Remsen Stakes

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Grade II race
Remsen Stakes
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York
Inaugurated	1904
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Aqueduct Racetrack
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$200,000

The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The one and one-eighths mile race is open to two-year-olds and currently offers a purse of $200,000.

Inaugurated in 1904, the Remsen was named for Colonel Joremus Remsen (l735-1790) whose family at one time owned a large portion of Long Island and who became leader of the American Revolutionary forces at the 1776 Battle of Long Island.

Run at Jamaica Racetrack from inception in 1904 to 1959, it was run in two divisions in 1943 and until 1954 was known as the Remsen Handicap. There was no race held in 1908, and none from 1910 to 1917 as well as 1951.

The Remsen stakes is influential as one of the last graded stakes for two-year-olds on the New York racing circuit and its winner is generally among the winterbook favorites for the following year's Kentucky Derby.

Since inception, the Remsen has been competed over various distances:

• 5 furlongs : 1948
• 5.5 furlongs : 1904-1917
• 6 furlongs : 1918 -1945, 1949-1950
• 1 mile : 1959-1972
• 11/16 : 1946-1947, 1952-1958
• 1⅛ miles : 1973 to present

[edit] Records

Speed record: (at current 1⅛ miles distance)

• 1:49 1/5 - Hang Ten (1975)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Brookmeade Stable (1940, 1944), Maine Chance Farm (1944, 1945), Allen T. Simmons (1942, 1948), Windfields Farm (1959, 1963), Rokeby Stable (1971, 1986)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Eddie Maple (1972, 1977, 1981, 1989)

[edit] Winners of the Remsen Stakes since 1959

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Court Vision	Eibar Coa	Bill Mott	WinStar Farm	1.52.48
2006	Nobiz Like Shobiz	Cornelio Velasquez	Barclay Tagg	Elizabeth Valando	1:48.82
2005	Bluegrass Cat	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	WinStar Farm	1:52.20
2004	Rockport Harbor	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Fox Hill Farms, Inc.	1:48.80
2003	Read the Footnotes	Jerry D. Bailey	Richard A. Violette, Jr.	Klaravich Stables, Inc.	1:50.60
2002	Toccet	Jorge Chavez	John F. Scanlan	Dan Borislow	1:50.40
2001	Saarland	John R. Velazquez	C. R. McGaughey III	Cynthia Phipps	1:51.20
2000	Windsor Castle	Robbie Davis	Frank A. Alexander	Frank A. Alexander	1:51.80
1999	Greenwood Lake	Jean-Luc Samyn	Nick Zito	Dee Conway et al	1:50.60
1998	Comeonmom	Joe Bravo	Robert Barbara	Sabine Stable	1:49.80
1997	Coronado's Quest	Mike Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III	1:52.20
1996	The Silver Move	Richard Migliore	Linda Rice	Earl Silver	1:53.40
1995	Tropicool	Jorge Chavez	John Kimmel	Kenneth Ellenberg	1:50.20
1994	Thunder Gulch	Gary L. Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	1:53.80
1993	Go for Gin	Jerry D. Bailey	Nick Zito	William J. Condren	1:52.60
1992	Silver of Silver	Jacinto Vasquez	Stanley R. Shapoff	Chevalier Stable	1:50.20
1991	Pine Bluff	Craig Perret	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:50.80
1990	Scan	Jerry D. Bailey	Flint S. Schulhofer	William Haggin Perry	1:52.40
1989	Yonder	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Claiborne Farm	1:51.20
1988	Fast Play	Angel Cordero, Jr.	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:50.60
1987	Batty	Jose Santos	Suzanne H. Jenkins	Joseph Daniero	1:52.40
1986	Java Gold	Pat Day	MacKenzie Miller	Rokeby Stable	1:49.60
1985	Pillaster	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Leroy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:49.00
1984	Stone White *	Robbie Davis	Gilbert Puentes	Gilbert Puentes	1:53.20
1983	Dr. Carter	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch	Frances A. Genter	1:49.00
1982	Pax In Bello	Jeffrey Fell	Steve Jerkens	Mrs. Arnold Willcox	1:50.20
1981	Laser Light	Eddie Maple	Patrick J. Kelly	Live Oak Plantation	1:50.80
1980	Pleasant Colony *	Vince Bracciale, Jr.	P. O'Donnell Lee	Buckland Farm	1:50.20
1979	Plugged Nickle	Buck Thornburg	Thomas J. Kelly	John M. Schiff	1:50.40
1978	Instrument Landing	Jeffrey Fell	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:50.20
1977	Believe It	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Hickory Tree Stable	1:47.80
1976	Royal Ski	Jack Kurtz	John Lenzini, Jr.	Gerald Cheevers	1:50.40
1975	Hang Ten	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woody Stephens	Mill House Stable	1:49.20
1974	El Pitirre	Michael Venezia	Lazaro S. Barrera	Enrique Ubarri	1:49.40
1973	Heavy Mayonnaise	Chuck Baltazar	Dave Erb	William Trotter II	1:51.40
1972	Kinsman Hope	Eddie Maple	John L. Cotter	Kinship Stable	1:37.00
1971	Key To The Mint	Braulio Baeza	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	1:36.60
1970	Jim French	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John P. Campo	Jim-Bo Stable	1:36.80
1969	Protanto	Jorge Velasquez	MacKenzie Miller	Cragwood Stables	1:35.60
1968	Palauli	Larry Adams	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Powhatan Stable	1:36.40
1967	Salerno	Manuel Ycaza	William H. Turner, Jr.	James P. Mills	1:38.00
1966	Damascus	William Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:37.00
1965	Gary G.	Braulio Baeza	Slim Coyne	Harbor View Farm	1:36.00
1964	Sum Up	Donald R. Pierce	Not found	Elmendorf Farm	1:33.80
1963	Northern Dancer	Manuel Ycaza	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:35.60
1962	Rocky Link	John L. Rotz	Stephen A. DiMauro	Golden Triangle Stable	1:36.40
1961	Figaro Bob	John L. Rotz	Not found	A. J. Ostriker	1:36.80
1960	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers	Jack A. Price	Katherine Price	1:36.40
1959	Victoria Park	Eric Guerin	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1:37.20

* 1984 - Stone White finished first, but was disqualified from purse money.
* 1980 - Akureyri finished first, but was disqualified and placed third.

[edit] Earlier winners

* 1952 - Jamie K finished first, but was disqualified.
* 1940, 1944 - Dead heat for the win.