# Stars and Stripes Stakes

The Stars and Stripes Stakes was a Grade III horse race in the United States for Thoroughbreds aged three years and up. It was last raced over a distance of 12 furlongs (1½ miles) on the turf at Arlington Park near Chicago as a lead up race to the Arlington Million and Breeders' Cup Turf.
Inaugurated in 1929, it was raced on dirt through 1949 and again in 1973 and 1974. It was hosted by Washington Park Racetrack from 1943 to 1945 and in 1958 and 1959. It was run for three-year-olds only in 1958.
Until the advent of the Breeders' Cup races, the race was known as the Stars and Stripes Handicap and was an important part of the annual racing calendar. It drew the top horses from across the United States and has been won by a number of U.S. Hall of Fame horses as well as U.S. Triple Crown champion Citation.
Key to Content finished first in 1981 but was disqualified and placed fourth. As a result, Rossi Gold and Ben Fab, who finished in a dead heat for second, were moved up to a dead heat for first.
In 2019 the Stars and Stripes Stakes was dropped from the Arlington Park schedule.

## Records

Speed record on turf:
* 1:42 1/5 @ 1 1/16 miles: Drumalis (1985)
* 1:47 1/5 @ 1 1/8 miles: Round Table (1959)
* 1:55.00 @ 1 3/16 miles: Plate Dancer (1992)
* 2:27.39 @ 1 1/2 miles: Dark Cove (2013)
Most wins:
* 3 – Rossi Gold (1981, 1982, 1983)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Pat Day (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Harry Trotsek (1950, 1962, 1972, 1974, 1976)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Calumet Farm (Warren Wright) (1947, 1948, 1949, 1955)
* 4 – Hasty House Farm (1950, 1962, 1972, 1974)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Grade |
| 2018 | Catcho En Die | 6 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Naipaul Chatterpaul | Naipaul Chatterpaul & Sotirios Sakatis | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:27.51 | G3 |
| 2017 | Keystoneforvictory | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Michael J. Maker | Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:29.89 | G3 |
| 2016 | Greengrassofwyoming | 6 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Michael J. Maker | Michael Hui | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:27.74 | G3 |
| 2015 | The Pizza Man | 6 | Florent Geroux | Roger Brueggemann | Midwest Thoroughbreds (Richard & Karen Papiese) | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:34.13 | G3 |
| 2014 | The Pizza Man | 5 | Florent Geroux | Roger Brueggemann | Midwest Thoroughbreds (Richard & Karen Papiese) | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:33.67 | G3 |
| 2013 | Dark Cove | 6 | Rosie Napravnik | Michael J. Maker | Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:27.39 | G3 |
| 2012 | Ioya Bigtime | 5 | Jeffrey Sanchez | Chris M. Block | Team Block | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:28.44 | G3 |
| 2011 | Free Fighter | 6 | Tim Thornton | Michael Reavis | Frank Mancari | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:31.98 | G3 |
| 2010 | Memorial Maniac | 5 | James Graham | Larry Demeritte | Butterfly Stable (Larry Slavin, et al.) | 1+5⁄8 m | 2:44.29 | G3 |
| 2009 | Free Fighter | 4 | James Graham | Chris M. Block | Team Block & Thomas Fedro Sr. | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:28.31 | G3 |
| 2008 | Silverfoot | 8 | René Douglas | Dallas Stewart | Chrysalis Stables LLC | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:30.40 | G3 |
| 2007 | Always First | 6 | Robby Albarado | Thomas H. Voss | Merriefield Farm & Charles Noell | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:31.74 | G3 |
| 2006 | Major Rhythm | 7 | Earlie Fires | Ed J. Beam | James Messineo | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:29.93 | G3 |
| 2005 | Revved Up | 7 | Brice Blanc | Christophe Clement | Live Oak Racing (Charlotte Weber) | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:28.29 | G3 |
| 2004 | Ballingarry | 5 | René Douglas | Laura de Seroux | Sidney L. Port Trust et al. | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:36.30 | G3 |
| 2003 | Ballingarry | 4 | René Douglas | Laura de Seroux | Sidney L. Port Trust et al. | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:28.30 | G3 |
| 2002 | Cetewayo | 8 | René Douglas | Michael Dickinson | John A. Chandler | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:27.50 | G3 |
| 2001 | Falcon Flight | 5 | René Douglas | Donald J. Burke II | Gary A. Tanaka | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:27.86 | G3 |
