The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The one and one-eighths mile race is open to two-year-olds and currently offers a purse of $300,000.
Inaugurated in 1904, the Remsen was named for Colonel Joremus Remsen (1735–1790) whose family at one time owned a large portion of Long Island and who became leader of the American Revolutionary forces at the 1776 Battle of Long Island.
Run at Jamaica Racetrack from inception in 1904 to 1959, it was run in two divisions in 1943 and until 1954 was known as the Remsen Handicap. There was no race held in 1908, and none from 1910 to 1917 as well as 1951.
The Remsen stakes is influential as one of the last graded stakes for two-year-olds on the New York racing circuit and its winner is generally among the winterbook favorites for the following year's Kentucky Derby.
Since inception, the Remsen has been competed over various distances:
- 5 furlongs : 1948
- 5.5 furlongs : 1904–1917
- 6 furlongs : 1918–1945, 1949–1950
- 1-mile (1.6 km) : 1959–1972
- 1 1⁄16 : 1946–1947, 1952–1958
- 1 1⁄8 miles : 1973 to present
Records
Speed record: (at current 1 1⁄8 miles distance)
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Winners of the Remsen Stakes since 1959
Year
|
Winner
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
Time |
2015 |
Mohaymen |
Junior Alvarado |
Kiaran McLaughlin |
Shadwell Stable |
1:50.69 |
2014 |
Leave the Light On |
Jose L. Ortiz |
Chad C. Brown |
Klaravich Stables/Lawrence |
1:51.06 |
2013 |
Honor Code |
Javier Castellano |
Shug McGaughey |
Lane's End Farm and Dell Ridge Racing LLC |
1:52.92. |
2012 |
Overanalyze |
Ramon Dominguez |
Todd Pletcher |
Repole Stable |
1:50.13 |
2011 |
O'Prado Again |
Kent Desormeaux |
Dale Romans |
Donegal Racing |
1:52.07 |
2010 |
To Honor and Serve |
John Velazquez |
Bill Mott |
Live Oak Plantation |
1:50.03 |
2009 |
Buddy's Saint |
Jose Lezcano |
Bruce N. Levine |
Kingfield Stables |
1:52.95 |
2008 |
Old Fashioned |
Ramon Dominguez |
J. Larry Jones |
Fox Hill Farms |
1:50.33 |
2007 |
Court Vision |
Eibar Coa |
William I. Mott |
WinStar Farm |
1.52.48 |
2006 |
Nobiz Like Shobiz |
Cornelio Velasquez |
Barclay Tagg |
Elizabeth Valando |
1:48.82 |
2005 |
Bluegrass Cat |
John R. Velazquez |
Todd A. Pletcher |
WinStar Farm |
1:52.20 |
2004 |
Rockport Harbor |
Stewart Elliott |
John Servis |
Fox Hill Farms, Inc. |
1:48.80 |
2003 |
Read the Footnotes |
Jerry D. Bailey |
Richard A. Violette, Jr. |
Klaravich Stables, Inc. |
1:50.60 |
2002 |
Toccet |
Jorge Chavez |
John F. Scanlan |
Dan Borislow |
1:50.40 |
2001 |
Saarland |
John R. Velazquez |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Cynthia Phipps |
1:51.20 |
2000 |
Windsor Castle |
Robbie Davis |
Frank A. Alexander |
Frank A. Alexander |
1:51.80 |
1999 |
Greenwood Lake |
Jean-Luc Samyn |
Nick Zito |
Dee Conway et al. |
1:50.60 |
1998 |
Comeonmom |
Joe Bravo |
Robert Barbara |
Sabine Stable |
1:49.80 |
1997 |
Coronado's Quest |
Mike Smith |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Stuart S. Janney III |
1:52.20 |
1996 |
The Silver Move |
Richard Migliore |
Linda Rice |
Earl Silver |
1:53.40 |
1995 |
Tropicool |
Jorge Chavez |
John Kimmel |
Kenneth Ellenberg |
1:50.20 |
1994 |
Thunder Gulch |
Gary L. Stevens |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Michael Tabor |
1:53.80 |
1993 |
Go for Gin |
Jerry D. Bailey |
Nick Zito |
William J. Condren |
1:52.60 |
1992 |
Silver of Silver |
Jacinto Vasquez |
Stanley R. Shapoff |
Chevalier Stable |
1:50.20 |
1991 |
Pine Bluff |
Craig Perret |
Thomas Bohannan |
Loblolly Stable |
1:50.80 |
1990 |
Scan |
Jerry D. Bailey |
Flint S. Schulhofer |
William Haggin Perry |
1:52.40 |
1989 |
Yonder |
Eddie Maple |
Woody Stephens |
Claiborne Farm |
1:51.20 |
1988 |
Fast Play |
Angel Cordero, Jr. |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Ogden Phipps |
