# Demoiselle Stakes

The Demoiselle Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred horses open to two-year-old fillies who are willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The Grade II event is run at Aqueduct Racetrack every November for a current purse of $250,000.
The Demoiselle is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, a points system developed by Churchill Downs to determine eligibility for the Kentucky Oaks. The Demoiselle is one of the most important races for juvenile fillies, rivalling the Spinaway Stakes, the Oak Leaf Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in establishing the early favorite for the Oaks.
The Demoiselle, named for the French word for young woman, was run at Empire City Race Track at its inauguration in 1908, then in 1910, 1914, and from 1917 to 1942. It then moved to Jamaica Racetrack from 1943 to 1953 and from there to Aqueduct. Since inception, the Demoiselle Stakes has been contested at various distances:
* 5.5 furlongs: 1908–1936
* 5.75 furlongs: 1936–1942
* 6 furlongs: 1943–1947
* 7 furlongs: 1958–1959
* 8.5 furlongs: 1948–1953
* 8 furlongs: 1963–1974
* 9 furlongs: 1975–present

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)
* 1:50.00 – Plankton (1978) (time measured in fifths of a second)
* 1:50.17 – Boca Grande (2006)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1970, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 8 – Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Harry Payne Whitney (1919, 1922, 1924, 1926)
* 4 – Cornelius V. Whitney (1932, 1941, 1947, 1970)
* 4 – Wheatley Stable (1942, 1944, 1959, 1964)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Muhimma | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Shadwell Stable | 1:49.84 |
| 2023 | Life Talk | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:51.10 |
| 2022 | Julia Shining | Luis Saez | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonestreet Stables | 1:53.05 |
| 2021 | Nest | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Michael House, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Repole Stable | 1:55.07 |
| 2020 | Malathaat | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Shadwell Racing | 1:52.36 |
| 2019 | Lake Avenue | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Godolphin, LLC | 1:54.55 |
| 2018 | Positive Spirit | Manny Franco | Rodolphe Brisset | Michael J. Ryan | 1:56.01 |
| 2017 | Wonder Gadot | John Velazquez | Mark E. Casse | Gary Barber | 1:53.91 |
| 2016 | Miss Sky Warrior | Paco Lopez | Kelly J. Breen | Arlene's Sun Star Stable | 1:53.34 |
| 2015 | Lewis Bay | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Alpha Delta Stables | 1:53.41 |
| 2014 | Condo Commando | Joel Rosario | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables & Elkstone Group | 1:50.40 |
| 2013 | Stopchargingmaria | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:52.62 |
| 2012 | Unlimited Budget | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:52.16 |
| 2011 | Disposablepleasure | Ramon Domínguez | Todd A. Pletcher | Glencrest Farm | 1:53.10 |
| 2010 | Dixie City | Jose Lezcano | Anthony W. Dutrow | Edward P. Evans | 1:52.84 |
| 2009 | Tizahit | Edgar Prado | George Weaver | Jim & Susan Hill | 1:53.09 |
| 2008 | Springside | Garrett Gomez | Josie Carroll | James & Alice Sapara | 1:51.71 |
| 2007 | Mushka | John Velazquez | William I. Mott | Zayat Stables LLC | 1:51.61 |
| 2006 | Boca Grande | Mike E. Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1:50.17 |
| 2005 | Wonder Lady Anne L. | Cornelio Velásquez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | IEAH Stables, Sanford H. Robbins, Orchard Kids Stable, & Steve B. Simon | 1:52.85 |
| 2004 | Sis City | John Velazquez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Joe Torre, Michael Dubb, Ira Davis, & Sanford Goldfarb | 1:50.39 |
| 2003 | Ashado | Jerry Bailey | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Stables | 1:52.88 |
