Providencia Stakes

Inaugurated in 1981, it has been run at 1+1⁄8 miles for most of its existence. It was run at 1 mile in 2004 and from 2006 to 2009.

In 2008, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II, with its purse increased from $100,000 to $150,000. It has been downgraded to a Grade III again although its purse remains the same.

In 2025 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status.^[1] The event was not held in 2025.

Speed record:

• 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:46.80 – Lady of Shamrock (2012)
• 1 mile: 1:34.20 – Acting Lady (2009)

Margins:

• 7 lengths - Artica (1995)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1982, 1984, 1987, 1995)
• 4 – Alex Solis (1994, 1999, 2002, 2005)
• 4 – Kent J. Desormeaux (1996, 1994, 2004, 2016)
• 4 – Mike E. Smith (2003, 2012, 2017, 2022)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 – Gary F. Jones (1983, 1991, 1992, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 – William R. Hawn (1985, 1990)
• 2 – Mary Jones Bradley (1986, 1993)
• 2 – Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston (1987, 1994)
• 2 – Jim Ford, Deron Pearson (2003, 2004)
• 2 – Warren B. Williamson (2006, 2014)

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
2026	Lilo Lil	Emisael Jaramillo	Michael McCarthy	Charles Fox	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.95	$101,500	Listed	[2]
2025	Race not held
2024	Medoro	Antonio Fresu	Peter Eurton	C R K Stable	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.95	$100,500	III	[3]
2023	Paris Secret (IRE)	Kazushi Kimura	Philip D'Amato	Strand Beach	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.50	$100,000	III	[4]
2022	Cairo Memories	Mike E. Smith	Robert Hess Jr.	David A. Bernsen & Schroeder Farms	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.33	$100,500	III	[5]
2021	Going Global (IRE)	Flavien Prat	Philip D'Amato	CYBT, Michael Dubb, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig & Ray Pagano	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.50	$101,000	III	[6]
2020	Race not held
2019	Hostess (GB)	Drayden Van Dyke	Simon Callaghan	John Warren Stable	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.09	$151,755	III	[7]
2018	Fatale Bere (FR)	Joel Rosario	Leonard Powell	Benowitz Family Trust, Head of Plains Partners,Mark Mathiesen & Mathilde Powell	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.09	$151,035	III	[8]
2017	Sircat Sally	Mike E. Smith	Jerry Hollendorfer	Joe L. Turner	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.09	$150,345	III	[9]
2016	Decked Out	Kent J. Desormeaux	J. Keith Desormeaux	Big Chief Racing & Gene A. Voss	1+1⁄8 miles	1:52.72	$151,380	III	[10]
2015	Spirit of Xian (IRE)	Joseph Talamo	Richard E. Mandella	Ben Keswick	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.10	$151,750	III	[11]
2014	Nashoba's Gold	Joseph Talamo	Carla Gaines	Warren B. Williamson	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.06	$151,250	III	[12]
2013	Scarlet Strike	Rafael Bejarano	Jerry Hollendorfer	John Carver, Jerry Hollendorfer & Green Smith	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.52	$151,250	III	[13]
2012	Lady of Shamrock	Mike E. Smith	John W. Sadler	Hronis Racing	1+1⁄8 miles	1:46.80	$150,000	III	[14]
2011	Cambina (IRE)	Garrett K. Gomez	Jeffrey L. Bonde	Anthony Bilich, Charles Cline, George Schmitt, Dennis Raihill, et al	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.38	$150,000	II	[15]
2010	City to City	Joel Rosario	Jerry Hollendorfer	William DeBurgh, Jerry Hollendorfer & Mark DeDomenico	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.16	$150,000	II	[16]
2009	Acting Lady	Victor Espinoza	Doug F. O'Neill	Andy Bell & Stephen Russell	1 mile	1:34.20	$150,000	II	[17]
2008	Missit (IRE)	Victor Espinoza	Ben D. A. Cecil	Three Chimneys Racing	1 mile	1:34.91	$150,000	II	[18]
