Count Fleet Stakes

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The Count Fleet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack, located in Jamaica, New York, at the beginning of January each year. It's the first stakes race of the year run in New York for three-year-olds.

Named after the great Count Fleet, the 1943 Triple Crown winner, the race is open to three year olds willing to race one mile and seventy yards on the inner dirt.

Offering a purse of $75,000, the race is a prep to the Whirlaway Stakes, the Gotham Stakes, the Bay Shore Stakes and the Wood Memorial Stakes.

[edit] Past winners

  • 2008 - Giant Moon (1:41.14) (Ramon Dominguez)
  • 2007 - Pink Viper (1:42.94)
  • 2006 - Achilles of Troy (1:39.61) (Alan Garcia)
  • 2005 - Scrappy T (1:42 2/5) (Alan Garcia)
  • 2004 - Smarty Jones (1:41 2/5) (Stewart Elliott)
  • 2003 - Grey Comet (1:42) (Aaron Gryder)
  • 2002 - Iron Deputy (1:41 3/5) (Richard Migliore)
  • 2001 - Just Allen (1:43 1/5) (Steve Capanas)
  • 2000 - Country Only (1:41 3/5) (Herberto Castillo, Jr.)
  • 1999 - Prime Directive (1:42 2/5) (Dale Beckner)
  • 1998 - Classic Time (1:40 4/5) (Aaron Gryder)
  • 1997 - Real Star (1:43) (C.C. Lopez)
  • 1996 - Criminal Suit (1:43 4/5) (John Velazquez)
  • 1995 - Michael's Star (1:45 3/5) (Mike McCarthy)
  • 1994 - Sonny's Bruno (1:44 1/5) (Mike Luzzi)
  • 1993 - Prairie Bayou (1:42 4/5) (Mike E. Smith)
  • 1992 - Thunder Rumble (1:43) (Herb McCauley)
  • 1991 - Three Coins Up (1:44 4/5) (H. McCauley)
  • 1990 - Dotsero (1:42) ([[Jorge Velasquez)
  • 1989 - A.M. Swinger (1:42 1/5) (Chris Antley)
  • 1988 - Delightful Doctor (1:42 1/5) (Richard Migliore)
  • 1987 - Sting'em (1:43 3/5) (Jose Santos)
  • 1986 - Bordeaux Bob (1:43) (Robbie Davis)
  • 1985 - First One Up (1:44) (Richard Migliore)
  • 1984 - Lt. Flag (1:42 3/5) (Jorge Velasquez)
  • 1983 - Jeff's Companion (1:49 1/5) (Antonio Graell)
  • 1982 - No race held
  • 1981 - Triocala (1:45 1/5) (Ruben Hernandez)
  • 1980 - Degenerate Jon (1:44) (Jose Amy)
  • 1979 - Picturesque (1:49 4/5) (R. Hernandez)
  • 1978 - Prince Of Gold (1:47) (Dave Borden)
  • 1977 - Make Amends (1:46) (Steve Cauthen)
  • 1976 - Wardlaw (1:22 3/5) (Jorge Tejeira)
  • 1975 - American History (1.35) (Jorge Velasquez)

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