Man O' War Stakes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Man O' War Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses of either gender aged three-years-old and up. A Grade I event, the Man O' War is in its 49th renewal in 2007. It's run on the second Saturday in September at Belmont Park which makes it a major prep to the Breeders' Cup Turf. Run at one and three-eighths mile on the grass, it offers a purse of $500,000.
It's named for the great Man O' War, considered by virtually all horse people to be the best horse America produced for the whole of the Twentieth Century.
The Man O' War was won in 1973 by another legendary horse, Secertariat, and in 1970 by Fort Marcy.
[edit] Past winners
The winners of the race since the beginning are:
- 2006 : Cacique - (IRE) - (Edgar Prado)
- 2005 : Better Talk Now - (Ramon Dominguez)
- 2004 : Magistretti - (Edgar Prado)
- 2003 : Lunar Sovereign - (Richard Migliore)
- 2002 : With Anticipation - (Pat Day)
- 2001 : With Anticipation - (Pat Day)
- 2000 : Fantastic Light - (Jerry Bailey)
- 1999 : Val's Prince - (Jorge Chavez)
- 1998 : Daylami - (IRE) - (Jerry Bailey)
- 1997 : Influent - (Jerry Bailey)
- 1996 : Diplomatic Jet - (Jorge Chavez)
- 1995 : Millkom (GB) - (Gary Stevens)
- 1994 : RoyalMountainInn - (Julie Krone)
- 1993 : Star of Cozzene - (Jose Santos)
- 1992 : Solar Splendor - (Herb McCauley)
- 1991 : Solar Splendor - (Herb McCauley)
- 1990 : Defensive Play - (Pat Eddery)
- 1989 : Yankee Affair - (Jose Santos)
- 1988 : Sunshine Forever - (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1987 : Theatrical - (Pat Day)
- 1986 : Dance of Life - (Pat Day)
- 1985 : Win - (Richard Migliore)
- 1984 : Majesty's Prince - (Vince Bracciale, Jr.)
- 1983 : Majesty's Prince - (Eddie Maple)
- 1982 : Naskra's Breeze - (Jean-Luc Samyn)
- 1981 : Galaxy Libra - (Willie Shoemaker)
- 1980 : French Colonial - (Jacinto Vasquez)
- 1979 : Bowl Game - (Jorge Velasquez)
- 1978 : Waya - (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1977 : Majestic Light - (Sandy Hawley)
- 1976 : Effervescing - (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1975 : Snow Knight - (Jorge Velazquez)
- 1974 : Dahlia - (Ron Turcotte)
- 1973 : Secretariat - (Ron Turcotte)
- 1972 : Typecast - (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1971 : Run the Gauntlet - (Robert Woodhouse)
- 1970 : Fort Marcy - (Jorge Velasquez)
- 1969 : Hawaii - (Jorge Velazquez)
- 1968 : Czar Alexander - (Jorge Velazquez)
- 1967 : Ruffled Feathers - (David Hidalgo)
- 1966 : Asagai - (Larry Adams)
- 1965 : Hill Rise - (Manuel Ycaza)
- 1964 : Turbo Jet II - (Howard Grant)
- 1963 : The Axe II - (John L. Rotz)
- 1962 : Beau Purple - (Bill Boland)
- 1961 : Wise Ship - (Heliodoro Gustines)
- 1960 : Harmonizing - (John Ruane)
- 1959 : Dotted Line - (Bill Boland)
- 1958 : Tudor Era - (Bill Hartack)
