Sweetest Chant Stakes
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Hallandale Beach, Florida,
United States
| Class | Grade III |
|---|---|
| Location | Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing – Turf |
| Website | Gulfstream Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies, three years old |
| Weight | 123 lbs with allowances |
| Purse | US$175,000 (2023) |
The Sweetest Chant Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf held annually in late January or early February at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $175,000.
The race was inaugurated in 1986 and was run on the dirt[1] and named after the winning mare Sweetest Chant[2] who won twelve races in her career including the Grade II Orchid Stakes.
The event has been run at several different distances the current distance of one mile and on the turf since 2009[3] after a lengthy absence of nine years.[3]
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.[1]
The distance for the event was increased to 1+1⁄16 miles in 2022.[3]
In 2025 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status.[4]
Records
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:39.36 – Life's an Audible (2024)
- 1 mile: 1:34.20 – Premier Steps (IRE) (2013)
Margins:
- 8 lengths – Natania (1986)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 4 – José A. Santos (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 6 – Chad C. Brown (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Most wins by an owner
- 3 – Klaravich Stables & William Lawrence (2014, 2015, 2016)