1:50.60 |
1987 |
Batty |
Jose Santos |
Suzanne H. Jenkins |
Joseph Daniero |
1:52.40 |
1986 |
Java Gold |
Pat Day |
MacKenzie Miller |
Rokeby Stable |
1:49.60 |
1985 |
Pillaster |
Angel Cordero, Jr. |
Leroy Jolley |
Peter M. Brant |
1:49.00 |
1984 |
Stone White * |
Robbie Davis |
Gilbert Puentes |
Gilbert Puentes |
1:53.20 |
1983 |
Dr. Carter |
Jorge Velasquez |
John M. Veitch |
Frances A. Genter |
1:49.00 |
1982 |
Pax In Bello |
Jeffrey Fell |
Steve Jerkens |
Mrs. Arnold Willcox |
1:50.20 |
1981 |
Laser Light |
Eddie Maple |
Patrick J. Kelly |
Live Oak Racing |
1:50.80 |
1980 |
Pleasant Colony * |
Vince Bracciale, Jr. |
P. O'Donnell Lee |
Buckland Farm |
1:50.20 |
1979 |
Plugged Nickle |
Buck Thornburg |
Thomas J. Kelly |
John M. Schiff |
1:50.40 |
1978 |
Instrument Landing |
Jeffrey Fell |
David A. Whiteley |
Pen-Y-Bryn Farm |
1:50.20 |
1977 |
Believe It |
Eddie Maple |
Woody Stephens |
Hickory Tree Stable |
1:47.80 |
1976 |
Royal Ski |
Jack Kurtz |
John J. Lenzini, Jr. |
Gerald Cheevers |
1:50.40 |
1975 |
Hang Ten |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. |
Woody Stephens |
Mill House Stable |
1:49.20 |
1974 |
El Pitirre |
Michael Venezia |
Lazaro S. Barrera |
Enrique Ubarri |
1:49.40 |
1973 |
Heavy Mayonnaise |
Chuck Baltazar |
Dave Erb |
William Trotter II |
1:51.40 |
1972 |
Kinsman Hope |
Eddie Maple |
John L. Cotter |
Kinship Stable |
1:37.00 |
1971 |
Key To The Mint |
Braulio Baeza |
J. Elliott Burch |
Rokeby Stable |
1:36.60 |
1970 |
Jim French |
Angel Cordero, Jr. |
John P. Campo |
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1:36.80 |
1969 |
Protanto |
Jorge Velasquez |
MacKenzie Miller |
Cragwood Stables |
1:35.60 |
1968 |
Palauli |
Larry Adams |
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. |
Powhatan Stable |
1:36.40 |
1967 |
Salerno |
Manuel Ycaza |
William H. Turner, Jr. |
James P. Mills |
1:38.00 |
1966 |
Damascus |
William Shoemaker |
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. |
Edith W. Bancroft |
1:37.00 |
1965 |
Gary G. |
Braulio Baeza |
Slim Coyne |
Harbor View Farm |
1:36.00 |
1964 |
Sum Up |
Donald R. Pierce |
Not found |
Elmendorf Farm |
1:33.80 |
1963 |
Northern Dancer |
Manuel Ycaza |
Horatio Luro |
Windfields Farm |
1:35.60 |
1962 |
Rocky Link |
John L. Rotz |
Stephen A. DiMauro |
Golden Triangle Stable |
1:36.40 |
1961 |
Figaro Bob |
John L. Rotz |
Not found |
A. J. Ostriker |
1:36.80 |
1960 |
Carry Back |
Johnny Sellers |
Jack A. Price |
Katherine Price |
1:36.40 |
1959 |
Victoria Park |
Eric Guerin |
Horatio Luro |
Windfields Farm |
1:37.20 |
* 1984 - Stone White finished first, but was disqualified from purse money.
* 1980 - Akureyri finished first, but was disqualified and placed third.
Earlier winners
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- 1958 - Atoll
- 1957 - Misty Flight
- 1956 - Ambehaving
- 1955 - Nail
- 1954 - Roman Patrol
- 1953 - Galdar
- 1952 - Social Outcast *
- 1950 - Repertoire
- 1949 - Lights Up
- 1948 - Eternal World
- 1947 - Big If
- 1946 - Phalanx
- 1945 - Lord Boswell
- 1944 - Great Power (DH)
- 1944 - War Jeep (DH)
- 1943 – Bellwether
- 1943 - Black Badge
- 1942 - Blue Swords
- 1940 - Harvard Square (DH)
- 1940 - Mettlesome (DH)
- 1939 - Camp Verde
- 1938 - Johnstown
- 1937 - Bourbon King
- 1936 - Clodion
- 1935 - The Fighter
- 1934 - Esposa
- 1933 - Sgt. Byrne
- 1932 - Quel Jeu
- 1931 - Cambal
- 1930 - Vander Pool
- 1929 - Flying Heels
- 1928 - Chatford
- 1927 - Excalibur
- 1926 - Sweepster
- 1925 - Timmara
- 1924 - Master Charlie
- 1923 - Ladkin
- 1922 - Tall Timber
- 1921 - Missionary
- 1920 - Grey Lag
- 1919 - Pilgrim
- 1918 - War Pennant
- 1909 - The Turk
- 1907 - King Cobalt
- 1906 - Frank Gill
- 1905 - Jacobite
- 1904 - Dandelion
Notes:
* 1952 - Jamie K finished first, but was disqualified.
* 1940, 1944 -
Dead heat for the win.
See also