| 2000 | Williams News | 5 | Robby Albarado | Tom Amoss | On Target Racing Stable | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:31.22 | G3 |
| 1998 | – 1999 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1997 | Lakeshore Road | 4 | Calvin Borel | Tom Amoss | Ralph Wilson | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:29.57 | G3 |
| 1996 | Vladivostok | 6 | Craig Perret | Neil J. Howard | Bayard Sharp | 1+1⁄2 m | 2:30.23 | G3 |
| 1995 | Snake Eyes | 5 | Robby Albarado | Steven L. Morguelan | Marco Bommarito & Melvin Isenstein | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:56.46 | G3 |
| 1994 | Marastani | 4 | Aaron Gryder | Tom Amoss | Temple Webber Jr. | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:54.64 | G3 |
| 1993 | Little Bro Lantis | 5 | Curt Bourque | Merrill R. Scherer | Robert Hall & William McCollough | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:56.92 | G3 |
| 1992 | Plate Dancer | 7 | Earlie Fires | P. Noel Hickey | Irish Acres Farm | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:55.00 | G3 |
| 1991 | Blair's Cove | 6 | Garrett Gomez | P. Noel Hickey | Irish Acres Farm | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:55.95 | G3 |
| 1990 | Mister Sicy | 4 | Corey Black | Nicolas Clément | Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cahan | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:54.40 | G3 |
| 1989 | Salem Drive | 7 | Pat Day | Thomas J. Skiffington Jr. | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:55.20 | G2 |
| 1988 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1987 | Sharood | 4 | Fernando Toro | John Gosden | Sheikh Mohammed | 1+3⁄16 m | 1:56.20 | G2 |
| 1986 | Explosive Darling | 4 | Earlie Fires | Louis M. Goldfine | Richard L. Duchossois | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 | G2 |
| 1985 | Drumalis | 5 | Pat Day | Darrell Vienna | William Gumpert & Robert Kennedy | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:42.20 | G2 |
| 1984 | Tough Mickey | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Michelina Napolitano | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:42.40 | G2 |
| 1983 | Rossi Gold | 7 | Pat Day | Raymond S. Lawrence Jr. | Leslie Combs II | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:48.80 | G2 |
| 1982 | Rossi Gold | 6 | Pat Day | Raymond S. Lawrence Jr. | Leslie Combs II | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:46.00 | G2 |
| 1981 | Rossi Gold (DH) | 5 | Pat Day | Raymond S. Lawrence Jr. | Leslie Combs II | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.80 | G2 |
| 1981 | Ben Fab (DH) | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Jacques Dumas | Fernand Audet & René Benoit | | | |
| 1980 | Told | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Meadowhill | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.00 | G2 |
| 1979 | Overskate | 4 | Robin Plats | Gil Rowntree | Jack H. Stafford | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:44.00 | G2 |
| 1978 | Old Frankfort | 6 | Ron Turcotte | David K. Feldman | David K. Feldman & Al Wittlin | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.20 | G2 |
| 1977 | Quick Card | 4 | Mickey Solomone | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.00 | G2 |
| 1976 | Passionate Pirate | 5 | Heriberto Arroyo | Harry Trotsek | Dr. Robert A. Franklyn | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.00 | G2 |
| 1975 | Buffalo Lark | 5 | Larry Snyder | Joseph M. Bollero | Rogers Red Top Farm (Walter F. Mullady) | 1+1⁄16 m | 1:43.00 | G2 |
| 1974 | Zografos | 6 | William Gavidia | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.80 | G2 |
| 1973 | Triumphant | 4 | Anthony F. Rini | Joseph M. Bollero | Marion O. Reineman | 1 m | 1:34.80 | G2 |
| 1972 | Unanime | 5 | William Gavidia | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.20 |
| 1971 | Knight in Armor | 4 | Mike Venezia | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.20 |
| 1970 | Mr. Leader | 4 | Jorge Tejeira | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:47.40 |
| 1969 | Hawaii | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 |
| 1968-1 | Out The Window | 4 | Henry M. Moreno | Thomas W. Kelley | James R. Chapman | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.40 |
| 1968-2 | Fort Marcy | 4 | Carlos H. Marquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 |
| 1967 | Climax II | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Harold Tinker | August Muckler | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.60 |
| 1966 | 1966 Climax II | 5 | Bill Hartack | Harold Tinker | August Muckler | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.20 |
