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The Forward Gal Stakes is an American

United States

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horse race run annually near the end of January at Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....

in Hallandale Beach, Florida

Hallandale Beach, Florida

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. The Grade II

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

event is open to three-year-old fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

willing to race seven furlong

Furlong

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s on the dirt.

Named for Forward Gal

Forward Gal

Forward Gal was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Out of the mare, Forward Thrust, he was sired by Florida Derby winner Native Charger who also sired 1970 Belmont Stakes winner High Echelon....

, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1970, the race is considered a prep for the Kentucky Oaks

Kentucky Oaks

The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds . The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year...

Records

Time record: (at current distance of 1⅜ miles)

1:21.76 - Glitter Woman (1997)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Hickory Tree Stable (1981 & 1982)
2 - Edward P. Evans (1991 & 2001)

Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:

3 - Craig Perret
Craig Perret
Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...

(1985, 1988 & 1991)

Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
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:

3 - D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

(1989, 1991 & 1999)
3 - Woody Stephens
Woody Stephens
Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...

(1981, 1982 & 1984)

Winners of the Forward Gal Stakes since 1981

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade
2011	Pomeroys Pistol	3	Paco Lopez	Amy Tarrant	Hardacre Farm LLC	7 fur.	1:22.89	$200,000	II
2010	Bickersons	3	Joe Bravo Joe Bravo Wilkyns Nuñez, better known by his ring name Joe Bravo, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler best known for performing with the International Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Council.-International Wrestling Association :...	Kelly Breen	Lori & George Hall	7 fur.	1:22.35	$150,000	II
2009	Frolic's Dream	3	Jermaine Bridgmohan	Martin D. Wolfson Martin D. Wolfson Martin "Marty" D. Wolfson is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He embarked on a professional training career in the early 1970s. He is the son of Louis Wolfson, owner of Florida's Harbor View Farm who won the U.S...	Dare To Dream Farm	7 fur.	1:24.15	$150,000	II
2008	Bsharpsonata	3	Eric Camacho	Timothy Saltzman	Cloverleaf Farm	7 fur.	1:23.09	$150,000	II
2007	Forever Together Forever Together (horse) Forever Together is an American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. Bred by the White Fox Farm of Karen and Dewey White , she was purchased and raced by George W. Strawbridge, Jr.'s Augustin Stable....	3	Elvis Trujillo Elvis Trujillo Elvis Raúl Trujillo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Maryfield to victory in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint which that year was his big break. He is one of two jockeys in American racing whose mother was an Elvis Presley fan and who named their...	Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard Jonathan E. Sheppard is a Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Augustin Stable	7 fur.	1:22.60	$150,000	II
2006	Miraculous Miss	3	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	Steve Klesaris	Puglisi Stables & Klesaris	7 fur.	1:22.78	$150,000	II
2005	Letgomyecho	3	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	George R. Arnold II	Dixiana Farm	7 fur.	1:23.24	$150,000	II
2004	Madcap Escapade	3	Jerry D. Bailey	Frank L. Brothers Frank L. Brothers Frank L. Brothers is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who in 1991 won two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races...	Bruce Lunsford Bruce Lunsford William Bruce Lunsford is an American Democratic politician from Kentucky. He has served various roles in the Kentucky Democratic Party including, Party treasurer, Deputy Development Secretary, and Head of Commerce...	7 fur.	1:22.97	$150,000	II
2003	Midnight Cry	3	Edgar Prado	Kenneth McPeek Kenneth McPeek Kenneth G. McPeek is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration...	Barrister Hall Stable	7 fur.	1:22.55	$100,000	III
2002	Take the Cake	3	Rene Douglas	Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider....	Elizabeth Valando Tommy Valando Thomas F. Valando was aBroadway producer and owner of an important New York City music publishing company, Tommy Valando Publishing Group, Inc....	7 fur.	1:25.47	$100,000	III
2001	Gold Mover	3	Jerry D. Bailey	Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Born into a horse racing family, his father, John Hennig, was also a trainer. After working with his father, Mark Hennig became an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas before going out on his own in 1991.-References:*...	Edward P. Evans	7 fur.	1:22.43	$100,000	III
2000	Miss Inquistive	3	Tommy Turner Thomas G. Turner Thomas Goodwin Turner was an American politician and businessman who was the 26th Governor of Rhode Island 1859-1860.-Early life:Turner was born in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island October 24, 1810...	Frank Passero, Jr.	Colebrook Farm	7 fur.	1:22.25	$75,000	III
