The Swale Stakes is a Listed American

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for three year old horses at the distance of seven

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s on the dirt held annually in January at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $125,000.

History

The race was named in honor of

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's brilliant colt Swale who won the 1984

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and the

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but who died suddenly of a

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eight days after his Belmont victory. In 2021

are the sponsors of the event. The inaugural running of the event was on 2 March 1985 as the tenth race on the

racecard over a distance of seven furlongs. The event was won by the 1984 United States Champion 2-year-old colt,

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who was resuming after his

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victory at

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victory easily dispatched the field winning by lengths as the 3/10 odds-on favorite. The event was not held in 1987. In 1990 the event was upgraded to a Grade III and once again to Grade II in 2006. For two runnings of the event, in 2007 and 2008 the race was run over the shorter furlongs distance. In 2009, Big Drama set a new stakes and track record of 1:20.88 but was disqualified and placed second with the race awarded to This Ones for Phil. This race was upgraded once again to a Grade II for its 2014 running but then downgraded again to Grade III in 2018. In 2024 the event was downgraded by the

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to Listed status

Records

Speed record: * 7 furlongs – 1:20.88 This Ones For Phil (2009) * furlongs – 1:15.06 Eaton's Gift (2008) Margins: * lengths – D'wildcat (2001) Most wins by a

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: * 5 –

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(2013, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 –

Claude R. McGaughey III Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III (born January 6, 1951) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. Biography McGaughey began working as a trainer in 1979 and to date has won more than 240 graded stakes races. In 1986, he got his big ...

(1988, 1989, 1996, 2023) Most wins by an owner: * 2 –

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(1988, 1989) * 2 –

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(1994, 2000) * 2 – Paul P. Pompa Jr. (2009, 2010) * 2 – Michael Dubb (2009, 2019) * 2 – Courtlandt Farms (2018, 2023) ;Notes

Winners

''Notes:''
† In the 2009 Big Drama was first past the post but was disqualified for bumping This Ones for Phil twice in the straight thus This Ones for Phil was declared the winner.

External links

2020–21 Gulfstream Park Media Guide

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

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