| 1965 | Marlin Bay | 5 | Herb Hinojosa | John Russell | Verna Lea Farm (Gene & Verna Lee Goff) | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.40 |
| 1964 | Spanish Fort | 4 | Don Brumfield | Steve Ippolito | Jacnot Stable (O. T. & Jack R. Hogan) | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.60 |
| 1963 | Hard Rock Man | 4 | Walter Blum | Robert Cramer | R. Morton Johnson | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.20 |
| 1962 | Porvenir II | 8 | Avelino Gomez | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.20 |
| 1961 | Oink | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Steve Ippolito | Jacnot Stable (O. T. & Jack R. Hogan) | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 |
| 1960 | Dunce | 4 | Braulio Baeza | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:57.60 |
| 1959 | Round Table | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:47.20 |
| 1958 | Terra Firma | 3 | Lois C. Cook | R. Douglas Prewitt | H. Edsall Olson & R. Douglas Prewitt | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 |
| 1957 | Manasas | 4 | Charles E. Burr | John Zitnik | John Zitnik | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 |
| 1956 | Sir Tribal | 5 | Bill Hartack | Steve Ippolito | Charles Fritz | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.00 |
| 1955 | Mark-Ye-Well | 6 | David Erb | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 |
| 1954 | Sir Mango | 4 | David Erb | Charles E. Eads | Harry N. Eads | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.40 |
| 1953 | Abbe Sting | 5 | Ronald Baldwin | John P. Keezek | Mrs. John P. Keezek | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 |
| 1952 | Royal Mustang | 4 | Paul J. Bailey | Joseph "Whitey" Jansen | Sam E. Wilson Jr. | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.20 |
| 1951 | Royal Governor | 7 | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Ryan | Esther D. du Pont Weir | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.20 |
| 1950 | Inseparable | 5 | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:52.20 |
| 1949 | Coaltown | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:48.40 |
| 1948 | Citation | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.20 |
| 1947 | Armed | 6 | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.20 |
| 1946 | Witch Sir | 4 | Robert Campbell | Leonard J. Wilson | Louis Schlosser | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.40 |
| 1945 | Devalue | 7 | Steve Brooks | Ralph Salvino | Happy Hour Farm | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.60 |
| 1944 | Georgie Drum | 5 | George Woolf | Allen B. Drumheller | Allen B. Drumheller | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 |
| 1943 | Rounders | 4 | Ferrill Zufelt | Frank Catrone | Valdina Farms | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:53.60 |
| 1942 | Take Wing | 4 | Fred A. Smith | Clyde Troutt | Clyde Troutt | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:58.60 |
| 1941 | Steel Heels | 5 | Albert Snider | Frank Letllier | Junius Bell | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 |
| 1940 | Advocator | 6 | John E. Oros | Philip F. Dwyer | Charles S. Howard | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.00 |
| 1939 | Count d'or | 4 | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.80 |
| 1938 | War Minstrel | 4 | Ira Hanford | Willie Booth | Jean Denemark | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:54.20 |
| 1937 | Corinto | 5 | Jack Westrope | Frank Gilpin | Jean Denemark | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.00 |
| 1936 | Stand Pat | 5 | Charles McTague | Frank Gilpin | Edward F. Seagram | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.60 |
| 1935 | Discovery | 4 | John Bejshak | Joseph H. Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.80 |
| 1934 | Indian Runner | 5 | Allen Tipton | George W. Ogle | D. A. Wood | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.80 |
| 1933 | Indian Runner | 4 | Allen Tipton | George W. Ogle | D. A. Wood | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:51.40 |
| 1932 | Equipoise | 4 | Raymond Workman | Fred Hopkins | C. V. Whitney | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:54.80 |
| 1931 | Plucky Play | 4 | Delmar Trivett | Elwood L. Fitzgerald | Northway Stable (Norman W. Church) | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.80 |
| 1930 | Blue Larkspur | 4 | James W. Smith | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:49.40 |
| 1929 | Dowagiac | 4 | Antony Pascuma | C. F. Cherry | Wild Rose Farm (Valentine "Val" Crane) | 1+1⁄8 m | 1:50.60 |