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Vosburgh Stakes

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Vosburgh Stakes
Grade III race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1940
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteBelmont Park
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$250,000 (2021)

The Vosburgh Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Run at the end of September/early October, it is open to horses three-years-old and up of either gender. A Grade III sprint race, it is raced at a distance of seven furlongs and is a major prep to the Breeders' Cup Sprint.[1]

First run in 1940, the Vosburgh Stakes is named in honor of Walter Vosburgh, a turf historian who was the official handicapper for The Jockey Club and various other racing associations from 1894 to 1934. The inaugural race, as well as the second running, was won by Herbert M. Woolf's colt Joe Schenck, named for the vaudeville star, Joseph Thuma Schenck.

The race was run at Aqueduct Race Track in 1959, 1961 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, and 1986. It was raced over a distance of seven furlongs from inception until 2003 when it was run at 6.5 furlongs for that year only. Since 2004 it has been run at its current distance of six furlongs.

Prior to 1979, it was called the Vosburgh Handicap. Until 1958 it was open to all ages.

As of 2020 the race was downgraded to Group II.[2]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:08.02 @ 6 furlongs – Private Zone (2013)
  • 1:20.20 @ 7 furlongs – Dr. Fager (1968)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Joe Schenck (1940, 1941)
  • 2 – Dr. Fager (1967, 1968)
  • 2 – Sewickley (1989, 1990)
  • 2 – Private Zone (2013, 2014)
  • 2 – Imperial Hint (2018, 2019)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. Time Win $ Gr.
2023 Cody's Wish 5 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Godolphin 7 f 1:21.83 $250,000 G2
2022 Elite Power 4 Jose Lezcano William I. Mott Juddmonte Farm 7 f 1:23.98 $250,000 G2
2021 Following Sea 3 Joel Rosario Todd A. Pletcher Spendthrift Farm 6 f 1:09.20 $137,500 G2
2020 Firenze Fire 5 Jose Lezcano Kelly J. Breen Mr Amore Stable (Ron Lombardi) 6 f 1:09.74 $150,000 G2
2019 Imperial Hint 6 Javier Castellano Luis Carvajal Jr. Raymond Mamone 6 f 1:08.35 $192,500 G1
2018 Imperial Hint 5 Javier Castellano Luis Carvajal Jr. Raymond Mamone 6 f 1:08.27 $192,500 G1
2017 Takaful 3 José Ortiz Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Racing 6 f 1:09.69 $210,000 G1
2016 Joking 7 Manuel Franco Charlton Baker Charlton Baker 6 f 1:09.18 $210,000 G1
2015 Rock Fall 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Stonestreet Stables 6 f 1:08.70 $240,000 G1
2014 Private Zone 5 Martin Pedroza Alfredo Velazquez Good Friends Stable 6 f 1.08:95 $240,000 G1
2013 Private Zone 4 Martin Pedroza Doug O'Neill Good Friends Stable 6 f 1:08.02 $240,000 G1
2012 The Lumber Guy 3 John Velazquez Michael Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 f 1:09.72 $240,000 G1
2011 Giant Ryan 5 Cornelio Velásquez Bisnath Parbhoo Shivananda Parbhoo 6 f 1:09.10 $240,000 G1
2010 Girolamo 4 Alan Garcia Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 6 f 1:09.41 $240,000 G1
2009 Kodiak Kowboy 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Steven M. Asmussen Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm 6 f 1:10.08 $240,000 G1
