The Lawrence Realization Stakes was an American horse race first run on the turf in 1889. The race, for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings and fillies, was last run in 2005.
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Inaugurated at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track at Gravesend, New York, it was held there until 1913. At that time, the race was the richest stakes for three-year-olds in the United States.
It was run as the Realization Stakes until 1899, when it was renamed to honor James G. K. Lawrence, president of the Coney Island Jockey Club (which owned the racetrack). Lawrence was also responsible for creating of the Futurity Stakes in 1888.
The stakes were later run at Belmont Park on Long Island[1] as a Grade II race on the dirt. The race continued to be run there (except for the Belmont Park redevelopment period from 1962 to 1968) until it was removed from the calendar in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) as a cost-cutting measure. For 70 years, the Lawrence Realization was one of the most prestigious annual events in the American horse racing calendar.
Only two horses contested the race in 1918, 1920, 1944, and 1946; however, due to the large number of entries in 1976 and 1985 it was run in two divisions.
The race was contested over several distances:
On September 4, 1920, Man o' War won the 1⅝-mile Lawrence Realization by 100 lengths over the only other runner, Hoodwink. His time for the race was 2:40 4/5, which broke the world record for the distance by 1 3/5 seconds and was his fifth record-setting performance that year.
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|
2005 | Taming The Tiger | Ramon Dominguez | Robert P. Klesaris | C D and G Stable et al. | 1:49.72 | |
2004 | Gunning For | Joe Bravo | Timothy Walsh | Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh | 2:29.91 | |
2003 | Kicken Kris | Javier Castellano | Michael Matz | Brushwood Stable | 2:27.98 | |
2002 | Fisher Pond | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene & Laura Melnyk | 2:30.34 | |
2001 | Sharp Performance | John Velazquez | David Donk | William Bloom | 2:27.04 | |
2000 | Ciro | Jose A. Santos | Christophe Clement | Jayeff B Stables | 2:31.48 | |
1999 | Gritty Sandie | Mike E. Smith | James J. Toner | C. Kimmel & Nicholson | 2:28.60 | |
1998 | Parade Ground | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | W. S. Farish & S. C. Hilbert | 2:25.94 | |
1997 | Renewed | Filiberto Leon | Carlos F. Martin | Murray Garren | 2:27.21 | |
1996 | Da Dean | Richard Migliore | James Lawrence II | Mrs. Stephen Clark | 2:39.06 | |
1995 | Flitch | Mike E. Smith | William Badgett, Jr. | Loblolly Stable | 2:34.40 | |
1994 | Personal Merit | Jorge F. Chavez | William W. Perry | Daffodil Hill Farm | 2:29.30 | |
1993 | Strolling Along | Chris McCarron | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | 2:32.70 | |
1992 | Timber Cat | Robbie Davis | Robert P. Lake | Ping W. Tam | 2:28.87 | |
1991 | Jaded Dancer | Jean-Luc Samyn | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Racing | 2:32.00 | |
1990 | Baylis | Lanfranco Dettori | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:29.00 | |
1989 | Caltech | Rene Douglas | Eduardo Azpurua, Jr. | David S. Romanik | 2:26.00 | |
1988 | Blew By Em | Chris Antley | Michael Daggett | Joseph B. Singer | 2:27.20 | |
1987 | Tertiary Zone | Sandy Hawley | Peter Cole | Dan J. Agnew | 2:30.00 | |
1986 | The Lone Ranger | Chris McCarron | Michael Sedlacek | Rory Green Stable | 2:37.40 | |
1985 | Danger's Hour | Don MacBeth | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:30.40 | |
1985 | Noisy When Hot | Jose A. Santos | Floreano Fernandez | Brazil Stables | 2:28.00 | |
1984 | Roving Ministrel | Kenny Skinner | Lawrence Kelly | Craig F. Cullinan | 2:28.40 | |
1983 | Moon Spirit | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna, Jr. | Blanche Wise | 2:26.40 | |
1982 | Ten Below | Jimmy Miranda | Pancho Martin | Viola Summer | 2:27.40 | |
1981 | Our Captain Willie | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 2:26.00 | |
1980 | Rumbo | Bill Shoemaker | Thomas Bell, Jr. | Gayno-Bell Stable | 2:27.60 | |
1979 | Golden Act | Sandy Hawley | Loren Rettele | W. H. Oldknow & R. W. Phipps | 2:27.20 | |
1978 | Mac Diarmida | Jean Cruguet | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jerome M. Torsney | 2:29.20 | |
1977 | Zihov | Antonio Graell | Joseph R. Nash | Mrs. Joseph Nash | 2:27.60 | |
1976 | Great Contractor | Pat Day | Roger Laurin | Howard P. Wilson | 2:31.60 | |
1976 | L'Heureux | Donald Pierce | Neil D. Drysdale | Saron Stable | 2:35.00 | |
1975 | Grab Bag | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 2:26.80 | |
1974 | Prod | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 2:28.20 | |
1973 | Amen | Eddie Belmonte | Philip G. Johnson | Dee-Bob Stable | 2:36.80 | |
1972 | Halo | Braulio Baeza | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 2:27.60 | |
1971 | Specious | Eddie Maple | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:42.20 | |
1970 | Kling Kling | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 2:41.20 | |
1969 | Oil Power | Jean Cruguet | James P. Conway | Elmendorf Farm | 2:44.60 | |
1968 | Funny Fellow | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 2:44.20 | |
1967 | Successor | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 2:43.40 | |
1966 | Buckpasser | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 2:45.00 | |
1965 | Munden Point | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Ira Hanford | Loren P. Guy | 2:42.00 | |
1964 | Quadrangle | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:42.60 | |
1963 | Dean Carl | Bobby Ussery | Paul Bongarzone | Paul Bongarzone | 2:43.80 | |
1962 | Battle Joined | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:40.80 | |
1961 | Sherluck | Braulio Baeza | Harold Young | Jacob Sher | 2:44.40 | |
1960 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 2:43.00 | |
1959 | Middle Brother | Eddie Arcaro | E. Barry Ryan | Mrs. E. Barry Ryan | 2:43.20 | |
