Man o' War Stakes
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Grade I race | |
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Man o' War Stakes | |
Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York |
Inaugurated | 1959 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Woodbine Racetrack |
Race information | |
Distance | 1⅜ miles (11 furlongs) |
Track | Grass, left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $500,000 |
The Man o' War Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Now Raced in July, it is a Grade I event offering a purse of $500,000 and is open to horses three-years-old and up. Run at one and three-eighths mile on the grass, the race sometimes attracts top European horses such as Fantastic Light and Daylami. The top finishers in the Man o' War Stakes often go on to run in the Breeders' Cup Turf.
The inaugural running of the Man o' War took place in 1959 at Aqueduct Racetrack where it was also held in 1961, plus from 1963 to 1967, and again in 1987. Run as the Man o' War Handicap in 1959 and 1961, it is named for the great Man o' War, selected as No.1 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. The race was won in 1973 by another legendary horse, Secretariat.
The Man o' War Stakes has been raced at various distances:
- 1½ miles - 1959, 1960, 1962, 1968-1977
- 1⅝ miles - 1961, 1963-1967
- 1⅜ miles - since 1978
[edit] Records
Time record: (at current 1⅜ miles)
- 2:11.65 - Better Talk Now (2005)
Most wins:
- 2 - Majesty's Prince (1983, 1984) and Solar Splendor (1991, 1992)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Rokeby Stable (1970, 1971, 1986)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Jorge Velasquez (1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - MacKenzie Miller (1966, 1969, 1975, 1986)
[edit] Winners of the Man o' War Stakes
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2007 | Doctor Dino | 5 | Olivier Peslier | Richard D. Gibson | Javier Martinez Salmean | 2:12.26 |
2006 | Cacique | 5 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 2:15.68 |
2005 | Better Talk Now | 6 | Ramon Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Bushwood Stables | 2:11.65 |
2004 | Magistretti | 4 | Edgar Prado | Patrick L. Biancone | Michael B. Tabor | 2:14.65 |
2003 | Lunar Sovereign | 4 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | Darley Racing | 2:17.99 |
2002 | With Anticipation | 7 | Pat Day | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stables | 2:15.05 |
2001 | With Anticipation | 6 | Pat Day | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stables | 2:15.11 |
2000 | Fantastic Light | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:17.44 |
1999 | Val's Prince | 7 | Jorge Chavez | H. James Bond | R. Martin / S. Weiner | 2:16.69 |
1998 | Daylami | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:13.18 |
1997 | Influent | 6 | Jerry D. Bailey | Howard M. Tesher | Ankh Stable/Turfnpaddock F | 2:11.69 |
1996 | Diplomatic Jet | 4 | Jorge Chavez | James E. Picou | Fred W. Hooper | 2:14.20 |
1995 | Millkom | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Jean-Claude Rouget | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:12.80 |
1994 | RoyalMountainInn | 5 | Julie Krone | Barclay Tagg | Steadfast Stable | 2:11.75 |
1993 | Star of Cozzene | 5 | Jose Santos | Mark Hennig | Team Valor | 2:23.14 |
1992 | Solar Splendor | 5 | Herb McCauley | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation | 2:12.45 |
1991 | Solar Splendor | 4 | Herb McCauley | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation | 2:12.01 |
1990 | Defensive Play | 3 | Pat Eddery | Guy Harwood | Juddmonte Farms | 2:17.80 |
1989 | Yankee Affair | 7 | Jose Santos | Henry L. Carroll | Jujugen Stable | 2:20.80 |
1988 | Sunshine Forever | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 2:14.40 |
1987 | Theatrical | 5 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone | 2:15.40 |
1986 | Dance of Life | 3 | Pat Day | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 2:14.40 |
1985 | Win | 5 | Richard Migliore | Sally A. Bailie | Sally A. Bailie | 2:15.40 |
1984 | Majesty's Prince | 5 | Vince Bracciale, Jr. | Joseph B. Cantey | John D. Marsh | 2:14.60 |
1983 | Majesty's Prince | 4 | Eddie Maple | Joseph B. Cantey | John D. Marsh | 2:23.60 |
1982 | Naskra's Breeze | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Broadmoor Stable | 2:13.00 |
1981 | Galaxy Libra | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Louis Rowan | 2:14.80 |
1980 | French Colonial | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | David A. Whiteley | Lazy F Ranch | 2:15.40 |
1979 | Bowl Game | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Gaver, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:19.00 |
1978 | Waya | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna, Sr. | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:16.20 |
1977 | Majestic Light | 4 | Sandy Hawley | John W. Russell | Ogden Mills Phipps | 2:27.60 |
1976 | Effervescing | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | John W. Russell | Ogden Phipps | 2:31.20 |
1975 | Snow Knight * | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Windfields Farm | 2:29.20 |
1974 | Dahlia | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Maurice Zilber | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 2:26.60 |
1973 | Secretariat | 3 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 2:24.80 |
1972 | Typecast | 6 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | A. Thomas Doyle | Westerly Stud Farms | 2:31.80 |
1971 | Run The Gantlet | 3 | Robert Woodhouse | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:33.20 |
1970 | Fort Marcy | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:33.80 |
1969 | Hawaii | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stable | 2:27.20 |
1968 | Czar Alexander | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | Angel Penna, Sr. | Gustave Ring | 2:30.80 |
1967 | Ruffled Feathers | 3 | David Hidalgo | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 2:42.80 |
1966 | Assagai | 3 | Larry Adams | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stable | 2:44.60 |
1965 | Hill Rise | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | William B. Finnegan | El Peco Ranch | 2:42.60 |
1964 | Turbo Jet II | 4 | Howard Grant | Frank A. Bonsal | Barclay Stable | 2:42.80 |
1963 | The Axe II | 5 | John L. Rotz | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:45.60 |
1962 | Beau Purple | 5 | William Boland | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:28.60 |
1961 | Wise Ship | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Jacob Byer | Milton J. Ritzenberg | 2:50.40 |
1960 | Harmonizing | 6 | John Ruane | W. Preston King | Sadie L. King | 2:33.20 |
1959 | Dotted Line | 6 | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:40.80 |
1959 | Tudor Era | 6 | Bill Hartack | Sidney Jacobs | Minnie G. Herff | 2:41.00 |
* In 1975, One On The Asile finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second. * Run in two divisions in 1959.