1999	China Storm	3	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Overbrook Farm	7 fur.	1:23.69	$75,000	III
1998	Uanme	3	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Keeneland Race Course, Fair Grounds Race Course, Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Course. Before venturing out on his own, he spent 12 years working under the tutelage of leading trainer...	Horton Stables Inc.	7 fur.	1:24.56	$75,000	III
1997	Glitter Woman	3	Mike E. Smith	Claude R. McGaughey III	H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc...	7 fur.	1:21.76	$75,000	III
1996	Mindy Gayle	3	Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...	Julian Canet	Harvey Tenenbaum	7 fur.	1:24.54	$75,000	II
1995	Chaposa Springs	3	Heberto Castillo, Jr. Heberto Castillo, Jr. Heberto Castillo, Jr. is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was born into a family involved in the sport. His father was a jockey and his mother Gloria was a horse trainer in Florida. His sister, Rita, married jockey José Santos in 1997.In 1986, Castillo, Jr...	Martin D. Wolfson Martin D. Wolfson Martin "Marty" D. Wolfson is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He embarked on a professional training career in the early 1970s. He is the son of Louis Wolfson, owner of Florida's Harbor View Farm who won the U.S...	Suresh Chintamaneni	7 fur.	1:24.18	$75,000	II
1994	Mynameispanama	3	Marco Castaneda	Odin Londono	not found	7 fur.	1:22.97	$75,000	II
1993	Sum Runner	3	Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...	Donald Winfree	Solon Cohen	7 fur.	1:23.67	$75,000	II
1992	Spinning Round	3	Jose A. Santos	James E. Baker	Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable is the nom de course for the American Thoroughbred racing stable of George Steinbrenner, best known as the owner of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team...	7 fur.	1:24.85	$75,000	II
1991	Withallprobability	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Edward P. Evans	7 fur.	1:22.50	$75,000	II
1990	Charon	3	Earlie Fires Earlie Fires Earlie Stancel Fires is a retired United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey.Fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all American apprentices in wins that year with 224. He retired on September 21, 2008 having won 6,470 races at racetracks across North America...	Gene Navarro	Stanley Ersoff	7 fur.	1:24.80	$60,000	III
1989	Open Mind Open Mind (horse) Open Mind was an American Thoroughbred racing filly. In 1988, at two years of age, she won the Eclipse Award for American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In 1989, at three, she won the award as American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly...	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Eugene V. Klein Eugene V. Klein Eugene Victor Klein was an American businessman who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief stockholder of National General Corp., an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California...	7 fur.	1:24.20	$60,000	III
1988	On To Royalty	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Ben W. Perkins, Jr. Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, he is the son of Ben Perkins, Sr. who conditioned racehorses for close to fifty years. In 1981, Perkins, Jr. won his first race with at Atlantic...	B. W. Perkins, Sr. & Neil Litten	7 fur.	1:23.20	$60,000	III
1987	Added Elegance	3	Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:...	Frank Gomez Frank Gomez Frank Gomez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's bantamweight division. Gomez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico where trains full time with Jackson's Submission Fighting...	Wimborne Farm	7 fur.	1:24.60	$60,000	III
1986	Noranc	3	Herb McCauley Herb McCauley W. Herbert McCauley is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the New York Post and the Daily Racing Form. While still a small boy, Herb McCauley began riding horses on...	Joe Provost	Peter Rosbeck & Jack Roberts	7 fur.	1:23.80	$60,000	III
1985	Lucy Manette	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	J. Willard Thompson J. Willard Thompson J. Willard Thompson is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A former steeplechase jockey, he won three straight training titles at Monmouth Park Racetrack between 1975 and 1977 and again won in 2001...	William M. Hackman	7 fur.	1:23.40	$65,000
1984	Miss Oceana Miss Oceana Miss Oceana was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won six Grade 1 stakes during her racing career and was sold for a World Record price as a broodmare....	3	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...	Newstead Farm	7 fur.	1:22.40	$40,000
1983	Unaccompanied	3	Robert Woodhouse Robert Woodhouse Robert Woodhouse was an English mathematician.-Biography:He was born at Norwich, the son of Robert Woodhouse, linen draper, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge, of which society he was subsequently a fellow...	Dennis Ebert	Ben walden & Wells Hardesty	7 fur.	1:23.40	$45,000
1982 #	Trove	3	Larry Saumell	Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...	Hickory Tree Stable	7 fur.	1:22.80	$30,000
1982 #	All Manners	3	Odin Londono			7 fur.	1:23.00	$30,000
1981	Dame Mysterieuse	3	Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center...	Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...	Hickory Tree Stable	7 fur.	1:22.20	$40,000