1958 | Martins Rullah | Bill Shoemaker | Eugene Jacobs | George Lewis | 2:43.40 | |
1957 | Promised Land | H. Woodson | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:44.40 | |
1956 | Riley | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:44.60 | |
1955 | Thinking Cap | Paul J. Bailey | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 2:43.40 | |
1954 | Fisherman | Hedley Woodhouse | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 2:42.00 | |
1953 | Platan | Conn McCreary | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 2:43.40 | |
1952 | Mark-Ye-Well | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:42.60 | |
1951 | Counterpoint | Dave Gorman | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 2:42.60 | |
1950 | Bed O' Roses | Nick Combest | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:44.20 | |
1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:42.60 | |
1948 | Ace Admiral | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 2:42.80 | |
1947 | Cosmic Bomb | Ovie Scurlock | Willie Booth | William G. Helis, Sr. | 2:43.60 | |
1946 | School Tie | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:43.60 | |
1945 | Pot O'Luck | Douglas Dodson | Benjamin A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:43.60 | |
1944 | By Jimminy | George Woolf | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 2:43.20 | |
1943 | Fairy Manhurst | Johnny Longden | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 2:43.00 | |
1942 | Alsab | George Woolf | Sarge Swenke | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 2:42.00 | |
1941 | Whirlaway | Alfred Robertson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:44.20 | |
1940 | Fenelon | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:44.80 | |
1939 | Hash | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:42.60 | |
1938 | Magic Hour | Johnny Longden | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 2:45.00 | |
1937 | Unfailing | Frank Kopel | Max Hirsch | Parker Corning | 2:44.20 | |
1936 | Granville | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.60 | |
1935 | Firethorn | Eddie Arcaro | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords, Sr. | 2:42.20 | |
1934 | Carry Over | Tom Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:44.00 | |
1933 | War Glory | John Gilbert | George H. Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:44.60 | |
1932 | Faireno | Tom Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.60 | |
1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:41.20 | |
1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:41.40 | |
1929 | The Nut | Mack Garner | Joe Notter | Warm Stable | 2:45.60 | |
1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz | 2:44.60 | |
1927 | Nimba | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 2:45.00 | |
1926 | Espino | Laverne Fator | William J. Speirs | William Ziegler, Jr. | 2:42.60 | |
1925 | Marconi | Kenneth Noe | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.80 | |
1924 | Aga Khan | John Maiben | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:48.40 | |
1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:44.60 | |
1922 | Kai Song | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:42.40 | |
1921 | Touch Me Not | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:43.20 | |
1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:40.80 | |
1919 | Vexatious † | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:47.60 | |
1918 | Johren | Frank Robinson | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:55.20 | |
1917 | Omar Khayyam | Merritt Buxton | Richard F. Carmen | Wilfrid Viau | 2:33.40 | |
1916 | Star Hawk | Herman Phillips | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 2:32.60 | |
1915 | no race | |||||
1914 | no race | |||||
1913 | Rock View | Thomas McTaggart | Louis Feustel | August Belmont, Jr. | 2:51.00 | |
1912 | no race | |||||
1911 | no race | |||||
1910 | Sweep | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:53.00 | |
1909 | Fitz Herbert | Vincent Powers | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:45.00 | |
1908 | Fair Play | Eddie Dugan | A. Jack Joyner | August Belmont, Jr. | 2:46.20 | |
1907 | Dinna Ken | George Mountain | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:48.00 | |
1906 | Accountant | Jack Martin | Matthew M. Allen | James B. Brady | 2:48.00 | |
1905 | Sysonby | Dave Nicol | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:47.00 | |
1904 | Ort Wells | Frank O'Neill | Enoch Wishard | John A. Drake | 2:47.60 | |
1903 | Africander | John Bullman | Richard O. Miller | Hampton Stable | 2:45.20 | |
1902 | Major Daingerfield | George Odom | Matthew M. Allen | F. C. McLewee & Co. | 2:59.80 | |
1901 | The Parader | Patrick A. McCue | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 2:49.80 | |
1900 | Prince of Melbourne | Henry Spencer | J. Kyle | Frank D. Beard | 2:59.80 | |
1899 | Ethelbert | Henry Spencer | A. Jack Joyner | Perry Belmont | 2:51.40 | |
1898 | Hamburg | Tod Sloan | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:51.20 | |
1897 | The Friar | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | A. H. & D. H. Morris | 2:48.40 | |
1896 | Requital | Alonzo Clayton | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Brookdale Stable | 2:49.40 | |
1895 | Bright Phoebus | Lester Reiff | H. H. Huron | Del Monte Stable | 2:51.40 | |
1894 | Dobbins | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Richard Croker | 2:55.00 | |
1893 | Daily America | Willie Simms | John W. Rogers | Brown & Rogers | 2:50.60 | |
1892 | Tammany | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:51.40 | |
1891 | Potomac | Anthony Hamilton | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | 2:51.00 | |
1890 | Tournament | William Hayward | Matthew M. Allen | George Hearst | 2:51.00 | |
1889 | Salvator | Jim McLaughlin | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin | 2:51.00 |
* † In 1919, Over There finished first but was disqualified.[2]