Jerome Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location |
Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1866 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website |
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Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile 70 yards |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 added (2017) |
The Jerome Stakes is a Grade III race for thoroughbred horses run each January at one mile 70 yards on the inner dirt track at Aqueduct Racetrack. It is open to three-year-olds and currently carries a purse of $150,000.
The race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.
The Jerome is the second oldest stakes race in the country and in 2017 will be in its 147th running. Named after Leonard W. Jerome, the founder of the old Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, a predecessor to Belmont Park... Mr. Jerome was the grandfather of The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, etc.
On September 3, 1960, the great Kelso was ridden for the first time by Eddie Arcaro. In 1875, Aristides, the winner of the inaugural Kentucky Derby, won this race. In 1878, Duke of Magenta came home first. It's also been won by Fair Play in 1908, Bold Ruler in 1957, Carry Back in 1961, and Richter Scale in 1997.
Fitz Herbert, trained by the great Sam Hildreth, won this race on his way to the title of Horse of the Year in 1909 and in 1910.
The Jerome was first run at Jerome Park from 1866 to 1889, then at Morris Park Racecourse until 1905, at Belmont Park from 1906 to 1959 and 1968 to 2009, and also at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960, from 1962 to 1967 and in 2011. There was no race run from 1910 to 1913 and there were two divisions from 1866 to 1870. Since inception it has been contested at a variety of distances:
- 2 miles: 1871–1877
- 1 3⁄4 miles: 1878–1889
- 1 5⁄16 miles: 1890–1891, 1903
- 1 1⁄2 miles: 1892
- 1 1⁄4 miles: 1893–1894, 1896–1909
- 1 mile, 1 furlong: 1895
In 1905, Bedouin set a new world record of 2:10.60 for a mile and five sixteenths on dirt in winning the Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park.
Records
Speed record: (at distance of one mile)
- 1:33.20 - Noble Nashua (1981)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Eddie Arcaro (1946, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Harry Payne Whitney (1906, 1907, 1921, 1926)
- 4 - Joseph E. Widener (1927, 1930, 1933, 1940)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | El Areeb | Trevor McCarthy | Cathal A. Lynch | M M G Stables | 1:46.17 |
2016 | Flexibility | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables/Lawrence | 1:42.98 |
2015 | El Kabeir | Charles C. Lopez | John P. Terranova II | Zayat Stables | 1:44.69 |
2014 | Noble Moon | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Leah Gyarmati | Treadway Racing Stable | 1:45.08 |
2013 | Vyjack | Cornelio Velasquez | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Pick Six Racing | 1:40.67 |
2012 | The Lumber Guy | Michael J. Luzzi | Michael E. Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz | 1:36.04 |
2011 | Adios Charlie | Rajiv Maragh | Stanley M. Hough | S. M. Hough/Robert Sahn | 1:36.81 |
2010 | No Race | ||||
2009 | Girolamo | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 1:33.81 |
2008 | Tale of Ekati | Cornelio Velasquez | Barclay Tagg | Charles E. Fipke | 1:36.17 |
2007 | Daaher | Mike Luzzi | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing | 1:34.28 |
2006 | Discreet Cat | Garrett Gomez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 1:36.46 |
2005 | Silver Train | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Buckram Oak Farm | 1:34.24 |
2004 | Teton Forest | Shaun Bridgmohan | Bob Baffert | B. Wayne Hughes | 1:35.74 |
2003 | During | Jose A. Santos | Bob Baffert | James McIngvale | 1:36.32 |
2002 | Boston Common | Jorge Chavez | Michael V. Pino | Richard Englander | 1:36.12 |
2001 | Express Tour | John Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 1:34.57 |
2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Sekiguchi & Shadai | 1:34.07 |
1999 | Doneraile Court | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | Tabor & Magnier | 1:35.63 |
1998 | Limit Out | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph V. Shields, Jr. | 1:36.22 |
