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| qualification = Fillies, three years old
| qualification = Fillies, three years old
| weight = 123[[pound (mass)|lbs]]. with allowances
| weight = 123[[pound (mass)|lbs]]. with allowances
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]100,000 (since 2019)
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]175,000 (since 2023)
| bonuses =
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The '''Soaring Softly Stakes''' is a [[Graded stakes race|Grade III]] American [[Thoroughbred horse race]] for three years old fillies, over a distance of 7 furlongs on the [[grass|turf]] held annually in May at [[Belmont Park]] in [[Elmont, New York]]. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.
The '''Soaring Softly Stakes''' is a [[Graded stakes race|Grade III]] American [[Thoroughbred horse race]] for three years old fillies, over a distance of 7 furlongs on the [[grass|turf]] held annually in May at [[Belmont Park]] in [[Elmont, New York]]. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.


==History==
==History==
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The race was renamed in 2016 to the Soaring Softly Stakes after the 1999 [[American Champion Female Turf Horse]] and inaugural [[Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf]] winner [[Soaring Softly]].<ref name=Naming>{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=winner&h=Soaring+softly|title=Wins - Soaring Softly |work=Thoroughbred Pedigree Online|date=2020|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>
The race was renamed in 2016 to the Soaring Softly Stakes after the 1999 [[American Champion Female Turf Horse]] and inaugural [[Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf]] winner [[Soaring Softly]].<ref name=Naming>{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=winner&h=Soaring+softly|title=Wins - Soaring Softly |work=Thoroughbred Pedigree Online|date=2020|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2024 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.<ref name=BAQ_2024>{{cite web |title=NYRA sets 2024 calendar, with Belmont Stakes at Saratoga |url= https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/news/nyra-announces-stakes-schedule-for-the-2024-aqueduct-spring-meet |website=nyra.com |publisher=[[New York Racing Association]] |access-date=5 May 2024 |date=January 24, 2024}}</ref> The distance of the event was decreased to six furlongs since the Aqueduct turf course does not hold events over the 7 furlong distance.


==Records==
==Records==
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'''Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:'''
'''Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:'''
* 2 - [[Wesley A. Ward]] (2014, 2018)
* 3 - [[Wesley A. Ward]] (2014, 2018, 2022)


'''Most wins by an owner:'''
'''Most wins by an owner:'''
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! Grade
! Grade
! Ref
! Ref
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white"
| colspan="10" align="left" |At Aqueduct &ndash; '''Soaring Softly Stakes'''
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|align="center"|2024
|Pipsy ([[Ireland|IRE]])
|[[Flavien Prat]]
|William Walden
|Woodford Thoroughbreds
|align="center"|6 furlongs
|align="center"|1:09.41
|align="center"|$175,000
|align="center"|III
|<ref name=R2024>{{cite web |title=2024 Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 8) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=05/12/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=12 May 2024 |access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white"
| colspan="10" align="left" |At Belmont Park'''
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|align="center"|2023
|{{nowrap|Queen Picasso ([[Great Britain|GB]])}}
|[[Jose Ortiz (jockey)|Jose Ortiz]]
|{{nowrap|[[Christophe Clement]]}}
|Sienna Farm, Michael E. Kisber, Peter Deutsch & The Elkstone Group
|align="center"|7 furlongs
|align="center"|1:21.24
|align="center"|$169,750
|align="center"|III
|<ref name=R2023>{{cite web |title=2023 Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 7) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=05/27/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=27 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|align="center"|2022
|align="center"|2022
|Chardy Party ([[Ireland|IRE]])
|
|[[Irad Ortiz Jr.]]
|
|[[Wesley A. Ward]]
|
|[[Stonestreet Farm]]
|
|align="center"|7 furlongs
|align="center"|7 furlongs
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1:21.47
|align="center"|$100,000
|align="center"|$100,000
|align="center"|III
|align="center"|III
|<ref name=R2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=05/28/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=28 May 2022 |accessdate=28 May 2022}}</ref>
|
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan"
|align="center"|2021
|align="center"|2021
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|align=center|$100,000
|align=center|$100,000
|align=center|III
|align=center|III
|<ref name=R2021>{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=05/15/2021&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 10) |work=Equibase |date=15 May 2021 |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name=R2021>{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=05/15/2021&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 10) |work=Equibase |date=15 May 2021 |accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref>
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white"
|-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white"
|align="center" |2020
|align="center" |2020
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|align="center"|2018
|align="center"|2018
|Nootka Sound
|Nootka Sound
|Dylan Davis
|[[Dylan Davis]]
|[[Wesley A. Ward]]
|[[Wesley A. Ward]]
|Hat Creek Racing
|Hat Creek Racing

