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The Lightning City Stakes<br />
The $100,000 Lightning City Stakes<br />
Fastest Time: 55.50 BUCKY’S PRAYER (2007)<br />
SMARTYS EMPERORESS (2013)<br />
Slowest Time: 58.19 TALETOBETOLD (2009)<br />
Longest Priced Winner: $ 63.40 DOUBLE SECRET (2015)<br />
Shortest Priced Winner: $ 3.80 WHENTHEDOVEFLIES (2005)<br />
Closest Winning Margin: Nose SMARTYS EMPERORESS (2013)<br />
Largest Winning Margin: 5 Lengths WHENTHEDOVEFLIES (2005)<br />
Shortest Priced Loser: $0.70 MADAME GIRY (2013)<br />
Track Condition: FIRM All except<br />
GOOD 2009<br />
GOOD 2015<br />
Richies Sweetheart winning the Lightning City on 12/19<br />
Richest Purse: $ 100,000 2014-present<br />
Other Notes: Richies Sweetheart’s 20<strong>16</strong> upset victory marked the third consecutive year the Lightning City winner was owned and trained by the<br />
same individual. Trainer Larry Rivelli owns the Illinois-bred mare in partnership with Richard Ravin and Patricia’s Hope, LLC (Vince Foglia). Double<br />
Secret’, the 2015 winner, was owned and trained by Adolfo Exposito, who manages an eight-horse stable in the Ocala, Fla., area. Shrinking Violet<br />
(owned and trained by Wesley Ward), the 2014 winner, was a girl for all seasons and all racetracks. Her successful venture to Tampa Bay Downs for the<br />
Lightning City Stakes marked the 10th different track at which she had competed. Ward was an Eclipse Award winner as an apprentice jockey and is<br />
the son of Tampa Bay Downs trainer Dennis Ward. The 2013 winner, Smartys Emperoress, tied the stakes record in her Lightning City victory; in her<br />
only previous start at Tampa Bay Downs, she won a five-furlong allowance/optional claiming turf race in 55.42 seconds. The 2011 winner, Jenny’s So<br />
Great, was bred by pop singing star David Cassidy, perhaps best known for playing Keith Partridge on “The Partridge Family.” Jenny’s So Great was the<br />
first betting favorite to win the race since Bucky’s Prayer at the end of the 2006-07 season. Suzzona, the 2010 winner, also captured stakes at Pimlico,<br />
Monmouth and Parx. Trainer Kirk Ziadie has won two editions of the Lightning City Stakes: in 2005 with Whenthedoveflies and in 2006 with .Jewels<br />
N Gems. The purse for the Lightning City was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 for the 2014 renewal.<br />
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