Rampart Stakes

The Rampart Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The Grade III event is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt.

Rampart Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1980
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website	www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance	1 miles (8 furlongs, 1.61 km)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, four-years-old & up
Weight	123 lbs. (55.8 kg) / Allowances
Purse	US$100,000

As a result of a sponsorship arrangement, the Rampart was run as the Johnny Walker Black Classic in 1989 and 1990.

Since inception in 1980, the race has been contested at three different distances:

• ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (1.71 km) : 1980–2000
• ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles (1.81 km) : 2001–2014
• 1 mile (1.61 km) : 2015

Records

Speed record: (at distance of ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles (1.81 km))

• 1:47.92 Allamerican Bertie (2003)

Former Distance:

• 1:42.12 Nine Keys (1994)

Most wins:

• 2 – Awesome Maria (2011, 2012)

Winners of the Rampart Stakes since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2019	Pink Sands	4	José Ortiz	Claude R. McGaughey III	Gainsway Stable & A Rosen	1:36.20
2018	Tequilita	4	Luis Saez	Michael R. Matz	Dorothy Matz	1:37.62
2017	Lewis Bay	4	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Chad C. Brown	Alpha Delta Stables	1:36.14
2016	Eskenformoney	4	Javier Castellano	Todd A. Pletcher	StarLadies Racing	1:35.47
2015	Cali Star (IRE)	4	Tyler Gaffalione	Martin D. Wolfson	Walden/Taylor	1:36.35
2014	Gamay Noir	4	Paco Lopez	Martin D. Wolfson	Chasing Tail Stables	1:49.84
2013	Ciao Bella	4	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Michael B. Tabor	1:50.06
2012	Awesome Maria	5	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:48.19
2011	Awesome Maria	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:49.09
2010	Unrivaled Belle	4	Kent Desormeaux	William I. Mott	Gary Seidler & Peter Vegso	1:49.36
2009	One Caroline	4	Edgar Prado	Rusty Arnold	G. Watts Humphrey	1:48.88
2008	Spring Waltz	5	Javier Castellano	Brian A. Lynch	Stronach Stables	1:49.73
2007	Miss Shop	4	Rafael Bejarano	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1:49.42
2006	Oonagh Maccool	4	Rafael Bejarano	Todd A. Pletcher	Charles H. Wacker III	1:49.99
2005	D' Wildcat Speed	5	Manoel Cruz	William P. White	Establo P. R. Speed	1:48 .94
2004	Sightseek	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:51.07
2003	Allamerican Bertie	4	John Velazquez	Steven B. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:47.92
2002	Forest Secrets	4	Pat Day	John T. Ward Jr.	Debby M. Oxley	1:49.83
2001	De Bertie	4	Jorge Chavez	Bernard S. Flint	Bertram W. Klein et al.	1:50.48
2000	Bella Chiarra	5	Shane Sellers	Patrick B. Byrne	Jack Mandato	1:43.27
1999	Banshee Breeze	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	1:42.83

Earlier winners

• 1998 – Dance For Thee
• 1997 – Chip
• 1996 – Investalot
• 1995 – Educated Risk
• 1994 – Nine Keys
• 1993 – Girl On a Mission
• 1992 – Fit For A Queen
• 1991 – Charon
• 1990 – Barbarika
• 1989 – Colonial Waters
• 1988 – By Land By Sea
• 1987 – Life at The Top
• 1986 – Endear
• 1985 – Isayso
• 1984 – Thinghatab
• 1983 – Flag Waver
• 1982 – Sweetest Chant
• 1981 – Wistful
• 1977–1980 – not held
• 1976 – Moon Glitter

References

• The 2008 Rampart Handicap at Thoroughbred Times
• The 2009 Rampart Stakes at the NTRA
• Gulfstream Park 2010 stakes race schedule