The VISA Championship Series consists of 44 stakes races to determine the VISA Three-Year-Old Champion. Points are awarded to the first, second and third-place finishers as follows: Triple Crown races are scored 15-10-7; Grade I races are scored 10-7-5; Grade II races 7-5-3; and Grade III and ungraded 5-3-1. Top 20 horses, jockeys and trainers are listed below.
Horses
| | Pts |
---|
1 | Silver Charm | 57 |
2 | Free House | 56 |
3 | Captain Bodgit | 38 |
4 | Touch Gold | 32 |
5 | Anet | 22 |
| Frisk Me Now | 22 |
7 | Pulpit | 21 |
| Smoke Glacken | 21 |
9 | Deputy Commander | 20 |
10 | Confide | 15 |
| Wild Rush | 15 |
12 | Behrens | 14 |
13 | Phantom On Tour | 13 |
14 | Awesome Again | 12 |
| Concerto | 12 |
| Crypto Star | 12 |
17 | Hello (IRE) | 11 |
| Trafalgar | 11 |
19 | Banker's Gold | 10 |
| Glitman | 10 |
| Smokin Mel | 10 |
| Zede | 10 |
Jockeys
| | Pts |
---|
1 | Gary Stevens | 75 |
2 | Chris McCarron | 57 |
3 | Kent Desormeaux | 54 |
4 | Mike Smith | 43 |
5 | Alex Solis | 42 |
6 | Jerry Bailey | 36 |
7 | Craig Perret | 31 |
| Shane Sellers | 31 |
9 | David Flores | 24 |
10 | Eddie King Jr. | 22 |
11 | Pat Day | 20 |
| Corey Nakatani | 20 |
13 | Larry Melancon | 13 |
| John Velazquez | 13 |
15 | C.H. Marquez, Jr. | 12 |
16 | Eddie Maple | 10 |
| Herb McCauley | 10 |
| Richard Migliore | 10 |
19 | Gary Boulanger | 8 |
20 | Goncalino Almeida | 7 |
Trainers
| | Pts |
---|
1 | Bob Baffert | 85 |
2 | Paco Gonzalez | 56 |
3 | David Hofmans | 44 |
4 | Gary Capuano | 38 |
5 | D. Wayne Lukas | 28 |
6 | Frank Brothers | 24 |
7 | Robert Durso | 22 |
8 | Henry Carroll | 21 |
9 | Wallace Dollase | 20 |
10 | Nick Zito | 19 |
11 | H. James Bond | 17 |
| Richard Mandella | 17 |
13 | Ben Perkins, Sr. | 16 |
14 | H. Allen Jerkens | 13 |
| Lynn Whiting | 13 |
16 | Wayne Catalano | 12 |
| John Tammaro III | 12 |
18 | Ron McAnally | 11 |
19 | John DeStefano | 10 |
| John Kimmel | 10 |
| Bill Mott | 10 |
Major Stakes Races
Thoroughbred Racing
The 1997 Triple Crown