Nashua Stakes

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Grade III race
Nashua Stakes

Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York
Inaugurated	1975
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Aqueduct Racetrack
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000-added

The Nashua Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Named for Nashua, the 1955 United States Horse of the Year, it was first run in 1975. A Grade III race, it is open to two-year-olds and has been raced over a distance of one mile since 1994. Held in late October, it currently offers a $100,000-added purse.

In 2001, the race was run at Belmont Park. The distance was set at a mile and 70 yards for 1985, at a mile and a sixteenth from 1987 to 1993. The race was not run in 1995.

[edit] Records

Time record: (at current 1 mile distance)

1:36.00 - Doneraile Court (1998)

Most wins by an owner

3 - Loblolly Stable (1988, 1991, 1992)

Most wins by a jockey

4 - Jerry D. Bailey (1990, 1998, 2001, 2003)
3 - Mike E. Smith (1992, 1997, 1999)

Most wins by a trainer

2 - William H. Turner, Jr. (1975, 1993), Thomas Bohannon (1991, 1992)

[edit] Winners of the Nashua Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Etched	Allen Garcia	Kiaran McLaughlin	Darley Stable	1:36.96
2006	Day Pass	John R. Velazquez	Kiaran McLaughlin	Darley Stable	1:36.09
2005	Bluegrass Cat	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	WinStar Farm	1:38.02
2004	Rockport Harbor	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Fox Hill Farms Inc.	1:36.60
2003	Read the Footnotes	Jerry D. Bailey	Richard A. Violette, Jr.	Klaravich Stables	1:36.40
2002	Added Edge	Patrick Husbands	Mark Casse	Team Valor	1:36.60
2001	Listen Here	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Kim Nardelli	1:37.60
2000	Ommadon	Aaron Gryder	Thomas M. Walsh	Sorin Stables	1:36.60
1999	Mass Market	Mike E. Smith	Ben W. Perkins, Jr.	New Farm	1:38.60
1998	Doneraile Court	Jerry D. Bailey	Nicholas P. Zito	M. Tabor / J. Magnier	1:36.00
1997	Coronado's Quest	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III	1:37.00
1996	Jules	Jose Santos	Alan Goldberg	Jayeff B Stables	1:36.80
1994	Devious Course	Frank Alvarado	H. James Bond	Rudlein Stable	1:37.40
1993	Popol's Gold	Herb McCauley	William H. Turner, Jr.	Stephen Stavrides	1:46.60
1992	Dalhart	Mike E. Smith	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:44.40
1991	Pine Bluff	Craig Perret	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:46.00
1990	Kyle's Our Man	Jerry D. Bailey	John M. Veitch	Darby Dan Farm	1:45.40
1989	Champagneforashley	Jacinto Vasquez	Howard M. Tesher	Lions Head Farm	1:45.20
1988	Traskwood	Angel Cordero, Jr.	George R. Arnold II	Loblolly Stable	1:45.20
1987	Cougarized	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Jr.	1:46.00
1986	Bold Summit	Chris Antley	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Alvin J. Akman	1:45.00
1985	Raja's Revenge	Robbie Davis	Frank LaBoccetta	Edward Anchel	1:44.40
1984	Stone White	Robbie Davis	Gilbert Puentes	Gilbert Puentes	1:38.20
1983	Don Rickles	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John Parisella	Theodore M. Sabarese	1:38.40
1982	I Enclose	Ruben Hernandez	Edward I. Kelly	Brookfield Farms	1:37.60
1981	Our Escapade	Don MacBeth	Roger Laurin	Reginald N. Webster	1:36.80
1980	A Run	Chris McCarron	Larry S. Barrera	Arron U. Jones	1:37.20
1979	Googoplex	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Pancho Martin	Robert N. Lehmann	1:36.40
1978	Instrument Landing	Jeffrey Fell	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:37.00
1977	Quadratic	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	August Belmont IV	1:35.40
1976	Nearly On Time	Jacinto Vazquez	Leroy Jolley	Mrs. Moody Jolley	1:35.60
1975	Lord Henribee	Eddie Maple	William H. Turner, Jr.	Milton Ritzenberg	1:35.60