Horse race
The Mac Diarmida Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses four-years-old and older run over a distance of one-and-three-eighth miles (11 furlongs) on the turf, annually in late February or early March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The current purse is $200,000.[1]
History
The event was inaugurated on 16 January 1995 for three-year-olds at a distance of 1 mile and 70 yards and was held on the dirt track.[2]
The race was named in honor of Florida-bred Mac Diarmida who was the American Champion Male Turf Horse of 1978.[3] The following year, in 1996 the event was lengthened slightly to one-and-one-sixteenth miles and run on the turf.
It was run as a handicap from 1997 through 2008 but is now run under allowance weight conditions. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1997.[4] In 1997, wet weather forced the race to be moved from the turf course to the main dirt track and set at a distance of one-and-one-quarter miles with conditions changed to allow horses four years old and older. In 1998 the race was changed to its present distance of one-and-three-eighths miles.[1]
The race was not run in 2001.[1] The event was upgraded once again in 2007 to Grade II.[4]The event was originally held in January but since 2017 has been run in late February or early March.[1]
Records
- Speed record
- 1+3⁄8 miles — 2:10.87 Stream of Gold (IRE) (2008)
- Margins
- 4+1⁄4 lengths — Panama City (1999)
- Most wins
- Most wins by an owner
- 3 - Michael M. Hui (2019, 2020, 2023)
- Most wins by a jockey
- Most wins by a trainer
- 5 - Michael J. Maker (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Winners
See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
External links
- 2020–21 Gulfstream Park Media Guide
References
- ^ a b c d "Stakes profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b "1995 Mac Diarmida Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 16 January 1995. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Mac Diarmida draws strong". ESPN.com. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b "MAC DIARMIDA STAKES - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "2024 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 7)". Equibase. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "2023 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 13)". Equibase. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "2022 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 11)". Equibase. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "2021 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 4)". Equibase. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "2020 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 13)". Equibase. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2019 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 14)". Equibase. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2018 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 13)". Equibase. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2017 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 12)". Equibase. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2016 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 12)". Equibase. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2015 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 9)". Equibase. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2014 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 10)". Equibase. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2013 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 10)". Equibase. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2012 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 10)". Equibase. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2011 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 10)". Equibase. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2010 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 9)". Equibase. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2009 Mac Diarmida Stakes Grade 2 - (race 9)". Equibase. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2008 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 2 - (race 8)". Equibase. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2007 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 2 - (race 9)". Equibase. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2006 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2005 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. 30 January 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2004 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 25 January 2004. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2003 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 19 January 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2002 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 20 January 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2000 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 9 January 2000. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "1999 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 10 January 1999. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "1998 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 11 January 1998. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "1997 Mac Diarmida Handicap Grade 3 - (race 10)". Equibase. 12 January 1997. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "1996 Mac Diarmida Stakes Listed - (race 10)". Equibase. 14 January 1996. Retrieved 18 February 2021.