2007	Super Freaky	Jon Court	Doug F. O'Neill	Suarez Racing & Alex Venneri	1 mile	1:35.59	$112,600	III	[19]
2006	Foxysox (GB)	Alex Bisono	Carla Gaines	Warren B. Williamson	1 mile	1:34.88	$109,400	III	[20]
2005	Berbatim	Alex O. Solis	Richard E. Mandella	Gary & Wendy Broad	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.66	$111,600	III	[21]
2004	Ticker Tape (GB)	Kent J. Desormeaux	James M. Cassidy	Jim Ford, Deron Pearson & Jack Sweesy	1 mile	1:34.55	$113,700	Listed	[22]
2003	§ Star Vega (GB)	Mike E. Smith	James M. Cassidy	Jim Ford, Deron Pearson & John R. Cuchna	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.89	$150,000	Listed	[23]
2002	Megahertz (GB)	Alex O. Solis	Robert J. Frankel	Michael Bello	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.34	$82,500		[24]
2001	Dynamous	Victor Espinoza	Robert J. Frankel	Dr. John A. Chandler	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.13	$81,975		[25]
2000	Kumari Continent	David R. Flores	J. Paco Gonzalez	Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.97	$79,650		[26]
1999	Sweet Life	Alex O. Solis	Neil D. Drysdale	Pam & Martin Wygod	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.85	$80,625		[27]
1998	Country Garden (GB)	Kent J. Desormeaux	Walter R. Greenman	Edward T. McGrath	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.84	$81,750		[28]
1997	§ Famous Digger	Brice Blanc	Barry Abrams	Let It Ride Stable, et al	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.85	$75,000		[29]
1996	Gastronomical	Kent J. Desormeaux	Gary F. Jones	G. Arthur Seelbinder	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.40	$77,880		[30]
1995	Artica	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Mike Harrington	Robert E. Resoff	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.36	$80,475		[31]
1994	Fancy 'n Fabulous	Alex O. Solis	Donald Warren	Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston & Marjorie Stonebraker	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.02	$81,450		[32]
1993	On the Catwalk (IRE)	Eddie Delahoussaye	Rodney Rash	Mary Jones Bradley	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.35	$80,400		[33]
1992	Miss Turkana	Antonio Lopez Castanon	Gary F. Jones	Saron Stable	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.32	$81,225		[34]
1991	Fantastic Ways	Chris McCarron	Gary F. Jones	Golden Eagle Farm	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.40	$83,175		[35]
1990	Materco	Eddie Delahoussaye	Mark MacDonald	William R. Hawn	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.40	$82,650		[36]
1989	Formidable Lady	Gary L. Stevens	Joseph Manzi	Fast Friends Stable, et al	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.60	$83,100		[37]
1988	Pattern Step	Chris McCarron	Charles E. Whittingham	Evergreen Farm	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.00	$81,750		[38]
1987	Some Sensation	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Donald Warren	Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston, Harold Meloth, et al	1+1⁄8 miles	1:48.20	$64,950		[39]
1986	Miraculous	Gary L. Stevens	Charles E. Whittingham	Mary Jones Bradley	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.80	$65,350		[40]
1985	Soft Dawn	Bill Shoemaker	Willard L. Proctor	William R. Hawn	1+1⁄8 miles	1:49.60	$64,850		[41]
1984	Class Play	Laffit Pincay Jr.	LeRoy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1+1⁄8 miles	1:50.20	$64,850		[42]
1983	Spruce Song	Sandy Hawley	Gary F. Jones	Elmendorf Farm	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.40	$66,800		[43]
1982	§ Phaedra	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Stephen A. DiMauro	Happy Valley Farm	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.00	$66,800		[44]
1981	Flying Baton	Terry Lipham	Terry Knight	Surf and Turf Stable	1+1⁄8 miles	1:47.60	$56,550		[45]