Spinaway Stakes


The Spinaway Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old fillies, it is a stakes race|Grade I] event contested at a distance of seven furlongs on dirt. The Spinaway is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, providing a "Win and You're In" berth for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
The race was named for Spinaway who in 1880 was the dominant two-year-old filly in the United States and who beat her male counterparts in every one of her seven Glossary of [North American horse racing#stakes race|stakes] wins.
Since inception in 1881, the Spinaway has been run at different distances:
  • 5 furlongs : 1881–1900
  • 5.5 furlongs : 1901–1921
  • 6 furlongs : 1922–1993
  • 7 furlongs : 1994 to present
The Spinaway was hosted by Belmont Park in 1943, 1944 and 1945. It was not run from 1892 to 1900. The race was cancelled in 1911 and 1912 following a New York State legislated ban on parimutuel betting.
In 2016, Sweet Loretta and Pretty City Dancer finished in a dead heat for first place. Both fillies were sired by leading sire Tapit.

Records

Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most consecutive wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
  • 4 – James R. Keene
  • 4 – Greentree Stable

    Winners since 1948

  • † In 1959, Natalma finished first, but was disqualified and set back to third.
  • † In 1992, Sky Beauty finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
  • ‡ In 2016, Pretty City Dancer and Sweet Loretta dead heated for first place.

    Earlier winners

  • 1947 – Bellesoeur
  • 1946 – Pipette
  • 1945 – Sopranist
  • 1944 – Price Level
  • 1943 – Bee Mac
  • 1942 – Our Page
  • 1941 – Mar-Kell
  • 1940 – Nasca
  • 1939 – Now What
  • 1938 – Dinner Date
  • 1937 – Merry Lassie
  • 1936 – Maecloud
  • 1935 – Forever Yours
  • 1934 – Vicaress
  • 1933 – Contessa
  • 1932 – Easy Day
  • 1931 – Top Flight
  • 1930 – Risque
  • 1929 – Goose Egg
  • 1928 – Atlantis
  • 1927 – Twitter
  • 1926 – Bonnie Pennant
  • 1925 – Cinema
  • 1924 – Blue Warbler
  • 1923 – Anna Marrone II
  • 1922 – Edict
  • 1921 – Miss Joy
  • 1920 – Prudery
  • 1919 – Constancy
  • 1918 – Passing Shower
  • 1917 – Olive Wood
  • 1916 – Yankee Witch
  • 1915 – Jacoby
  • 1914 – Lady Barbary
  • 1913 – Casuarina
  • 1910 – Bashti
  • 1909 – Ocean Bound
  • 1908 – Maskette
  • 1907 – Julia Powell
  • 1906 – Court Dress
  • 1905 – Edna Jackson
  • 1904 – Tanya
  • 1903 – Raglan
  • 1902 – Duster
  • 1901 – Rossignol
  • 1891 – Promenade
  • 1890 – Sallie McClelland
  • 1889 – Daisy F.
  • 1888 – Gypsy Queen
  • 1887 – Los Angeles
  • 1886 – Grisette
  • 1885 – Biggonet
  • 1884 – Mission Belle
  • 1883 – Tolu
  • 1882 – Miss Woodford
  • 1881 – Memento