Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

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Grade II race
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Location	Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland
Inaugurated	1919
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Black-Eyed Susan Day
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	122 lb (55.3 kg)
Purse	$250,000

The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000.

The Black-Eyed Susan was given graded stakes race status in 1973 and has been a Grade II event since 1976. First run in 1919 as the Pimlico Oaks, in 1952 the name was changed to its present style. The inaugural edition was won by Milkmaid who went on to earn United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly honors. Milkmaid's owner J. K. L. Ross had a very good 1919 racing campaign, also winning the first U.S. Triple Crown with the colt Sir Barton.

In its 85th running in 2009, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is one of three races that are the de facto distaff counterparts to the Triple Crown races, along with the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs and the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park. They have not, however, been officially referred to as the "Filly Triple Crown." That distinction goes to three races run at Belmont and Saratoga Race Course in New York, now officially called the Triple Tiara to avoid trademark conflicts. However, consideration has been given within the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), the sport's governing body in the United States, to change the Triple Tiara series to the Kentucky Oaks, Black-Eyed Susan and Acorn.

Davona Dale is the only filly to win the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes, and Coaching Club American Oaks. Nellie Morse is the only winner to also win the Preakness Stakes.

[edit] Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Sweet Vendetta	Channing Hill	Gary Contessa	David Cassidy	1:49:60
2007	Panty Raid	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher	Glencrest Farm LLC	1:50.07
2006	Regal Engagement *	Ramon Dominguez	Thomas Bush	Mark D. Spitzer	1:50.11
2005	Spun Sugar	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Frank Stronach	1:53.27
2004	Yearly Report	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Golden Eagle Farm	1:52.65
2003	Roar Emotion	John Velazquez	Carlos Martin	Joe Allen	1:52.33
2002	Chamrousse	Jerry Bailey	Niall O'Callaghan	Hancock & Stone	1:51.61
2001	Two Item Limit	Richard Migliore	Stephen L. DiMauro	Joseph F. Graffeo	1:50.84
2000	Jostle	Kent Desormeaux	John Servis	Fox Hill Farms	1:52.56
1999	Silverbulletday	Gary L. Stevens	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	1:47.83

* Smart N Pretty won the 2006 race but was disqualified from first place for interference.

[edit] Earlier winners