Christophe Clement Stakes

Christophe Clement Stakes
Christophe Clement, for whom the race is named
ClassGrade III
LocationGulfstream Park
Hallandale, Florida
Inaugurated1976
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance1+12 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds & up, fillies and mares
Purse$200,000

The Christophe Clement Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The race is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf. The Grade III race currently carries a purse of $200,000.

The race was first run at Calder Race Course in 1976 as the La Prevoyante Handicap, named for the Hall of Fame filly La Prevoyante, who collapsed and died in the unsaddling area at Calder Race Course after a December 28, 1974 race.

The race was moved to Gulfstream Park beginning in 2014. The purse doubled to $200,000 in 2017.[1] In 2020 the race was no longer run under handicap conditions and was known as the La Prevoyante Stakes.

In July 2025 Gulfstream Park's owners, 1/ST Racing and Gaming, announced that the La Prevoyante would be renamed for the late trainer Christophe Clement. Clement was a six-time winner of the La Prevoyante, starting in 1992 when the win was his second career victory in a graded stakes race.[2]

Due to track scheduling changes, the race was run twice in 2011; once in January and again in December.

First run in 1976, there was no race the following year but it returned permanently in 1978. It has been competed at various distances:

  • 8.5 furlongs (1+116 miles) : 1976
  • 9 furlongs (1+18 miles) : 1978–1983
  • 12 furlongs (1+12 miles) : 1984 to present

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+12 miles)

  • 2:25.47 – Herboriste (2008)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Coretta (1998, 1999)

Winners since 1998

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2022 Beautiful Lover 6 Joel Rosario Christophe Clement Moyglare Stud Farm 2:30.49
2021 Always Shopping 5 Irad Ortiz Jr. Todd Pletcher Repole Stable 2:25.38
2020 Mean Mary 4 Luis Saez Graham Motion Alex G. Campbell Jr. 2:28.36
2019 Si Que Es Buena (ARG) 6 Chris Landeros Graham Motion Takaya Shimakawa 2:34.04
2018 Texting 5 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Sarah Sharp Farish 2:27.88
2017 Suffused 5 José Ortiz William I. Mott Juddmonte Farms 2:26.04
2016 no race
2015 Goldy Espony (FR) 4 Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown Swift TBs / Bradley TBs 2:29.51
2014 Irish Mission 5 John R. Velazquez Christophe Clement Robert S. Evans 2:35.85
2013 no race
2012 Closing Range 3 Elvis Trujillo Philip J. Oliver St. George Farm Racing 2:27.54
2011 Casablanca Smile 5 Javier Castellano Shug McGaughey Green Hills Farm 2:31.51
2011 Changing Skies 6 Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Swettenham Stud 2:27.04
2010 no race
2009 Criticism 5 Javier Castellano Thomas Albertrani Darley Racing 2:29.33
2008 Herboriste 5 Julien Leparoux Michael Matz Ehrnooth Amelie 2:25.47
2007 Redaspen 5 Eddie Castro Rebecca Maker Equivine Farm 2:26.63
2006 Safari Queen * 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Arindel Farm 2:38.57
2005 Film Maker 5 Edgar Prado H. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farms 2:27.75
2004 Arvada 4 Edgar Prado Robert J. Frankel Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon 2:27.19
2003 Volga 5 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin H. Joseph Allen 2:26.13
2002 New Economy 4 Rosemary Homeister Jr. H. Graham Motion Robert S. Evans 2:28.55
2001 Krisada 5 Pat Day C. R. McGaughey III Stonerside Stable 2:26.63
2000 Prospectress 5 Jerry D. Bailey Tom Skiffington Jr. Susan Thomas 2:26.97
1999 Coretta 5 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Gerald W. Leigh 2:27.27
1998 Coretta 4 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Gerald W. Leigh 2:26.60
*Weather conditions resulted in the 2006 race being switched from the turf to what was a sloppy dirt track.

Earlier winners

  • 1997 – Last Approach
  • 1996 – Ampulla
  • 1995 – Interim
  • 1994 – Abigailthewife, Trampoli
  • 1993 – Lemhi Go
  • 1992 – Sardaniya
  • 1991 – Rigamajig
  • 1990 – Yesterday's Kisses
  • 1989 – Judy's Red Shoes
  • 1988 – Singular Bequest
  • 1987 – Lotka
  • 1986 – Powder Break
  • 1985 – Persian Tiara, Sabin
  • 1984 – Bolt From The Blue, Sabin
  • 1983 – London Lil, Fact Finder
  • 1982 – Judgable Gypsy, Just A Game
  • 1981 – Mairzy Doates, Deuces Over Seven
  • 1980 – Impetuous Gal, Jolie Dutch
  • 1979 – Unreality
  • 1978 – Lens Determined
  • 1976 – Forty Nine Sunsets, Redundancy

References

  1. ^ "La Prevoyante Stakes". Equibase. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  2. ^ Hegarty, Matt (30 July 2025). "Santa Anita and Gulfstream rename stakes for Lukas, Clement". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

The La Prevoyante Handicap at Pedigree Query