Whirlaway Stakes

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The Whirlaway Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses held in February at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Whirlaway Stakes is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt and is ungraded with a purse of $65,000.

Mr. Prospector, the most influential dirt track sire of all time, won the Whirlaway in 1974.

[edit] Past Winners

  • 2006 - Achilles of Troy
  • 2005 - Sort It Out
  • 2004 - Little Matth Man
  • 2003 - Boston Park
  • 2002 - Saratoga Blues
  • 2001 - Regal Shivers
  • 2000 - Country Only