Mardi Gras Stakes
| Black type stakes race | |
| Location | Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1922 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | About 5+1⁄2 furlongs |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, four years old & up |
| Purse | US$75,000 |
The Mardi Gras Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1922 at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Run in February, the race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and up, and run on turf since 2016 at a distance of about 5+1⁄2 furlongs over the Stall-Wilson Turf Course.[1]
Winners since 2007[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Purse$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Elle Z | 5 | Mitchell Murrill | Chris Hartman | M Bar O, LLC | 5.5 f ± | 1:03.95 | $75,000 |
| 2021 | Elle Z | 4 | Mitchell Murrill | Chris Hartman | M Bar O, LLC | 5.5 f ± | 1:03.81 | $75,000 |
| 2020 | Play On | 4 | Fernando De La Cruz | Brad H. Cox | Klein Racing | 5.5 f ± | 1:03.99 | $75,000 |
| 2019 | Student Body | 5 | Miguel Mena | Christopher Davis | Gary Broad | 5.5 f ± | 1:04.21 | $75,000 |
| 2018 | Compelled | 3 | Corey Lanerie | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 5.5 f ± | 1:04.32 | $75,000 |
| 2017 | Rapid Rhythm | 5 | James Graham | Michael Stidham | Robert S. Evans | 5.5 f ± | 1:03.73 | $75,000 |
| 2016 | Leigh Court | 6 | Florent Geroux | Michael Stidham | Speedway Stable | 5.5 f ± | 1:04.39 | $60,000 |
| 2015 | Divine Beauty | 4 | Kerwin D. Clark | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 6 f | 1:10.20 | $60,000 |
| 2014 | Cozze Up Lady | 5 | Rosie Napravnik | W. Bret Calhoun | Martin Racing & Morgan Thoroughbred et al. | 5.5 f | 1:05.10 | $60,000 |
| 2013 | Good Deed | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Margolis | Richard, Bertram & Elaine Klein | 6 f | 1:11.12 | $75,000 |
| 2012 | Daisy Devine | 4 | James Graham | Andrew McKeever | James M. Miller | 1 1/16 m | 1:47.19 | $60,000 |
| 2011 | Street Storm | 3 | Jesse Campbell | Steve Margolis | Right Time Racing LLC | 7.5 f | 1:43.77 | $60,000 |
| 2010 | Chantilly Nayla | 3 | James Graham | Neil Pessin | Salman Rashed | 5.5 f | 1:04.75 | $60,000 |
| 2009 | Selva | 3 | Robby Albarado | David M. Carroll | Helen C. Alexander & Helen K. Groves | 5.5 f | 1:04.63 | $60,000 |
| 2008 | Cloudburst | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Dallas Stewart | Overbrook Farm | 5.5 f | 1:05.12 | $60,000 |
| 2007 | Corrupt | 3 | Robby Albarado | Jeff Trosclair | Team Block | 7.5 F | 1:33.15 | $75,000 |
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