2008 Black Seventeen 4 Clinton Potts Brian Koriner Wind River Stables 6 f 1:09.77 $240,000 G1
2007 Fabulous Strike 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Todd M. Beattie Walter Downey 6 f 1:09.22 $240,000 G1
2006 Henny Hughes 3 John R. Velazquez Kiaran McLaughlin Zabeel Racing (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) 6 f 1:08.13 $240,000 G1
2005 Taste of Paradise 6 Garrett Gomez Gary Mandella David Bloom 6 f 1:08.82 $300,000 G1
2004 Pico Central 5 Victor Espinoza Paulo Lobo Gary A. Tanaka 6 f 1:09.74 $300,000 G1
2003 Ghostzapper 3 Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stable 6.5 f 1:14.72 $300,000 G1
2002 Bonapaw 6 Gerard Melancon Norman Miller III James & Dennis Richard 6 f 1:22.34 $180,000 G1
2001 Left Bank 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Michael Tabor 6 f 1:20.73 $180,000 G1
2000 Trippi 3 Jerry D. Bailey Todd A. Pletcher Dogwood Stable 6 f 1:21.66 $180,000 G1
1999 Artax 4 Jorge F. Chavez Louis Albertrani Paraneck Stable 7 f 1:21.60 $150,000 G1
1998 Affirmed Success 4 Jorge F. Chavez Richard Schosberg Albert Fried Jr. 7 f 1:21.99 $150,000 G1
1997 Victor Cooley 4 Jorge F. Chavez Mark Frostad Jeff Begg 7 f 1:22.00 $150,000 G1
1996 Langfuhr 4 Jorge F. Chavez Mike Keogh Gus Schickedanz 7 f 1:21.20 $120,000 G1
1995 Not Surprising 5 Robbie Davis Judson Van Worp Robert Van Worp 7 f 1:22.48 $120,000 G1
1994 Harlan 5 Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Arthur B. Hancock III 7 f 1:21.82 $120,000 G1
1993 Birdonthewire 4 Mike E. Smith Philip M. Serpe Robert Kaufman 7 f 1:22.28 $120,000 G1
1992 Rubiano 5 Julie Krone Flint S. Schulhofer Centennial Farm 7 f 1:22.80 $120,000 G1
1991 Housebuster 4 Craig Perret Warren A. Croll Jr. Robert P. Levy 7 f 1:21.85 $120,000 G1
1990 Sewickley 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Flint S. Schulhofer Robert S. Evans 7 f 1:21.00 $142,080
1989 Sewickley 4 Randy Romero Flint S. Schulhofer Robert S. Evans 7 f 1:23.00 $135,120
1988 Mining 4 Randy Romero C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 f 1:22.40 $133,920
1987 Groovy 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Jose A. Martin Prestonwood Farm 7 f 1:22.60 $139,680
1986 King's Swan 6 José A. Santos Richard E. Dutrow Sr. Alvin Akman 7 f 1:21.80 $141,840
1985 Another Reef 3 Nick Santagata Jack Ludwig Thomas K. Leachman 7 f 1:21.80 $102,420
1984 Track Barron 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 7 f 1:22.00 $109,800
1983 A Phenomenon 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Jr. Leslie Combs II 7 f 1:21.00 $69,000
1982 Engine One 4 Ruben Hernandez Sylvester Veitch Benjamin F. Ferguson II 7 f 1:23.80 $65,760
1981 Guilty Conscience 5 Cash Asmussen Hubert Hine Mrs. Richard Davison 7 f 1:22.00 $67,921
1980 Plugged Nickle 3 Cash Asmussen Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 7 f 1:21.40 $67,440
1979 General Assembly 3 Jacinto Vásquez LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone 7 f 1:21.00 $48,195
1978 Dr. Patches 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. John A. Nerud Tartan Stable 7 f 1:21.00 $48,960
1977 Affiliate 3 Craig Perret Lazaro S. Barrera Harbor View Farm 7 f 1:21.00 $49,905
1976 My Juliet 4 Anthony Black Eugene Euster George Weasel Jr. 7 f 1:21.80 $31,980
1975 No Bias 5 Angel Santiago Harold Hodosh Harold Hodosh 7 f 1:22.80 $34,590
1974 Forego 4 Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch 7 f 1:21.60 $35,550