| 2002 | Roar Emotion | John Velazquez | Jose A. Martin | H. Joseph Allen | 1:51.43 |
| 2001 | Smok'n Frolic | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:50.57 |
| 2000 | Two Item Limit | Richard Migliore | Stephen L. DiMauro | Joseph F. Graffeo | 1:52.25 |
| 1999 | Jostle | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Fox Hill Farms Inc. | 1:51.51 |
| 1998† | Better Than Honour | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Robert K. Waxman | 1:52.70 |
| 1997 | Clark Street | Mike E. Smith | William Badgett Jr. | Shortleaf Stable | 1:53.98 |
| 1996 | Ajina | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:53.74 |
| 1995 | La Rosa | Julie Krone | Nick Zito | Michael G. Rutherford | 1:50.92 |
| 1994 | Minister Wife | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Fares Farms | 1:53.48 |
| 1993 | Strategic Maneuver | Jerry Bailey | Flint S. Schulhofer | Phillip Teinowitz | 1:53.62 |
| 1992 | Fortunate Faith | Art Madrid Jr. | Lisa L. Lewis | Penny Lewis Whitney | 1:53.59 |
| 1991 | Stolen Beauty | Chris Antley | Richard A. DeStasio | Albert Fried Jr. | 1:52.08 |
| 1990 | Debutant's Halo | Craig Perret | Guadalupe Preciado | Jack G. Mondel | 1:53.80 |
| 1989 | Rootentootenwooten | Jerry Bailey | George R. Arnold III | Alex G. Campbell | 1:51.60 |
| 1988 | Open Mind | Ángel Cordero Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:52.00 |
| 1987 | Goodbye Halo | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Jose A. Martin | Lone Star Stable | 1:53.00 |
| 1986 | Tappiano | Jean Cruguet | Flint S. Schulhofer | Frances A. Genter | 1:53.20 |
| 1985 | I'm Sweets | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Mrs. Elizabeth Moran | 1:50.20 |
| 1984 | Diplomette | Ruben Hernandez | Jose A. Martin | Kenneth Brausen | 1:54.60 |
| 1983 | Qualique | Michael Venezia | Harold B. Brice Jr. | Marc Keller | 1:51.20 |
| 1982 | Only Queens | Miguel A. Rivera | Joseph A. Trovato | Barry K. Schwartz | 1:52.00 |
| 1981 | Snow Plow | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Leon Blusiewicz | Stephen D. Peskoff | 1:53.00 |
| 1980 | Rainbow Connection | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Gerry Belanger | R. Cameron Edgar | 1:50.80 |
| 1979 | Genuine Risk | Laffit Pincay Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone | 1:51.20 |
| 1978 | Plankton | Ruben Hernandez | Roger Laurin | Mrs. Roger Laurin | 1:50.00 |
| 1977 | Caesar's Wish | Danny Ray Wright | Richard W. Small | Sally Gibson | 1:50.60 |
| 1976 | Bring Out The Band | Donald Brumfield | John W. Murphy | Hickory Tree Stable | 1:50.80 |
| 1975 | Free Journey | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1974 | Land Girl | Jacinto Vásquez | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:36.20 |
| 1973 | Chris Evert | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Joseph A. Trovato | Carl Rosen | 1:36.40 |
| 1972 | Protest | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | 1:37.60 |
| 1971 | Dresden Doll | Gene St. Leon | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 1:35.80 |
| 1970 | Inca Queen | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Ivor G. Balding | Cornelius V. Whitney | 1:36.40 |
| 1969 | Native Fern | John Ruane | William Boland | Hardly Able Stable | 1:38.80 |
| 1968 | Queen's Double | Braulio Baeza | J. Homer Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1:39.20 |
| 1967 | Allie's Serenade | John L. Rotz | Max Hirsch | Mereworth Farm | 1:40.40 |
| 1966 | Woozem | Kenny Knapp | Willard L. Proctor | J. Graham Brown | 1:35.60 |
| 1965 | Indian Sunlite | William Boland | Sherrill W. Ward | George M. Humphrey | 1:38.20 |
| 1964 | Discipline | Ismael Valenzuela | William C. Winfrey | Wheatley Stable | 1:39.20 |
| 1963 | Windsor Lady | Bill Hartack | Warren J. Pascuma | Raymond Karlinsky | 1:37.40 |
| 1960 | – 1962 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1959 | Irish Jay | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:23.60 |