1997 | Richter Scale | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | Nancy & Richard Kaster | 1:35.88 |
1996 | Why Change | Chuck C. Lopez | Joseph Pierce, Jr. | Marvin Delfiner | 1:34.22 |
1995 | French Deputy | Gary Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | Irving & Marjorie Cowan | 1:33.53 |
1994 | Prenup | Jerry Bailey | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:34.59 |
1993 | Schossberg | Jerry Bailey | Phil England | Steve Stavro | 1:35.53 |
1992 | Furiously | Jerry Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Mill House | 1:34.20 |
1991 | Scan | Jose A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry | 1:34.09 |
1990 | Housebuster | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Robert P. Levy | 1:34.14 |
1989 | De Roche | Dennis Carr | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1:34.56 |
1988 | Evening Kris | Jerry Bailey | Philip Gleaves | Robert E. Brennan | 1:37.80 |
1987 | Afleet | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Richard R. Kennedy | 1:33.80 |
1986 | Ogygian | Walter Guerra | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Farms | 1:34.00 |
1985 | Creme Fraiche | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Brushwood Stables | 1:34.60 |
1984 | Is Your Pleasure | Don MacBeth | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:35.20 |
1983 | A Phenomemon | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | Brownell Combs II | 1:35.20 |
1982 | Fit To Fight | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1:35.40 |
1981 | Noble Nashua | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stable | 1:33.20 |
1980 | Jaklin Klugman | Chris McCarron | Leroy Jolley | Jack Klugman | 1:34.20 |
1979 | Czaravich | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | William L. Reynolds | 1:35.20 |
1978 | Sensitive Prince | Jacinto Vasquez | H. Allen Jerkens | Top the Marc Stable | 1:36.00 |
1977 | Broadway Forli † | Pat Day | Homer C. Pardue | Strapro Stable | 1:36.20 |
1976 | Dance Spell | Ruben Hernandez | James W. Maloney | Christiana Stables | 1:35.00 |
1975 | Guards Up | Carlos Lopez | Thomas H. Heard, Jr. | Heardsdale | 1:34.20 |
1974 | Stonewalk | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Daniel J. Lopez | Timberland Stable | 1:34.00 |
1973 | Step Nicely | Angel Cordero, Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:34.00 |
1972 | True Knight | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1:36.60 |
1971 | Tinajero | Eddie Belmonte | Laz Barrera | Rafael Escudero | 1:35.80 |
1970 | Great Mystery | Phil Grimm | Lynn S. Whiting | Dario Bacchiocchi | 1:34.80 |
1969 | Mr. Leader | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:36.00 |
1968 | Iron Ruler | Jorge Velasquez | Edward J. Yowell | October House Farm | 1:35.20 |
1967 | High Tribute | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 1:34.80 |
1966 | Bold and Brave | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1:38.00 |
1965 | Bold Bidder | Eldon Nelson | Randy Sechrest | Paul Falkenstein | 1:36.00 |
1964 | Irvkup | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:35.00 |
1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 1:36.00 |
1962 | Black Beard | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 1:34.60 |
1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | 1:36.00 |
1960 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 1:34.80 |
1959 | Intentionally | Manuel Ycaza | Edward Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:35.40 |
1958 | Warhead | Eddie Arcaro | Kay Erik Jensen | Mrs. Mabel D. Scholz | 1:37.20 |
1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:35.00 |
1956 | Reneged | Angel Valenzuela | Homer C. Pardue | Woodley Lane Farm | 1:35.40 |
1955 | Traffic Judge | Eddie Arcaro | Woody Stephens | Clifford Mooers | 1:35.20 |
1954 | Martyr | S. Small | G. Carey Winfrey | Jan Burke | 1:35.80 |
1953 | Navy Page | Nick Shuk | Gordon J. McCann | E. P. Taylor | 1:37.00 |
1952 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:37.00 |
1951 | Alerted | Ovie Scurlock | Jimmy Penrod | Hampton Stable | 1:36.20 |
1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 1:35.80 |
1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:36.80 |
1948 | Coaltown | Newbold Pierson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:36.00 |
1947 | Donor | Job Dean Jessop | George P. Odom | W. Deering Howe | 1:37.40 |
