Shuvee Stakes

The Shuvee Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older over a distance of  1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

Shuvee Stakes

Class	Grade II
Location	Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1976 (at Belmont Park as Shuvee Handicap)
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website	NYRA
Race information
Distance	1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old & older, fillies and mares
Weight	124 lbs with allowances
Purse	US$200,000 (since 2021)

History

The race was named after the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly, Shuvee, winner of the 1969 Fillies Triple Crown.^[1]

The inaugural running of the event was on 16 May 1976 at Belmont Park as the Shuvee Handicap as a one-mile event. The winner Proud Delta made an immediate impact for the event as she continued her winning ways to be crowned US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse.^[2]

The following year the distance for the event was increased to 1+1⁄16 miles^[3] and for the third running in 1978 the event was classified as a Grade II.^[4]

The event was upgraded to Grade I in 1986,^[3] the year Lady's Secret won the event en route to a Breeders' Cup Distaff victory at Santa Anita Park and U.S. Horse of the Year honors.

In 1995 the distance for the event reverted to its original one mile.^[4]

In 1997 the event was downgraded to Grade II^[3] and in 2012 the event was not held.^[4] NYRA moved the event to Saratoga for 2013 as they expanded the number of racing dates at that track. The event was downgraded to Grade III for its first running at the new track and the event holds this classification to date. Also that year the distance was increased to a mile-and-an-eighth.^[4]

Other notable mares to have won this race are 1995 winner Inside Information who won the event as the Shug McGaughey trained entry with Regal Solution defeating the short favorite and 1994 winner Sky Beauty and US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. Later that year Inside Information would win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and be crowned US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. The 1997 winner Hidden Lake would also later that year be voted US Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. Stopchargingmaria, in 2015, was the last Shuvee winner to go on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

In 2022, the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the event back to Grade II.^[5]

Records

Speed record:

• 1 mile: 1:34.23 – Society Selection (2005)
• 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:40.40 – Dance Number (1983)
• 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:48.94 – Letruska (2020)

Largest Winning Margin:

• 32+1⁄2 lengths – Paid Up Subscriber (2017)

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 – John Velazquez (1998, 2004, 2013, 2016, 2017)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 6 – Todd Pletcher (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2025

