Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park
The Barbaro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. It is now run in October.
Previously known as the Leonard Richards Stakes, in 2007 it was renamed in honor of Barbaro, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006 but who eventually died after shattering his leg in that year's Preakness Stakes.
A Grade III race through 2009 but now ungraded, it is open to three-year-old horses running one and one sixteenth mile on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000. In 2011, the race was run at 1 mile and 70 yards.
There was no race from 1983 through 1996.
Records
Speed record:- 1:42.41 - Burning Roma
- Previously the race has been contested at miles. On June 18, 1960, Victoria Park won the race in a track record time of 1:47.40 for miles. As at 2020, that record remains intact.
Winners since 1997
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1997 | Leestown | Jose Velez, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Not found | 1:43.46 |
| 1998 | Scatmandu | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Robert Waxman | 1:42.43 |
| 1999 | Stellar Brush | Mike McCarthy | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1:42.78 |
| 2000 | Grundlefoot | Travis Dunkelberger | Gary Capuano | Paul Fowler, Jr. | 1:44.04 |
| 2001 | Burning Roma | Rick Wilson | Anthony Dutrow | Harold Queen | 1:42.41 |
| 2002 | Running Tide | Ramon Dominguez | Rodney Jenkins | On The Run Farm | 1:45.10 |
| 2003 | Awesome Time | Anthony Black | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1:43.26 |
| 2004 | Pollard's Vision | Jerry Bailey | Todd Pletcher | Edgewood Farm | 1:43.85 |
| 2005 | Sun King | Rafael Bejarano | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 1:43.33 |
| 2006 | Awfully Smart | Ramon Dominguez | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stables | 1:43.23 |
| 2007 | Xchanger | Edgar Prado | Mark Shuman | Circle Z Stable et al. | 1:43.40 |
| 2008 | Magical Forest | Jorge Chavez | Joseph Demola | Paraneck Stable | 1:44.02 |
| 2009 | Our Edge | Alan Garcia | Nick Zito | Robert LaPenta | 1:43.70 |
| 2010 | Trickmeister | Gabriel Saez | Cindy Jones | Brereton Jones and Timonthy Thornton | 1:45.32 |
| 2011 | Awesome Bet | Kent Desormeaux | Steve Asmussen | Mike McCarty | 1:40.37 |
| 2012 | Stephanoatsee | Sheldon Russell | H. Graham Motion | My Meadowview Farm | 1:44.79 |
| 2013 | Purple Egg | Paco Lopez | Jane Cibelli | Goodwood Racing | 1:43.66 |
Earlier winners (partial list)
- 1948 - Page Boots
- 1949 - Sun Bahram
- 1950 - Post Card
- 1951 - Hall of Fame
- 1952 - Jampol
- 1953 - Jamie K
- 1954 - Full Flight
- 1955 - Saratoga
- 1956 - Ricci Tavi
- 1957 - Lucky Dip
- 1958 - Cavan
- 1959 - Waltz
- 1960 - Victoria Park
- 1961 - Hitting away
- 1962 - Noble Jay
- 1963 - Crewman
- 1964 - Sheldrake
- 1965 - First Family
- 1966 - Buckpasser
- 1967 - Damascus
- 1968 - Balustrade
- 1969 - North Flight
- 1970 - The Pruner
- 1971 - Gleaming
- 1972 - Floor Show
- 1973 - London Company
- 1974 - Silver Florin
- 1975 - My Friend Gus
- 1976 - Cinteelo
- 1977 - True Colors
- 1978 - Mac Diarmida
- 1979 - Lucys Axe
- 1980 - Proctor
- 1981 - Sportin Life
- 1982 - Northrop