The Jimmy Winkfield Stakes is an American

United States

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 Thoroughbred

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...

 horse race 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:...

 on Long Island, New York at the beginning of each year. In its 27th running in 2011, the ungraded stakes

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 for three-year-olds and set at a distance of six furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s on the dirt. It offers a purse of $75,000 added.

The Jimmy Winkfield is named for James Winkfield

James Winkfield

James "Jimmy" Winkfield was a Thoroughbred jockey and horse trainer from Kentucky, best remembered as the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby....

, the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

. He won it twice: with His Eminence in 1901 and with Alan-a-Dale

Alan-a-Dale

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 in 1902.

This race was formerly known as the Best Turn from 1985 to 2004.

Past winners

Year	Winning Horse	Time	Jockey
2010	Deputy Daney	1:11.83	Angel Arroyo
2009	Taqarub	1:09.26	Alan Garcia Alan Garcia (jockey) Alan Garcia is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was Peru's leading apprentice jockey in 2003 and in that same year he began racing in the United States at the Meadowlands Racetrack where he was also the leading apprentice. His father and grandfather were both jockeys in Peru...
2008	Go Go Shoot	1:10.18	Alan Garcia
2007	Bill Place	1:10.44	Ramon Dominguez
2006	Strummer	1:11.04	Norberto Arroyo Jr.
2005	Maddy's Lion	1:11	Pablo Fragoso
2004	Redskin Warrior	1:09	Richard Migliore
2003	Second in Command	1:10	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...
2002	Smooth Jazz	1:10	Mario G. Pino Mario G. Pino Mario G. Pino is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Raised on a farm, he began his riding career in 1978 at Delaware Park in Wilmington...
2001	Put It Back	1:09	Noel Wynter
2000	Max’s Pal	1:10	Dale Beckner
1999	Badge	1:10	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...
1998	Spicy Award	1:10	Aaron Gryder Aaron Gryder Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...
1997	American Champ	1:10	Anthony S. Black Anthony S. Black Anthony S. "Tony" Black is a record-holding jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. He is a nephew of U.S...
1996	Romano Gucci	1:10	Richard Migliore
1995	Da Hoss Da Hoss Da Hoss by Gone West out of Jolly Saint is a bay Thoroughbred gelding best known for twice winning the Breeders' Cup Mile. He was bred in Kentucky by Fares Farms and originally owned by Prestonwood Farm as well as Wallstreet Racing Stables.Bought for only $6,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland...	1:11	Mike Luzzi Mike Luzzi Michael Jude Luzzi is an American jockey. He grew up near Delaware Park Racetrack where his grandfather, trainer Buddy Raines, had a major role in raising him and his brother John who also became a jockey...
1994	Rizzi	1:09	Jean-Luc Samyn
1993	Farmonthefreeway	1:08	Richard Migliore
1992	Belong To Me	1:09	David Lidberg
1991	Dodge	1:09	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...
1990	For Really	1:10	Chris Antley
1989	Texian	1:12	Chris Antley
1988	Notebook	1:09	Jose Santos José Santos Jose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:...
1987	Java Gold	1:09	Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...
1986	Landing Plot	1:11	J. C. Estrada
1985	Clever Champ	1:11	Richard Migliore