H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes

H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes
Race information
Grade I race
Runhappy winning the 2015 King's Bishop
Location	Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com
Distance	7 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$500,000 (since 2012)^[1]

The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to sprint seven furlongs on dirt. First run in 1984 as a Listed stakes race, since 1999 the race has been a Grade I event, and since 2012 has carried a purse of $500,000. It is the biggest sprint race of the year for three-year-olds only.

From its inception in 1984 until 2016, the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial was known as the King's Bishop Stakes, named for the horse originally owned by Houston Astros founding president Craig F. Cullinan, Jr.

In 2017 the New York Racing Association renamed the race for the late Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who himself trained King's Bishop to wins in the 1973 Carter Handicap and Fall Highweight Handicap for Allaire du Pont.^[2] Over a career spanning seven decades, Jerkens' horses have upset racing champions - such as Onion's victory over Secretariat in the 1973 Whitney Handicap - earning him the nickname "the Giant Killer".^[2]

Records

Speed record:

1:20.54 - Runhappy (2015)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - Mike E. Smith (1991, 1992, 1993, 2016)

Most wins by a trainer:

5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Lloyd R. French, Jr. (1985, 1989)
2 - Michael Tabor (1996, 2004 with Derrick Smith)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	Drefong	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Charles Chu	1:21.25
2015	Runhappy	Edgar S. Prado	Maria Borell	James McIngvale	1:20.54
2014	The Big Beast	Javier Castellano	Anthony Dutrow	Alex & JoAnn Lieblong	1:22.35
2013	Capo Bastone	Irad Ortiz, Jr	Todd Pletcher	Eclipse Thoroughbred Ptns.	1:22.22
2012	Willy Beamin	Alan Garcia	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	James A. Riccio	1:22.02
2011	Caleb's Posse	Rajiv Maragh	Donnie Von Hemel	McNeil Stables/Cheyenne Stables	1:21.59
2010	Discreetly Mine	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:23.16
2009	Capt. Candyman Can	Javier Castellano	Ian Wilkes	Joseph Rauch, David Zell	1:22.35
2008	Visionaire	Alan Garcia	Michael R. Matz	Team Valor/Vision Racing	1:21.94
2007	Hard Spun	Mario Pino	J. Larry Jones	Fox Hill Farms	1:22.34
2006	Henny Hughes	John Velazquez	Kiaran McLaughlin	Zabeel Racing	1:21.96
2005	Lost in the Fog	Russell Baze	Greg Gilchrist	Harry J. Aleo	1:22.56
2004	Pomeroy	Edgar Prado	Patrick Biancone	M. Tabor/D. Smith	1:20.99
2003	Valid Video	Joe Bravo	Dennis Manning	Mack Fehsenfeld	1:22.14
2002	Gygistar	John Velazquez	Mark Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:22.85
2001	Squirtle Squirt	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	David J. Lanzman	1:21.97
2000	More Than Ready	Pat Day	Todd Pletcher	James T. Scatuorchio	1:22.49
1999	Forestry	Chris Antley	Bob Baffert	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:21.00
1998	Secret Firm	Edgar Prado	H. Graham Motion	Mea Culpa Stables	1:22.78
1997	Tale of the Cat	Julie Krone	John H. Forbes	Phantom House Farm	1:21.71
1996	Honour and Glory	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	1:21.78
1995	Top Account	Pat Day	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III	1:22.50
1994	Chimes Band	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Fares Farm	1:21.80
1993	Mi Cielo	Mike E. Smith	Peter M. Vestal	Tom M. Carey	1:21.60
1992	Salt Lake	Mike E. Smith	D. Wayne Lukas	William T. Young	1:21.40
1991	Take Me Out	Mike E. Smith	William I. Mott	Bertram R. Firestone	1:21.60
1990	Housebuster	Craig Perret	Warren A. Croll, Jr.	Robert P. Levy	1:21.80
1989	Houston	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Jr.	1:22.00
1988	King's Nest	Chris McCarron	Richard Dutrow, Sr.	Sandra D. Bender	1:21.80
1987	Templar Hill	Chris McCarron	Paul Seefeldt	Ervin Kowitz	1:23.00
1986	no race
1985	Pancho Villa	Darrel McHargue	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Jr.	1:22.20
1984	Commemorate	Frank Lovato, Jr.	Laz Barrera	Windfields Farm	1:22.60

References

↑ "King's Bishop Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
1 2 Pettinger, Heather (16 May 2017). "Saratoga’s Grade 1 King’s Bishop renamed in honor of late Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens". nyra.com. New York Racing Association. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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