Monmouth Cup

Monmouth Cup

Grade II race
Location	Monmouth Park Oceanport, New Jersey
Inaugurated	1977
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.thebigm.com
Race information
Distance	1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000

The Monmouth Cup is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey each fall and is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. The race was held at Meadowlands Racetrack and called the Meadowlands Cup until 2010, when it was moved to Monmouth Park.^[1] A Grade II event, it currently carries a purse of $200,000.

Inaugurated in 1977 at a distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ miles, it was modified to its present 1 ¹⁄₈ miles in 1990. The 1990 running posed one of the largest upsets in North American racing history when Great Normand won at 181-1 odds^[2] There was no race held in 1997.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ¹⁄₈ miles)

• 1:46.00 - K. J.'s Appeal (1998)

Most wins:

• 2 - Etched (2009, 2010)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1977, 1978, 1983, 1986)
• 4 - John R. Velazquez (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Ron McAnally (1977, 1992)
• 2 - Robert J. Frankel (1982, 1993)
• 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2004, 2006)
• 2 - Kiaran McLaughlin (2009, 2010)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Darley Stable (2009, 2010)

Winners of the Meadowlands Cup

References

• The Meadowlands Breeders' Cup Stakes at Pedigree query