Demoiselle Stakes
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The Demoiselle Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred
horses open to two-year-old fillies
who are willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The Grade II
event is run at Aqueduct Racetrack
every November for a purse of $200,000.
Inaugurated in 1908 at the Empire City Race Track
, the Demoiselle is one of the most important races for juvenile fillies, rivalling the Spinaway Stakes
, the Oak Leaf Stakes
and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
, in picking the winner of the Kentucky Oaks
.
The Demoiselle, named for the French
word for young woman, was run at Empire City Race Track
at its inauguration in 1908, then in 1910, 1914, and from 1917 to 1942. It then moved to Jamaica Racetrack
from 1943 to 1953 and from there to Aqueduct. Since inception, the Demoiselle Stakes has been contested at various distances:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Most wins by an owner:
† In 1998, Tutorial finished first but was disqualified and placed fifth.
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horses open to two-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
who are willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The Grade II
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event is run at Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...
every November for a purse of $200,000.
Inaugurated in 1908 at the Empire City Race Track
Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers Raceway, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and New York state-approved slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York near the New York City border...
, the Demoiselle is one of the most important races for juvenile fillies, rivalling the Spinaway Stakes
Spinaway Stakes
The Spinaway Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old fillies, it is a Grade I event contested at a distance of seven furlongs on dirt...
, the Oak Leaf Stakes
Oak Leaf Stakes
The Oak Leaf Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is restricted to two-year-old fillies...
and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.-Automatic Berths:Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup...
, in picking the winner of the Kentucky Oaks
Kentucky Oaks
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds . The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year...
.
The Demoiselle, named for the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word for young woman, was run at Empire City Race Track
Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers Raceway, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and New York state-approved slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York near the New York City border...
at its inauguration in 1908, then in 1910, 1914, and from 1917 to 1942. It then moved to Jamaica Racetrack
Jamaica Racetrack
Jamaica Race Course was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club in Jamaica, New York. The track opened on April 27, 1903, a day which featured the inaugural running of the Excelsior Handicap. Eugene D. Wood, one of the founders and largest...
from 1943 to 1953 and from there to Aqueduct. Since inception, the Demoiselle Stakes has been contested at various distances:
- 5.5 furlongs : 1908-1936
- 5.75 furlongs : 1936-1942
- 6 furlongs : 1943-1947
- 7 furlongs : 1958-1959
- 8.5 furlongs : 1948-1953
- 8 furlongs : 1963-1974
- 9 furlongs : 1975-present
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)- 1:50.00 - Plankton (1978) (time measured in fifths of a second)
- 1:50.17 - Boca Grande (2006)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 5 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1970, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 5 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1908, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Harry Payne WhitneyHarry Payne WhitneyHarry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :...
(1919, 1922, 1924, 1926) - 4 - C. V. WhitneyCornelius Vanderbilt WhitneyCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses....
(1932, 1941, 1947, 1970) - 4 - Wheatley StableWheatley StableWheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:...
