Nassau County Stakes

Grade III race
Nassau County Stakes
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1996
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_belmont
Race information
Distance	7 furlongs
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000+

The Nassau County Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County, New York. A Grade III event, it is open to three-year-old fillies willing to run the distance of seven furlongs on dirt. The race offers a purse $200,000 added.^[1]

Inaugurated in 1996, it is named after the county on Long Island in which Belmont Park is located.

On November 28, 2007, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Previously, Belmont Park hosted the Nassau County Handicap, a race on dirt for horses of either sex, age three and older. This race was last run in 1993.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners 3 Nassau County Handicap 3.1 Winners 4 References

Records

Speed record:

• 1:22.04 - Dream Rush (2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Jorge Chavez (1996, 2008)
• 2 - Jose Santos (1997, 2003)
• 2 - Mike E. Smith (1998, 1999)
• 2 - Javier Castellano (2002, 2009)

Most wins by a trainer:

• No trainer has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	No Race
2009	Flashing	Javier Castellano	Thomas Albertrani	Darley Stable	1:23.59
2008	Zaftig	Jorge Chavez	James A. Jerkens	Susan Moore/M and M Thoroughbred Partners	1:22.74
2007	Dream Rush	Eibar Coa	Richard Violette, Jr.	West Point Stable	1:22.04
2006	Hello Liberty	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	J. Larry Jones	J. Ferris, M. Riley, D. Gamble, J. L. Jones	1:22.65
2005	Seeking the Ante	Mike Luzzi	John C. Kimmel	Mary & Chester Broman	1:22.86
2004	Bending Strings	Jerry Bailey	Kiaran McLaughlin	John D. Gunther	1:22.70
2003	House Party	Jose Santos	H. Allen Jerkens	Joseph V. Shields, Jr.	1:23.28
2002	Nonsuch Bay	Javier Castellano	Frank A. Alexander	Joseph P. Platt, Jr.	1:23.90
2001	Cat Chat	John Velazquez	Alan E. Goldberg	Jayeff B Stables	1:23.02
2000	C'est L'Amour	Edgar Prado	Philip G. Johnson	Lael Stables	1:23.46
1999	Oh What a Windfall	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:23.59
1998	Jersey Girl	Mike E. Smith	Todd A. Pletcher	Ackerley Bros. Farm	1:22.63
1997	Alyssum	Jose Santos	Flint S. Schulhofer	Alexander & Groves	1:22.90
1996	Star de Lady Ann	Jorge Chavez	William W. Perry	John D. Murphy	1:22.19

Nassau County Handicap

Open to horses of either sex, age three and older, it was raced on dirt over a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs).

In 1970, the Ogden Phipps four-year-old, Reviewer, set a new track record of 1:46 4/5 in winning the Nassau County Handicap.

Winners

References