 1954 | Trisong | Hedley Woodhouse | Edwin Holton | Edwin Holton | 1:12.40 |
| 1953 | Grecian Queen | Eric Guerin | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 1:13.40 |
| 1952 | Landmark | Dave Gorman | Robert L. Dotter | James Cox Brady Jr. | 1:12.20 |
| 1951 | Ruddy | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.60 |
| 1951 | Tilly Rose | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1:11.40 |
| 1950 | Next Move | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:13.40 |
| 1949 | Nell K. | Douglas Dodson | John B. Partridge | Spring Hill Farm | 1:13.40 |
| 1948 | Itsabet | Robert Permane | Dan W. Kerns | Brookfield Farm | 1:12.20 |