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 – Ogden Phipps (1983, 1988)
• 2 – Eugene V. Klein (1985, 1986)
• 2 – Ogden Mills Phipps (1995, 2004)
• 2 – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (2016, 2023)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
At Saratoga – Shuvee Stakes
2025	Leslie’s Rose	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	Whisper Hill Farm	1:50.77	$175,000	II
2024	Raging Sea	4	Flavien Prat	Chad C. Brown	Alpha Delta Stables	1:51.95	$194,000	II	[6]
2023	Nest	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Michael House	1:50.72	$186,000	II	[7]
2022	Clairiere	4	Joel Rosario	Steve Asmussen	Stonestreet Stables	1:51.96	$186,000	II	[8]
2021	Royal Flag	5	Joel Rosario	Chad C. Brown	William S. Farish III	1:49.42	$200,000	III	[9]
2020	Letruska	4	Joel Rosario	Fausto Gutierrez	St. George Stable	1:48.94	$125,000	III	[10]
2019	Golden Award	4	Tyler Gaffalione	William I. Mott	Summer Wind Equine	1:49.64	$194,000	III	[11]
2018	Farrell	4	Channing Hill	Wayne M. Catalano	Coffeepot Stables	1:49.35	$200,000	III	[12]
Shuvee Handicap
2017	Paid Up Subscriber	5	John R. Velazquez	Chad C. Brown	Allen Stable & Peter M. Brant	1:51.31	$180,000	III	[13]
2016	Curalina	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners	1:49.85	$190,000	III	[14]
2015	Stopchargingmaria	4	Javier Castellano	Todd A. Pletcher	Town and Country Farms	1:49.37	$200,000	III	[15]
2014	Antipathy	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Godolphin Racing	1:52.80	$200,000	III	[16]
2013	Authenticity	6	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Padua Stables	1:52.33	$200,000	III	[17]
2012	Race not held
At Belmont Park
2011	Awesome Maria	4	Javier Castellano	Todd A. Pletcher	Robsham Stables	1:35.19	$147,000	II	[18]
2010	Funny Moon	4	Alan Garcia	Christophe Clement	Mrs. C. Wilson McNeely III	1:36.70	$147,000	II	[19]
2009	Seattle Smooth	4	Ramon A. Dominguez	Anthony W. Dutrow	Mercedes Stable	1:35.94	$150,000	II	[20]
2008	Cowgirls Don't Cry	4	Michael J. Luzzi	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Jeff Singer	1:37.31	$150,000	II	[21]
2007	Teammate	4	Cornelio Velásquez	H. Allen Jerkens	H. Joseph Allen	1:38.19	$150,000	II	[22]
2006	Take D' Tour	5	Cornelio Velásquez	David Fawkes	Alice Muller	1:36.10	$147,000	II	[23]
2005	Society Selection	4	Eibar Coa	H. Allen Jerkens	Irving & Marjorie Cowan	1:34.23	$196,000	II	[24]
2004	Storm Flag Flying	4	John R. Velazquez	Claude R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps et al.	1:36.10	$200,000	II	[25]
2003	Wild Spirit (CHI)	4	Javier Castellano	Robert J. Frankel	Sumaya U.S. Stable	1:34.51	$200,000	II	[26]
2002	Shiny Band	4	Robbie Davis	H. Allen Jerkens	Bohemia Stable	1:34.95	$200,000	II	[27]
2001	Apple of Kent	5	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel	Juddmonte Farms	1:35.16	$200,000	II	[28]
2000	Beautiful Pleasure	5	Jorge F. Chavez	John T. Ward Jr.	John C. Oxley	1:35.65	$200,000	II	[29]
1999	Catinca	4	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel	Robert K. Waxman	1:34.38	$150,000	II	[30]
1998	Colonial Minstrel	4	John R. Velazquez	Mark A. Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:36.20	$150,000	II	[31]
1997	Hidden Lake	4	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel	Robert N. Clay	1:35.27	$150,000	II	[32]
1996	Clear Mandate	4	Julie Krone	George R. Arnold II	G. Watts Humphrey Jr.	1:35.01	$153,300	I	[33]
1995	§ Inside Information	4	José A. Santos	Claude R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps	1:35.10	$129,689	I	[34]
1994	Sky Beauty	4	Mike E. Smith	H. Allen Jerkens	Georgia E. Hofmann	1:40.60	$150,000	I	[35]
1993	Turnback the Alarm	4	Chris Antley	William V. Terrill	Valley View Farm	1:43.11	$150,000	I	[36]
1992	Missy's Mirage	4	Eddie Maple	H. Allen Jerkens	Middletown Stable	1:40.74	$171,600	I	[37]
1991	A Wild Ride	4	Mike E. Smith	D. Wayne Lukas	Yoshida Zeyna	1:42.40	$171,900	I	[38]
1990	Tis Juliet	4	Richard Migliore	D. Wayne Lukas	Calumet Farm	1:43.00	$171,300	I	[39]
1989	Banker's Lady	4	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Philip M. Hauswald	Edward A. Cox Jr.	1:40.80	$174,300	I	[40]
1988	Personal Ensign	4	Randy Romero	Claude R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:41.60	$170,100	I	[41]
1987	Ms. Eloise	4	Robbie Davis	Philip G. Johnson	Margaret E. Grimm	1:41.80	$179,700	I	[42]
1986	Lady's Secret	4	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:41.80	$113,800	I	[43]
1985	Life's Magic	4	Jorge Velásquez	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:42.40	$172,000	II	[44]
1984	Queen of Song	5	Sam Maple	Claude R. McGaughey III	Parrish Hill Farm	1:43.00	$121,400	II	[45]
1983	Dance Number	4	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Angel Penna Sr.	Ogden Phipps	1:40.40	$82,500	II	[46]
1982	Anti Lib	4	Jacinto Vásquez	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:41.60	$55,700	II	[47]
1981	Chain Bracelet	4	Ruben Hernandez	James W. Maloney Jr.	Shirley H. Taylor	1:42.80	$55,500	II	[48]
1980	Alada	4	Jeffrey Fell	Robert G. van Wert	Meadow Stable	1:43.00	$54,100	II	[49]
1979	Pearl Necklace	5	Jeffrey Fell	Roger Laurin	Reginald N. Webster	1:41.40	$53,800	II	[50]
1978	One Sum	4	Ruben Hernandez	Luis Barrera	Charles T. Wilson Jr.	1:44.00	$53,000	II	[51]
1977	† Mississippi Mud	4	Jacinto Vásquez	Charles Peoples	Mrs. Bayard Sharp	1:43.60	$54,600		[52]
1976	Proud Delta	4	Jorge Velásquez	Peter M. Howe	Montpelier Stable	1:35.00	$56,350		[53]

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1977 running, Secret Lanvin finished first but was disqualified for interference and was placed third. Mississippi Mud was declared the winner.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races