(1942, 1944, 1959, 1964)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Disposablepleasure | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Glencrest Farm | 1:53.10 |
2010 | Dixie City | Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race.... |
Anthony W. Dutrow Anthony W. Dutrow Anthony W. "Tony" Dutrow is an American horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.The eldest of three brothers involved in Thoroughbred racing, he is the son of the late well-known Maryland trainer Richard E. Dutrow, Sr... |
Edward P. Evans | 1:52.84 |
2009 | Tizahit | Edgar Prado | George Weaver | Jim & Susan Hill | 1:53.09 |
2008 | Springside | Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States... |
Josie Carroll Josie Carroll Josie Carroll is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest thoroughbred horse race in Canada and Canada's most prestigious race.... |
James & Alice Sapara | 1:51.71 |
2007 | Mushka | John Velazquez | William I. Mott | Zayat Stables, LLC | 1:51.61 |
2006 | Boca Grande | Mike E. Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1:50.17 |
2005 | Wonder Lady Anne L. | Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school... |
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables IEAH Stables IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike... , S.H. Robbins, et al. |
1:52.85 |
2004 | Sis City | John Velazquez | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Goldfarb, Torre, etc. | 1:50.39 |
2003 | Ashado Ashado Ashado is American Thoroughbred mare racehorse. Highly successful in racing, she is a two-time Eclipse Award winner. At the end of the 2005 racing season her owner group, which included trainer Todd Pletcher, Paul Saylor, Johns Martin, and Mr. & Mrs... |
Jerry Bailey | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Stables, etc. | 1:52.88 |
2002 | Roar Emotion | John Velazquez | Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions as well as multiple Grade I winner, Noble Nashua.Jose Martin was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin... |
H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc... |
1:51.43 |
2001 | Smok’n Frolic | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses... |
1:50.57 |
2000 | Two Item Limit Two Item Limit Two Item Limit is an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The granddaughter of Forty Niner will best be remembered for posting a 3-length score in the mile and an eighth Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2001.-Early career:Two Item Limit was born in... |
Richard Migliore | Stephen L. DiMauro | Joseph F. Graffeo | 1:52.25 |
1999 | Jostle Jostle (horse) Jostle is an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Brocco will best be remembered for posting a 3-length score in the mile and an eighth Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 19, 2000.- Early career :In the spring of 1997 Jostle was born near... |
Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott is an American thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada... |
John Servis John Servis John C. Servis is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was a relative unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby. The colt then went on to win the Preakness Stakes further increasing Servis' reputation... |
Fox Hill Farms Inc. | 1:51.51 |
1998† | Better Than Honour Better Than Honour Better Than Honour is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse, best known for her career as a broodmare. She is out of the Kentucky Oaks winner, Blush With Pride, by the sire, Deputy Minister... |
Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He holds a pre-med undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1980.-References:**... |
Robert K. Waxman | 1:52.70 |
1997 | Clark Street | Mike E. Smith | William Badgett, Jr. | Shortleaf Stable | 1:53.98 |
1996 | Ajina Ajina Ajina is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Bckground:Bred by renowned horseman Allen E. Paulson, Ajina was purchased by Janice and Robert McNair's Stonerside Stable of Paris, Kentucky.... |
Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson Allen E. Paulson Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E... |
1:53.74 |
1995 | La Rosa | Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair... |
Nick Zito Nick Zito Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer... |
Michael G. Rutherford | 1:50.92 |
1994 | Minister Wife | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Fares Farms | 1:53.48 |
1993 | Strategic Maneuver | Jerry Bailey | Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stable as well as a riding academy... |
Phillip Teinowitz | 1:53.62 |
1992 | Fortunate Faith | Art Madrid, Jr. | Lisa L. Lewis | Penny Lewis Whitney | 1:53.59 |
1991 | Stolen Beauty | Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero... |
Richard A. DeStasio | Albert Fried, Jr. | 1:52.08 |
1990 | Debutant's Halo | Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races... |
Guadalupe Preciado | Jack G. Mondel | 1:53.80 |
1989 | Rootentootenwooten | Jerry Bailey | George R. Arnold III | Alex G. Campbell | 1:51.60 |
1988 | Open Mind Open Mind (horse) Open Mind was an American Thoroughbred racing filly. In 1988, at two years of age, she won the Eclipse Award for American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In 1989, at three, she won the award as American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly... |
Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Eugene V. Klein Eugene V. Klein Eugene Victor Klein was an American businessman who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief stockholder of National General Corp., an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California... |
1:52.00 |
1987 | Goodbye Halo | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions as well as multiple Grade I winner, Noble Nashua.Jose Martin was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin... |
Lone Star Stable | 1:53.00 |
1986 | Tappiano | Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet is an French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.... |
Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. Schulhofer Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Schulhofer was born into a racing family in Aiken, South Carolina, where his father owned a racing stable as well as a riding academy... |
Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic... |
1:53.20 |
1985 | I'm Sweets | Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17... |
Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched... |
Mrs. Elizabeth Moran | 1:50.20 |
1984 | Diplomette | Ruben Hernandez | Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin Jose A. Martin was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions as well as multiple Grade I winner, Noble Nashua.Jose Martin was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin... |
Kenneth Brausen | 1:54.60 |
1983 | Qualique | Michael Venezia | Harold B. Brice, Jr. | Marc Keller | 1:51.20 |
1982 | Only Queens | Miguel Rivera | Joseph A. Trovato | Barry K. Schwartz Barry K. Schwartz Barry K. Schwartz is an American businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner, and a former horse racing industry executive. The son of a grocer who was murdered when Barry was twenty-one-years old, Schwartz grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in The Bronx... |
1:52.00 |
1981 | Snow Plow | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Leon Blusiewicz | Stephen D. Peskoff | 1:53.00 |
1980 | Rainbow Connection | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Gerry Belanger | R. Cameron Edgar | 1:50.80 |
1979 | Genuine Risk Genuine Risk Genuine Risk was a chestnut mare who won the 1980 Kentucky Derby and was the first filly to ever finish in the money in all three U.S. Triple Crown races. Ridden by Jacinto Vasquez, she finished second in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes... |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Leroy Jolley LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley is an United States Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of horse trainer Moody Jolley, LeRoy Jolley has been around horses all his life at age nineteen received a New York State trainer's license.... |
Diana M. Firestone | 1:51.20 |
1978 | Plankton | Ruben Hernandez | Roger Laurin Roger Laurin Roger Laurin is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and Canada. He has trained Champions Numbered Account, the 1971 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and Chief's Crown, the 1984 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner.-A family business:Roger... |
Mrs. Roger Laurin Roger Laurin Roger Laurin is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and Canada. He has trained Champions Numbered Account, the 1971 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and Chief's Crown, the 1984 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner.-A family business:Roger... |
1:50.00 |
1977 | Caesar's Wish | Danny Ray Wright | Richard W. Small | Sally Gibson | 1:50.60 |
1976 | Bring Out The Band | Donald Brumfield | John W. Murphy John W. Murphy John William Murphy was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John W. Murphy was born in Avoca, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1926 and from the law department of the same university in... |
Hickory Tree Stable | 1:50.80 |
1975 | Free Journey | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
John P. Campo John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony... |
Elmendorf Farm Elmendorf Farm Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, and has been involved with horse racing since the early 19th century... |
1:50.20 |
1974 | Land Girl | Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:... |
John A. Nerud John A. Nerud John A. Nerud is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.-Early years:... |
Tartan Stable | 1:36.20 |
1973 | Chris Evert Chris Evert (horse) Chris Evert was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. Carl Rosen , owner of clothing manufacturer Puritan Fashions Corp., purchased the filly at a Keeneland yearling sale. He named her for the rising young star tennis player Chris Evert, whom he had signed to endorse his... |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Joseph A. Trovato | Carl Rosen | 1:36.40 |
1972 | Protest | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony... |
Elmendorf Farm Elmendorf Farm Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, and has been involved with horse racing since the early 19th century... |
1:37.60 |
1971 | Dresden Doll | Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995... |
Frank Catrone Frank Catrone Frank Catrone, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who best known for winning the 1965 Kentucky Derby as a trainer.... |
Ada L. Rice | 1:35.80 |
1970 | Inca Queen | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Ivor G. Balding | C. V. Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.... |