Special Bonus

On September 7, 2010, Pimlico's corporate owner MI Developments Inc., in conjunction with MID’s premier racing properties, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, XpressBet Inc. and AmTote International Inc., announced the introduction of the BLACK-EYED SUSAN 2.2, a significant bonus program for fillies which could award $2,200,000.00 or 2.2 million in bonuses ($2 million to the owner and $200,000 to the trainer) to the winner of the 2011 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

The Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 is designed to allow both east and west coast based three-year-old fillies to qualify by having the preliminary races at Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Portland Meadows. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2, a three-year-old filly must first win the requisite qualifying races, plus the Gulfstream Park Oaks. MID also announced that it will pay all reasonable shipping costs for any west coast-based three-year-old filly eligible for either the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 or the XpressBet Consolation Prize to compete in the Gulfstream Park Oaks and/or the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

In addition, there will be an AmTote Jockey Bonus worth $50,000 to the winning jockey of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes who also rode the winner of one of the qualifying races and competed in at least one other qualifying race. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 at Gulfstream Park, a horse must win the Forward Gal Stakes on Saturday, January 29, 2011 plus win the Davona Dale on Saturday, February 26, 2011 and then win the Gulfstream Park Oaks on Saturday, April 2, 2011. To qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 at Santa Anita Park, a horse must win the Las Virgenes on Saturday, February 5, 2011 plus win the Santa Anita Oaks on Saturday, March 5, 2011 and then win the Gulfstream Park Oaks on Saturday, April 2, 2011. To qualify for the bonus from Golden Gate Fields a filly must win the California Oaks, which is scheduled to be run on Saturday, January 1, 2011 and goes on to win the Santa Anita Oaks and then wins the Gulfstream Park Oaks. The winner of the Portland Meadows Oaks, which is scheduled to be run on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Portland Meadows, will also qualify for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 if it goes on to win the Santa Anita Oaks and then the Gulfstream Park Oaks.

The XpressBet Consolation Prize will be awarded to a runner in the California Oaks, Forward Gal, Portland Meadows Oaks, Las Virgenes or Davona Dale; plus finished first, second or third in the Santa Anita Oaks or the Gulfstream Park Oaks if it wins the Black-Eyed Susan, provided that horse was not eligible for the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2. The XpressBet Consolation Prize of $220,000 will be awarded $200,000 to the owner and $20,000 to the trainer.
Paths to the $2,200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Bonus

1) win Forward Gal Stakes + win Davona Dale Stakes

Davona Dale Stakes

The Davona Dale Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt...

+ win Gulfstream Park Oaks

Bonnie Miss Stakes

The Gulfstream Park Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The Grade II race is open to three-year-old fillies, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt....

+ win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

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...

2) win Las Virgenes Stakes

Las Virgenes Stakes

The Las Virgenes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade I event run at a distance of one mile on dirt, it is open to three-year-old fillies and currently offers a purse of $250,000.-Records:Speed record:*...

+ win Santa Anita Oaks

Santa Anita Oaks

Santa Anita Oaks is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000.Inaugurated in 1935 as a race for two-year-olds,...

+ win Gulfstream Park Oaks

Bonnie Miss Stakes

+ win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

3) win California Oaks

California Oaks

The California Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early January at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested on Tapeta Footings synthetic dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth .- Records :Speed record: * 1-1/16...

+ win Santa Anita Oaks

Santa Anita Oaks

+ win Gulfstream Park Oaks

Bonnie Miss Stakes

+ win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

4) win Portland Meadows Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks

Santa Anita Oaks

+ win Gulfstream Park Oaks

Bonnie Miss Stakes

+ win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes