The Hill Prince Stakes is an American Grade III

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 Thoroughbred horse race

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 contested annually in early June at Belmont Park

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 in Elmont, New York

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. Open to three-year-old horses, it is raced on turf

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 at a distance of one mile (8 furlong

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Inaugurated in 1975, from its inception through 2005 it was raced at 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs). The Hill Prince Stakes was hosted by the Aqueduct Racetrack

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 in Queens

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, New York

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 in 1979, 1980, and again in 1982.

The race is named for Christopher Chenery's

Christopher Chenery

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 Hall of Fame

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 colt, Hill Prince

Hill Prince

Hill Prince was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who earned Champion honors in his first three years of racing. Trained by Casey Hayes for owner Christopher Chenery, at age two Hill Prince won six of the first seven races he entered and was the American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, sharing the...

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The race was run in two divisions in 1982.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of one mile)

• 1:33.45 - Marcavelly (2007)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Klaravich Stable (1997, 2006)
• 2 - Darby Dan Farm
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   (1988, 1991)

Most wins by a jockey

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:

• 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1978, 1981, 1988, 1991)
• 4 - Jerry Bailey (1983, 1992, 1994, 1995)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 3 - William I. Mott (1993, 1995, 2007)

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Street Game	Ryan Curatolo	Phillip Serpe	Flying Zee Stables	1:36.38
2010	Krypton	Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....	Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...	Harvey Clarke & Ron Winchell	1:34.97
2009	Despite the Odds	Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to...	Michael Trombetta	Johnson/Ryan/Dilger	1:35.68
2008	Gio Ponti Gio Ponti (horse) Gio Ponti is a United States race horse and a specialist on the turf course. He was sired by Tale of the Cat, a son of Storm Cat, out of the stakes-placed Alydar mare Chipeta Springs, making him half-brother to stakes-winner Fisher Pond...	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...	Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...	Castleton Lyons Castleton Lyons Castleton Lyons near Lexington, Kentucky, is an American horse racing stable and breeding business best known by the name Castleton Farm....	1:35.03
2007	Marcavelly	Edgar Prado	William I. Mott	Zayat Stables	1:33.45
2006	Outperformance	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	Richard Violette, Jr.	Klaravich Stables	1:36.74
2005	Rey de Café	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	George R. Arnold	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	1:49.25
2004	Artie Schiller Artie Schiller Artie Schiller is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Haras du Mezeray of Ticheville, Orne in Lower Normandy, France, he was out of the mare Hidden Light, a daughter of multiple Grade I winner, Majestic Light...	Richard Migliore	James A. Jerkens James A. Jerkens James A. "Jimmy" Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. His father, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee H. Allen Jerkens, and brother, Steve Jerkens, are also trainers....	Timber Bay Farm et al.	1:50.06
2003‡	Happy Trails	Shaun Bridgmohan Shaun Bridgmohan Shaun X. Bridgmohan is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.At age thirteen, Bridgmohan's family emigrated to the United States, settling in South Florida where he developed an interest in horse racing...	Steve Klesaris	Sanford Goldfarb et al.	1:50.13
2002	Van Minister	Michael Luzzi	Carlos F. Martin	Our Sugar Bear Stable	1:54.42
2001	Proud Man	Rene Douglas	Harry Benson	Robert Kaufman	1:48.25
2000	Promontory Gold	Edgar Prado	Robert J. Frankel	Robert A. Witt	1:49.15
1999	Time Off	Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center...	Scott M. Schwartz	H. & C. Schwartz	1:47.48

Earlier winners

‡ In 2003 & 1998, the race was run off the turf, but retained its GIII status.

† In 1992 Casino Magistrate finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.

† In 1975 Annie's Brat finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second.

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