The Davona Dale Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies , over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in late February or early March at Gulfstream Park , Hallandale Beach, Florida . The event currently carries a purse of $ 200,000.
6-935: The Davona Dale is named after Calumet Farm 's champion homebred filly foaled in 1976. She not only won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks as a 3-year-old, but then swept the New York Triple Tiara series: the Acorn Stakes , the Mother Goose Stakes , and the Coaching Club American Oaks . She is the only filly to win the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Triple Tiara. Davona Dale
12-463: A jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Davona Dale Davona Dale (1976–1997) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse . Owned and bred by Calumet Farm , her sire descends from Nearco and her damsire is Hall of Famer Tim Tam who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes . Racing at age two, Davona Dale won once and finished off the board in
18-671: The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (now the George E. Mitchell Stakes) at Pimlico Race Course and the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park . Her second triple occurred all at Belmont Park when she won the Acorn Stakes , the Mother Goose Stakes and the Coaching Club American Oaks . Her performances earned her the 1979 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly . That season, she also ran in the Travers Stakes against Colts . She finished fourth. At age 4, ankle and tendon injuries limited Davona Dale to just three races out of which she won
24-452: The distance of the event was increased to one mile and seventy yards. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1993 and upgraded once more to Grade II in 1998. The Davona Dale has been run at a variety of distances with the current distance of one mile set in 2015. The event is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks . Speed Record: Margins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by
30-681: The other but at age three, dominated American filly races. In 1979 Davona Dale won eight straight races and became the only filly in American thoroughbred history to win both the National Triple Tiara (the three feature filly races on thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown weekend) and the New York Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing . She won the national triple by sweeping the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs ,
36-573: Was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1985. She also ranks #90 in Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century . The event was inaugurated on 5 March 1988 and was run in split divisions over a distance of 7 furlongs for four year old fillies and mares. In 1990 the conditions of the event was limited to three year old fillies. In 1991
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