1:36.40 |
1969 | Native Fern | John Ruane John Ruane John V. Ruane was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Ruane began his career in 1957, competing on the New York State racing circuit where he rode for noted U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse trainers such as John M. Gaver, Sr. and H. Allen Jerkens... |
William Boland William Boland William N. "Bill" Boland is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Hardly Able Stable | 1:38.80 |
1968 | Queen's Double | Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
J. Homer Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1:39.20 |
1967 | Allie's Serenade | John L. Rotz John L. Rotz John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions.... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
Mereworth Farm | 1:40.40 |
1966 | Woozem | Kenneth Knapp | Willard L. Proctor Willard L. Proctor Williard L. Proctor was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A longtime trainer in California, he began his career as a jockey at bush tracks in Texas and Louisiana. After his riding days were over he turned to training, moving to California in 1955... |
J. Graham Brown | 1:35.60 |
1965 | Indian Sunlite | William Boland William Boland William N. "Bill" Boland is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Sherrill W. Ward Sherrill W. Ward Sherrill W. Ward was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of trainer John Sherrill Ward. His brother, John T. Ward, also trained horses and ran Fort Springs Farm in Lexington, Kentucky... |
George M. Humphrey George M. Humphrey George Magoffin Humphrey was an American lawyer, businessman and Cabinet secretary.Raised in Edenbronx, Humphrey received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan. After practicing law in his hometown for five years with his father's farm, he accepted a position with... |
1:38.20 |
1964 | Discipline | Ismael Valenzuela Ismael Valenzuela Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children born to parents who had immigrated to the United states. Shortly after Ismael Valenzuela's birth, the family returned to their native Mexico... |
William C. Winfrey William C. Winfrey William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey... |
Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1:39.20 |
1963 | Windsor Lady | Bill Hartack Bill Hartack William John Hartack Jr. was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick... |
Warren J. Pascuma | Raymond Karlinsky | 1:37.40 |
1962 | NO RACE | ||||
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1959 | Irish Jay | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
1:23.60 |
1958 | Khalita | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
Malcolm Anderson Malcolm Anderson Malcolm "Mal" J. Anderson was a top-ranking Australian tennis player from the middle 1950s to the early 1970s.... |
W. N. Modglin | 1:25.60 |
1957 | NO RACE | ||||
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1953 | O'Alison | Jimmy Nichols | not found | Philip Godfrey | 1:46.40 |
1952 | Grecian Queen | Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
James P. Conway James P. Conway James P. Conway was an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who trained forty-three stakes winners including five Champions and a winner of two American Classic Races.... |
Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker Ben F. Whitaker Ben F. Whitaker was a Dallas, Texas oilman with producing properties throughout the state of Texas, an owner of the Hotel Whitmore in Dallas, and a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses including two Champions.... |
1:46.60 |
1951 | Rose Jet | Hedley Woodhouse Hedley Woodhouse Hedley John Woodhouse was a Canadian jockey who won the New York state riding championship in 1953. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he began his racing career there in 1937 at the Lansdowne Park racetrack as an apprentice with A.C.T. Stock Farm owned by industrialist Austin C. Taylor... |
Richard E. Handlen Richard E. Handlen Richard E. "Dick" Handlen was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer whom the March 15, 1937 edition of the Los Angeles Times called "one of the best trainers in America"... |
Foxcatcher Farm | 1:46.20 |
1950 | Aunt Jinny | Nick Wall Nick Wall Nicholas J. "Nick" Wall was a Canadian jockey who competed successfully in Canada and was the 1938 Champion rider in the United States.... |
Duval A. Headley | Duval A. Headley | 1:45.80 |
1949 | Bed o'Roses Bed o'Roses Bed o' Roses was an American thoroughbred racehorse.Bed o' Roses was a bay filly by Rosemont out of the mare Good Thing, by Discovery, owned and bred by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II's Sagamore Farm. Trained by Bill Winfrey and ridden by Eric Guerin, she won the 1949 Grade 1 Matron Stakes for... |
Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
William C. Winfrey William C. Winfrey William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey... |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His mother, Margaret Emerson, was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least... |
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1948 | Lithe | Willie Garner Willie Garner Willie Garner is a Scottish former footballer known for playing for Aberdeen.-Career:Willie Garner was born in Stirling in 1955. He signed for Aberdeen from Campsie Black Watch in 1975. He was part of the team which won the Scottish League Cup in 1976. He left Aberdeen in 1981 to join Celtic,... |
Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1:48.20 |
1947 | Ghost Run | Ruperto Donoso | Sylvester Veitch Sylvester Veitch Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky... |
C. V. Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.... |
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1946 | Carolyn A. | Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
James P. Conway James P. Conway James P. Conway was an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who trained forty-three stakes winners including five Champions and a winner of two American Classic Races.... |
Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker Ben F. Whitaker Ben F. Whitaker was a Dallas, Texas oilman with producing properties throughout the state of Texas, an owner of the Hotel Whitmore in Dallas, and a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses including two Champions.... |
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1945 | War Kilt | Arnold Kirkland | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon, Elizabeth Arden.Elizabeth Arden raced under the nom de course "Mr. Nightingale" until 1943 when she adopted the name Maine Chance Farm from her health spa in Mount Vernon, Maine... |
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1944 | Drumuir | Robert Permane | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
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1943 | Thread o'Gold | James Stout James Stout James Stout was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Known as "Jimmy," he began working at a racetrack as a stable boy then in 1930 became a professional jockey. Stout became most famous riding for Belair Stud and trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. He rode Seabiscuit in his first... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:... |
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1942 | Optimism | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. The horses were raised at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.-History:... |
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1941 | Pig Tails | Jack Skelly | Sylvester V eitch | C. V. Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.... |
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1940 | Level Best Level Best Level Best is a compilation of the largest successes of the UK band Level 42.- Track listing :#"Running in the Family" #"The Sun Goes Down "... |
Basil James Basil James -Biography:Born in Loveland, Colorado, Basil James became a jockey in California while in his teens and in 1936 at age sixteen he led all U.S. jockeys with 245 wins. After a successful 1937, in January 1938 he was suspended for ninety days after "grabbing Herb Litzenberger during the running of the... |
Dr. J. P. Jones | Crispin Oglebay | 1:09.20 |
1939 | Now What Now What (horse) Now What was an American Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse. Her dam was That's That, and her sire was the 1927 American Horse of the Year and two-time Leading sire in North America, Chance Play.... |
Raymond Workman Raymond Workman Raymond "Sonny" Workman was an American Champion and Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. During his fifteen years as a professional rider from 1926 through 1940, he won an exceptional twenty percent of his starts.... |
Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His mother, Margaret Emerson, was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least... |
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1938 | Donita M. | Wayne D. Wright Wayne D. Wright Wayne Danforth Wright was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years.... |
not found | Longchamps Farm | 1:11.40 |
1937 | Inhale | John Gilbert | Thomas J. Healey T. J. Healey Thomas J. Healey was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Regularly referred to as "T. J." by both his associates and the media, Healey was born near the site of Fordham University in Fordham, New York. Growing up he worked on his father's dairy farm but rather than cows, his... |
John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney , colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family.-Family:... |
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1936 | Broad Ripple | John Gilbert | Dr. J. P. Jones | Mrs. R. A. Van Clief | 1:10.60 |
1935 | NO RACE | ||||
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1932 | Disdainful | Alfred Robertson | Thomas J. Healey T. J. Healey Thomas J. Healey was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Regularly referred to as "T. J." by both his associates and the media, Healey was born near the site of Fordham University in Fordham, New York. Growing up he worked on his father's dairy farm but rather than cows, his... |
C. V. Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.... |
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1931 | Straightlace | Edgar Barnes | A. Jack Joyner A. Jack Joyner Andrew Jackson "Jack" Joyner was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Known as "Jack" and reported as "A.J." and "A. Jack," Joyner was born in Enfield, North Carolina, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner... |
George D. Widener, Jr. George D. Widener, Jr. George Dunton Widener, Jr. was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.-Biography:... |