| 1958 | Khalita | Eddie Arcaro | Malcolm Anderson | W. N. Modglin | 1:25.60 |
| 1954 | – 1957 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1953 | O'Alison | Jimmy Nichols | Philip Godfrey | Philip Godfrey | 1:46.40 |
| 1952 | Grecian Queen | Eric Guerin | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 1:46.60 |
| 1951 | Rose Jet | Hedley Woodhouse | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 1:46.20 |
| 1950 | Aunt Jinny | Nick Wall | Duval A. Headley | Duval A. Headley | 1:45.80 |
| 1949 | Bed o'Roses | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:45.80 |
| 1948 | Lithe | Willie Garner | Frank S. Barnett | Hal Price Headley | 1:48.20 |
| 1947 | Ghost Run | Ruperto Donoso | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius V. Whitney | 1:13.60 |
| 1946 | Carolyn A. | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 1:12.60 |
| 1945 | War Kilt | Arnold Kirkland | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:12.40 |
| 1944 | Drumuir | Robert Permane | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:13.00 |
| 1943 | Thread o'Gold | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:13.80 |
| 1942 | Optimism | Johnny Longden | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:09.40 |
| 1941 | Pig Tails | Jack Skelly | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius V. Whitney | 1:10.20 |
| 1940 | Level Best | Basil James | John P. (Doc) Jones | Crispin Oglebay | 1:09.20 |
| 1939 | Now What | Raymond Workman | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:09.00 |
| 1938 | Donita M. | Wayne D. Wright | Phil Reuter | Longchamps Farm | 1:11.40 |
| 1937 | Inhale | John Gilbert | Thomas J. Healey | John Hay Whitney | 1:11.20 |
| 1936 | Broad Ripple | John Gilbert | John Porter Jones | Mrs. Raymond A. Van Clief | 1:10.60 |
| 1933 | – 1935 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1932 | Disdainful | Alfred Robertson | Thomas J. Healey | Cornelius V. Whitney | 1:07.00 |
| 1931 | Straightlace | Edgar Barnes | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:08.40 |
| 1930 | Straying | Linus McAtee | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 1:06.60 |
| 1929 | The Beasel | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 1:07.00 |
| 1928 | Toki | Linus McAtee | Max Hirsch | George W. Loft | 1:07.60 |
| 1927 | Fair Mist | Charles Craigmile | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1:07.00 |
| 1926 | Pandera | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:06.00 |
| 1925 | Ethereal | Frank Coltiletti | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 1:07.00 |
| 1924 | Maud Muller | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:06.60 |
| 1923 | Fluvanna | George Babin | Max Hirsch | Salubria Stable | 1:06.40 |
| 1922 | Cresta | Leslie Penman | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:07.60 |
| 1921 | My Reverie | Clarence Kummer | D. R. McDaniel | R. J. Brown | 1:07.60 |
| 1920 | Nancy Lee | Lawrence Lyke | James H. McCormick | P. A. Clark | 1:07.80 |
| 1919 | Panoply | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:09.20 |
| 1918 | Lady Rosebud | J. Collins | Rody Patterson | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 1:07.60 |
| 1917 | Wawbeek | Merritt C. Buxton | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford | 1:09.00 |
| 1916 | Tragedy | T. Davis | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 1:07.00 |
| 1915 | Celandria | Merritt C. Buxton | James A. McLaughlin | Elkwood Park Stable | 1:07.00 |
| 1914 | Coquette | Merritt C. Buxton | George M. Odom | Brookside Stable | 1:07.00 |
| 1913 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1911 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1910 | Round the World | Frederick Herbert | J. H. Armstrong | William G. Yanke | 1:08.60 |
| 1909 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 1908 | Melisande | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 1:06.40 |