The Hillsborough Stakes Grade II

Grade II

$225,000 Fillies & Mares 4-Up 1 1/8-Mile (Turf)

WINNER JOCKEY OWNER TRAINER 2nd 3rd

2023 Shantisara (IRE) (1;47.14) Irad Ortiz, Jr. Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb and Robert V. LaPenta

2022 Bleecker Street (1:48.21) Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr. Peter M. Brant

2021 Micheline (1:47.19) Luis Saez Godolphin, LLC

2020 Starship Jubilee (1:47.83) Javier Castellano Blue Heaven Farm

2019 Rymska (FR) (1:49.18) Irad Ortiz, Jr. Madaket Stables, Tom Coleman Team Hanley & Elayne Stables

2018 Fourstar Crook (1:48.43)$$$ Irad Ortiz, Jr. Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and Gary Aisquith

2017 Dickinson (1:46.75) Paco Lopez Godolphin Racing

2016 Tepin (1:46.26) * ^ $$ Julien Leparoux Robert E. Masterson

2015 Stephanie’s Kitten (1:49.05) John Velazquez Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey

2014 Cloud Scapes (1:51.56) Erick Rodriguez Pin Oak Stud

2013 Old Tune (BRZ) (1:48.92) Joel Rosario Stud TNT

2012 Zagora (FR) (1:48.69) Javier Castellano Martin S. Schwartz

2011 Denomination (1:48.69)

Frederic Lenclud Ghislaine Head

2010 Phola (1:52.51) Ramon Dominguez J.J. Pletcher, et al

2009 Backseat Rhythm (1:51.43) Eibar Coa Paul Pompa, Jr.

2008 Dreaming of Anna (1:52.18) Cornelio Velasquez Frank C. Calabrese

2007 Cassydora (GB) (1:48.90) John Velazquez Green Hills Farm

2006 Ready’s Girl (1:50.50) John Velazquez James Scatuorchio

2005 Rizzi Girl (1:52.59) Oliver Castillo Joshua and MarnieWhitney

Chad Brown Scotish Star Surprisingly

Chad Brown Rocky Sky (IRE) Gladys

Michael Stidham Morning Molly New York Girl

Kevin Attard Beautiful Lover Kelsey's Cross

Chad Brown Hawksmoor (IRE) Onthemoonagain (FR)

Chad Brown Proctor's Ledge La Coronel

Kiaran McLaughlin Elysea's World (IRE) Isabella Sings

Mark Casse Isabella Sings Lovely Loyree

Chad Brown Ball Dancing Speed Seeker

H. Graham Motion Waterway Run Riposte (GB)

Todd Pletcher ForcesofDarkness (IRE) Mystical Star

Chad Brown Federation (GB) Unbridled Humor

Christophe Clement Zagora (FR) Keertana

Todd Pletcher Cure For Sale (ARG) Liberally (IRE)

Patrick Reynolds Elusive Lady Ballymore Lady

Wayne Catalano Lady Digby Mary Louhana (GB)

Todd Pletcher My Typhoon (IRE) Masseuse

Todd Pletcher Amorama (FR) Marchonin

William Downing Sister Star Noisette

2004 Coney Kitty (IRE) (1:48.83)^^## Jose Santos Betz, Humphrey, Seelbinder James Toner Madeira Mist (IRE) Alternate

2003 Strait From Texas (1:41.14) Jesus Castanon J & J Investments

2002 Platinum Tiara (1:41.34) Manoel Cruz M375 Thoroughbreds

2001 Song for Annie (1:41.23) Larry Melancon Live Oak Plantation

2000 St Clair Ridge (IRE) (1:41.17) Pat Day Van Meter II, et al

1999 Pleasant Temper (1:42.62) Pat Day Mark Stanley

$$$-

James Michael Dedication (FR) Stylish

Joe Waunsch Step With Style loya Two

Henry Cochran Megans Bluff Inside Affair

Elliott Walden Office Miss Royal Bloomer

Elliott Walden Sandy Gator Scatter Buy

Fastest Time: 1 1/16th

Fastest Time: 1

Slowest Time: 1

The Hillsborough Stakes Grade II

$225,000 Hillsborough Stakes

STRAIT FROM TEXAS (2003)

TEPIN (2016)

PLEASANT TEMPER (1999)

Slowest Time: 1 1/8th 1:52.59 RIZZI GIRL (2005)

Longest Priced Winner: $29.20

PLATINUM TIARA (2002)

Shortest Priced Winner: $ 2.80 TEPIN

Closest Winning Margin: Nose

Largest Winning Margin: 6 ¾ Lengths

Shortest Priced Loser: $ .70

Track Condition: Firm Good Yielding

All except 1999 and 2005 and 2022

Richest Purse: $225,000 2018-present

BACKSEAT RHYTHM CLOUD SCAPES (2009) (2014)

DREAMING OF ANNA (2008)

SNOWDROPS (2005)

Other Notes: Ireland-bred Shantisara’s time of 1:47.14 was the third-fastest since the distance was changed to a mile-and-an-eighth in 2004. Her victory was the sixth in the race for Chad Brown, the most of any trainer, and the third for jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who is tied with John Velazquez for the most in the race. In 2022, Bleecker Street provided jockey Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr., with his first Grade II victory. and trainer Chad Brown with his record fifth Hillsborough triumph. Micheline, the 2021 Hillsborough winner, is a daughter of Bernardini, the 2006 Preakness winner and Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Colt. Micheline’s trainer, Michael Stidham, conditions Mystic Guide, who won the $12-million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline three weeks after the Hillsborough. In 2020, Florida-bred mare Starship Jubilee improved her lifetime mark to 17-for-35 while recording her fourth graded-stakes triumph in less than six months. In 2019, Chad Brown won the Hillsborough Stakes for the second year in a row. In 2019, he won it for the second year in a row and fourth time since 2012 with Rymska, a 5-year-old France-bred mare. The New York-bred Fourstar Crook won eight consecutive races from the fall of 2015 through her first graded victory in the 2017 Grade III Dr. James Penny Memorial at Parx. The 5-year-old mare Dickinson was poetry in motion in achieving her Hillsborough victory in 2017 in the second-fastest edition since the race was extended to nine furlongs in 2004. One start later, she captured the Grade I Coolmore Jenny Wiley at Keeneland, The Hillsborough achieved Grade II status and a purse increase in 2016, but the performance by the reigning Eclipse Award Champion Grass Female, Tepin, was priceless. She set a course record of 1:46.26 after trailing by at least 19 lengths on the backstretch. Tepin was the fourth mare in five years to win both the Hillsborough and the Grade III Lambholm South Endeavour. Stephanie’s Kitten’s 2015 victory paved the way for her triumph in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She finished her career with $4.29-million in career earnings. Old Tune’s 2013 Hillsborough victory was her sixth consecutive stakes score. She won Brazil’s Filly Triple Crown in 2012.