Latest revision as of 23:24, 3 November 2024

Soaring Softly Stakes
Grade III race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated2014 (as Wait A While Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing - Turf
Websitenyra.com
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies, three years old
Weight123lbs. with allowances
Purse$175,000 (since 2023)

The Soaring Softly Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old fillies, over a distance of 7 furlongs on the turf held annually in May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.

History

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The race was inaugurated in 2014 as the Wait A While Stakes[1] with a stakes purse of $100,000[2] after the American Oaks and duel Yellow Ribbon Stakes winner Wait A While.

In 2018 the event was classified as Grade III.[2]

The race was renamed in 2016 to the Soaring Softly Stakes after the 1999 American Champion Female Turf Horse and inaugural Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Soaring Softly.[3]

In 2024 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.[4] The distance of the event was decreased to six furlongs since the Aqueduct turf course does not hold events over the 7 furlong distance.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:19:93 - Morticia (2017)

Margins:

  • 4 lengths - Nootka Sound (2018)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Eric Cancel (2016, 2021)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Aqueduct – Soaring Softly Stakes
2024 Pipsy (IRE) Flavien Prat William Walden Woodford Thoroughbreds 6 furlongs 1:09.41 $175,000 III [5]
At Belmont Park
2023 Queen Picasso (GB) Jose Ortiz Christophe Clement Sienna Farm, Michael E. Kisber, Peter Deutsch & The Elkstone Group 7 furlongs 1:21.24 $169,750 III [6]
2022 Chardy Party (IRE) Irad Ortiz Jr. Wesley A. Ward Stonestreet Farm 7 furlongs 1:21.47 $100,000 III [7]
2021 Bye Bye Eric Cancel Christophe Clement Bach Stables 7 furlongs 1:21.19 $100,000 III [8]
2020 Race not held
2019 Seek and Destroy Kendrick Carmouche Chad C. Brown e Five Racing 7 furlongs 1:22.53 $100,000 III [9]
2018 Nootka Sound Dylan Davis Wesley A. Ward Hat Creek Racing 7 furlongs 1:24.59 $98,000 III [10]
2017 Morticia Jose Lezcano George Arnold G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 7 furlongs 1:19.93 $100,000 Listed [11]
2016 Lightstream Eric Cancel Brian A. Lynch Up Hill Stable & Head of Plains Partners 7 furlongs 1:20.54 $100,000 [12]
Wait A While Stakes
2015 Celestine Rajiv Maragh William I. Mott James A. Bryan Jr. 7 furlongs 1:21.06 $98,000 [13]
2014 Richies Party Girl John R. Velazquez Wesley A. Ward Richard Ravin and Wesley A. Ward 7 furlongs 1:21.84 $98,000 [14]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf

References

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  1. ^ "WAIT A WHILE STAKES - BELMONT - BELMONT". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Soaring Softly Stakes (Gr. 3)". equibase. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Wins - Soaring Softly". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ "NYRA sets 2024 calendar, with Belmont Stakes at Saratoga". nyra.com. New York Racing Association. January 24, 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 8)". Equibase. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 7)". Equibase. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 9)". Equibase. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Soaring Softly Stakes Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 10)". Equibase. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Soaring Softly S. Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 11)". Equibase. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Soaring Softly S. Grade 3 - Thoroughbred (race 9)". Equibase. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Soaring Softly S. Listed - Thoroughbred (race 7)". Equibase. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Soaring Softly S. Black Type - Thoroughbred (race 10)". Equibase. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Wait a While S. Black Type - Thoroughbred (race 10)". Equibase. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Wait a While S. Black Type - Thoroughbred (race 6)". Equibase. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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