1973 Aljamin 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. Lazaro S. Barrera Raul Cano 7 f 1:21.20 $33,660
1972 Triple Bend 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. William J. Hirsch Frank M. McMahon 7 f 1:22.00 $35,310
1971 Duck Dance 4 John Ruane H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 7 f 1:21.20 $36,660
1970 Best Turn 4 Larry Adams Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 7 f 1:21.40 $38,545
1969 Ta Wee 3 John L. Rotz Flint S. Schulhofer Tartan Stable 7 f 1:21.60 $38,220
1968 Dr. Fager 4 Braulio Baeza John A. Nerud Tartan Stable 7 f 1:20.20 $37,050
1967 Dr. Fager 3 Braulio Baeza John A. Nerud Tartan Stable 7 f 1:21.60 $37,310
1966 Gallant Romeo 5 Kenny Knapp Willard Proctor J. Graham Brown 7 f 1:22.80 $37,505
1965 R. Thomas 4 Larry Adams Dave Erb Roger W. Wilson 7 f 1:23.00 $39,325
1964 Affectionately 4 Howard Grant Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 7 f 1:22.00 $18,623
1963 Ornamento 3 Braulio Baeza James P. Conway Darby Dan Farm 7 f 1:23.80 $15,275
1962 Commend 4 Terry Bove H. Allen Jerkens David Shaer 7 f 1:22.20 $15,762
1961 Gyro 4 Braulio Baeza John Lipari Jagma Stable 7 f 1:23.20 $14,950
1960 Mail Order 4 Eldon Nelson Larry H. Thompson Alamode Farm (Modie Spiegel) 7 f 1:22.60 $19,330
1959 Rick City 3 Robert L. Stevenson Joe Carroll Clermont Stable 7 f 1:22.80 $18,550
1958 Tick Tock 5 Bill Shoemaker Edward A. Christmas Howell E. Jackson 7 f 1:23.00 $15,187
1957 Bold Ruler 3 Eddie Arcaro James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 7 f 1:21.40 $16,000
1956 Summer Tan 4 Eric Guerin Sherrill W. Ward Mrs. John W. Galbreath 7 f 1:23.60 $17,200
1955 Nance's Lad 3 Hedley Woodhouse Hilton Dabson Hilton Dabson 7 f 1:24.00 $16,650
1954 Joe Jones 4 Conn McCreary Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 7 f 1:23.80 $17,800
1953 Indian Land 4 Ted Atkinson Bill Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 7 f 1:23.60 $17,200
1952 Parading Lady 3 James Hardinbrook John B. Theall Joe W. Brown 7 f 1:23.80 $16,150
1951 War King * 4 Conn McCreary Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 7 f 1:23.20 $13,125
1950 Tea Maker 7 Jack Robertson J. Dallet Byers Florence L. Clark 7 f 1:23.00 $13,150
1949 Loser Weeper 4 Eric Guerin Bill Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 7 f 1:23.00 $12,750
1948 Colosal 5 Ovie Scurlock Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 7 f 1:23.80 $22,300
1947 With Pleasure 4 Jack Westrope Thomas P. Fleming Oscar E. Breault 7 f 1:23.80 $19,900
1946 Coincidence 4 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 7 f 1:23.80 $13,950
1945 Buzfuz 3 Tommy Luther Joseph B. Rosen Sunshine Stable 7 f 1:23.20 $7,765
1944 Cassis (DH) 5 Ted Atkinson Preston M. Burch Howe Stable 7 f 1:23.40 $4,762
1944 Paperboy (DH) 6 Warren Mehrtens Jimmy Coleman W-L Ranch Co. 7 f 1:23.40 $4,762
1943 Wait A Bit 4 Charles Givens Matthew P. Brady William Ziegler Jr. 7 f 1:23.20 $6,600
1942 Parasang 5 Don Meade Edward L. Snyder C. V. Whitney 7 f 1:23.00 $6,375
1941 Joe Schenck 6 Wendell Eads Ross O. Higdon Woolford Farm 7 f 1:24.20 $4,500
1940 Joe Schenck 5 Robert Vedder Ross O. Higdon Woolford Farm 7 f 1:23.20 $4,400
  • *In 1951 Miche finished first, but was disqualified.

References

  1. ^ NYRA – Vosburgh Stakes history Retrieved July 14, 2018
  2. ^ "Three Santa Anita Grade 1 races downgraded". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.