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1930 | Straying | Linus McAtee | George M. Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer.... |
Robert L. Gerry, Sr. Robert L. Gerry, Sr. Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. was an American businessman and owner of thoroughbred racehorses.-Biography:Owner of the Aknusti Estate in the Catskill Mountains of New York, adjoining his family's estate at Lake Delaware, New York... |
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1929 | The Beasel | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran Gifford A. Cochran Gifford A. Cochran was an American entrepreneur and sportsman from New York City. During the latter part of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century, he made a fortune in the carpet making industry... |
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1928 | Toki | Linus McAtee | Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
George W. Loft George W. Loft George William Loft was an American businessman, politician, real estate developer, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.... |
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1927 | Fair Mist | Charles Craigmile | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer Willis Sharpe Kilmer Willis Sharpe Kilmer , son of Jonas M. Kilmer and Julia E. Sharpe, was a marketing pioneer, newspaperman, and horse breeder. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Cornell University in 1890. Kilmer was perhaps best known for advertising and promoting his uncle's Swamp Root patent medicine... |
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1926 | Pandera | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :... |
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1925 | Ethereal | Frank Coltiletti Frank Coltiletti Frank Coltiletti was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Coltiletti began his professional riding career in 1919 when he was just fifteen years old. Almost immediately he became one of the top jockeys in the country, competing two years after he began racing in his first... |
Thomas J. Healey T. J. Healey Thomas J. Healey was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Regularly referred to as "T. J." by both his associates and the media, Healey was born near the site of Fordham University in Fordham, New York. Growing up he worked on his father's dairy farm but rather than cows, his... |
Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. was an American banker and businessman who was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th Century.... |
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1924 | Maud Muller | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :... |
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1923 | Fluvanna Fluvanna (horse) Fluvanna was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by Samuel Ross, she was purchased at the Saratoga yearling sales in the summer of 1922 by Admiral Cary Grayson who raced her under his Salubria Stable colors. Out of the mare High Pass, her sire was the two-time American Champion Older... |
George Babin | Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
Salubria Stable | 1:06.40 |
1922 | Cresta | L. Penman | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :... |
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1921 | My Reverie | Clarence Kummer Clarence Kummer Clarence Kummer was a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey who won four American Classic Races.In early 1920, Kummer rode the 1919 Triple Crown Champion Sir Barton to a new Saratoga track record in winning the Saratoga Handicap. In May 1920 he was given the opportunity to ride Man o' War after Johnny... |
D. R. McDaniel | R. J. Brown | 1:07.60 |
1920 | Nancy Lee | Lucien Lyke | James H. McCormick | P. A. Clark | 1:07.80 |
1919 | Panoply | Willie Knapp Willie Knapp William "Willie" Knapp was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.-References:*... |
James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :... |
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1918 | Lady Rosebud | J. Collins | Rody Patterson | Robert L. Gerry, Sr. Robert L. Gerry, Sr. Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. was an American businessman and owner of thoroughbred racehorses.-Biography:Owner of the Aknusti Estate in the Catskill Mountains of New York, adjoining his family's estate at Lake Delaware, New York... |
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1917 | Wawbeek | Merritt Buxton | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford John Sanford (1851) John Sanford was an American businessman, a prominent owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district.-Early life:... |
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1916 | Tragedy | T. Davis | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 1:07.00 |
1915 | Celandria | Merritt Buxton | not found | Elkwood Park Stable | 1:07.00 |
1914 | Coquette | Merritt Buxton | George M. Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer.... |
Brookside Stable | 1:07.00 |
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1910 | Round the World | F. Herbert | not found | W. G. Yanke | 1:08.60 |
1909 | NO RACE | ||||
1908 | Melisande | Joe Notter Joe Notter Joseph A. Notter was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century... |
James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852... |
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† In 1998, Tutorial finished first but was disqualified and placed fifth.