Wonder Again Stakes
Grade II race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated2014
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing – Inner Turf
Websitenyra.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Purse$200,000 (2023)

The Wonder Again Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old held over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the inner turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.[1][2] The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.[1][2]

History

The race is named after the Grade I winner Wonder Again, full sister to Grass Wonder (Japanese-trained), who won the GI Garden City Breeders' Cup (2002) and GI Diana Handicap (2004).[2][3]

The race was inaugurated in 25 May 2014 with a stakes purse of $200,000.[1]

In 2017 the event was classified as Grade III, and promoted to Grade II in 2022.[1]

The event is considered a preparatory race for the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes which is held in July.

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA scheduled the event in their updated and shortened spring-summer meeting with a shorter distance of one mile.[4]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:46.34 Camber Parc (2019)

Largest margin of victory:

  • 1+1⁄4 lengths – Camber Parc (2019)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2023 Prerequisite Flavien Prat Chad C. Brown First Row Partners & Team Hanley 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.20 $200,000 II [5]
2022 Consumer Spending Manny Franco Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.73 $194,000 III [6]
2021 Con Lima Flavien Prat Todd A. Pletcher Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Joseph F. Graffeo, Del Toro, Eric Nikolaus & Troy Johnson 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.84 $200,000 III [7]
2020 Sweet Melania José L. Ortiz Todd A. Pletcher Lawana L. & Robert Low 1 mile 1:34.24 $145,500 III [8]
2019 Cambier Parc José L. Ortiz Chad C. Brown OXO Equine 1+1⁄8 miles 1:46.34 $194,000 III [9]
2018 La Signare (FR) Joel Rosario Brian A. Lynch Madaket Stables, T&A Cambron, Bradley Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.84 $200,000 III [10]
2017 New Money Honey Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.01 $200,000 III [11]
2016 Time and Motion John R. Velazquez James J. Toner Phillips Racing Partnership 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.48 $200,000 Listed [12]
2015 Lady Eli Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Sheep Pond Partners 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.94 $200,000 [13]
2014 Sea Queen Irad Ortiz Jr. Christophe Clement Stonetower Stables 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.89 $200,000 [14]

Notes:
Fillies in bold have won the Wonder Again Stakes – Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes double

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wonder Again Stakes (Gr. 2)". Equibase. 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wonder Again". New York Racing Association. 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Horse Profile for Wonder Again (KY)". Equibase. 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ↑ McCalmont, Keith (19 May 2020). "NYRA announces stakes schedule for 25 day Belmont Park spring summer meet". New York Racing Association. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "2023 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 2 – (race 10)". Equibase. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "2022 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 2 – (race 3)". Equibase. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "2021 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "2020 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 3 – (race 6)" (PDF). Equibase. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "2019 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 3 – (race 3)". Equibase. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "2018 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "2017 Wonder Again Stakes Grade 3 – (race 3)". Equibase. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "2016 Wonder Again Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "2015 Wonder Again Stakes Black Type – (race 6)". Equibase. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "2014 Wonder Again Stakes Black Type – (race 8)". Equibase. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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