Location | Meadowlands Racetrack East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1977 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | The Meadowlands |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Track | Grass, left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
The Cliff Hanger Stakes is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey during late September/early October. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf over a distance of 1 1/16 miles.
Known as the Cliff Hanger Handicap until 2008, it was raced on dirt from 1978 through 1981 and again in 1985 and 1987. Prior to 1982, it was restricted to horses bred in the State of New Jersey.
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Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Yummy with Butter | 8 | Paco Lopez | Yvon Belsoeur | Bruno Schickedanz | 1:32.75 |
2010 | no race | |||||
2009 | Brave Tin Soldier | 5 | Carlos Marquez, Jr. | Kiaran McLaughlin | Kiaran McLaughlin | 1:45.52 |
2008 | Kiss the Kid | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | Amy Tarrant | Hardacre Farm/Amy Tarrant | 1:43.60 |
2007 | Presious Passion | 4 | Alan Garcia | Mary Hartmann | Patricia A. Generazio | 1:41.48 |
2006 | Old Forester | 5 | Edgar Prado | William I. Mott | Live Oak Racing | 1:42.54 |
2005 | Hotstufanthensome | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | Norman Pointer | Leslie Steinger | 1:54.32 |
2004 | Dr. Kashnikow | 7 | Richard Migliore | John R. S. Fisher | Erdenheim Farm | 1:42.41 |
2003 | no race | |||||
2002 | Saint Verre | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | H. Joseph Allen | 1:42.40 |
2001 | Crash Course | 5 | Rick Wilson | Warren W. Croll, Jr. | Jesse Mack Robinson | 1:43.14 |
2000 | North East Bound | 4 | Jose Velez, Jr. | William W. Perry | J. Demarco/R. Disano | 1:41.78 |
1999 | Virginia Carnival | 7 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Jonathan Sheppard | John A. Franks | 1:42.44 |