1946 | Mahout | Eddie Arcaro | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1:37.00 |
1945 | Buzfuz | Tom Luther | Joe Rosen | Sunshine Stable | 1:37.20 |
1944 | Occupy | Otto Grohs | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:37.20 |
1943 | Slide Rule | Jack Westrope | Cecil Wilhelm | William E. Boeing | 1:37.00 |
1942 | King's Abbey | Carroll Bierman | Graceton Philpot | Louis B. Mayer | 1:36.40 |
1941 | Stimady | Porter Roberts | Not found | Michael E. Ryan | 1:37.20 |
1940 | Roman | Wayne D. Wright | Daniel E. Stewart | Joseph E. Widener | 1:37.20 |
1939 | Easy Mon | Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:35.80 |
1938 | Cravat | Alfred Robertson | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin | 1:36.40 |
1937 | Pasha | Lester Balaski | J. Thomas Taylor | Myron Selznick | 1:38.20 |
1936 | Goldeneye | Ira Hanford | A. A. Baroni | A. A. Baroni | 1:36.60 |
1935 | Good Harvest | Sam Renick | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:36.20 |
1934 | Kievex | Wayne D. Wright | J. J. Waldron | William Graham | 1:37.00 |
1933 | Golden Way | Mack Garner | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener | 1:38.60 |
1932 | Larranaga | Raymond Workman | Edward J. Bennett | Anall Stable | 1:37.40 |
1931 | Ironclad | Lester Pichon | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords | 1:37.00 |
1930 | Mr. Sponge | Mack Garner | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 1:37.40 |
1929 | Soul of Honor | George Fields | Robert A. Smith | Audley Farm | 1:36.20 |
1928 | Sun Edwin | Linus McAtee | Louis Feustel | Arden Farms | 1:36.80 |
1927 | Osmand | Earl Sande | G. Hamilton Keene | Joseph E. Widener | 1:38.00 |
1926 | Croyden | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:38.00 |
1925 | Primrose | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:38.60 |
1924 | Priscilla Ruley | John Maiben | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:37.80 |
1923 | Chery Pie | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:35.40 |
1922 | Kai-Sang | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:37.00 |
1921 | Tryster | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:38.20 |
1920 | Busy Signal | Clarence Kummer | William A. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 1:37.60 |
1919 | Thunderclap | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1:39.40 |
1918 | Sunny Slope | John Callahan | Not found | William Martin | 1:38.40 |
1917 | Bally | Lucien Lyke | James H. McCormack | James Butler | 1:38.00 |
1916 | Spur | Johnny Loftus | James H. McCormack | James Butler | 1:39.00 |
1915 | Trial By Jury | Thomas McTaggart | J. Simon Healy | Edward B. Cassatt | 1:38.40 |
1914 | Stromboli | Clarence Turner | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:36.60 |
1909 | Fitz Herbert | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:11.00 |
1908 | Fair Play | Clifford Gilbert | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. | 2:10.40 |
1907 | Perseverance | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:13.80 |
1906 | Ironsides | Herman Radtke | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:10.60 |
1905 | Bedouin | Willie Shaw | John Huggins | E. W. Jewett | 2:10.60 |
1904 | Ostrich | William Crimmins | Frank Lightfoot | Boston Stable | 2:13.00 |
1903 | Eugenia Burch | Grover Fuller | W. P. Maxwell | Mrs. L. Curtis | 2:15.00 |
1902 | Hermis | B. Rice | James H. McCormick | L. B. Bell | 2:06.20 |
1901 | Blues | Willie Shaw | Frank D. Weir | Frank J. Farrell | 2:05.75 |
1900 | Alcedo | Patrick McCue | James H. McCormick | P. Dunne | 2:07.00 |
1899 | King Barleycorn | George M. Odom | Edward Heffner | J. P. Robinson | 2:09.00 |
1898 | Handball | Nash Turner | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 2:06.00 |
1897 | Rensselaer | E. Hewitt | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald | 2:07.00 |
1896 | Soufflé | Joe Hill | Not found | Jim M. Murphy | 2:09.00 |
1895 | Counter Tenor | Willie Simms | William Lakeland | Jacob Ruppert, Jr. | 1:54.00 |
1894 | Rubicon | William Midgely | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald | 2:09.75 |
1893 | Young Arion | John Lamely | William Lakeland | Jacob Ruppert, Jr. | 2:08.75 |
1892 | Tammany | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:36.25 |
1891 | Picknicker | Alonzo Clayton | Louis Stuart | L. Stuart & Co. | 2:22.60 |
1890 | Tournament | William Hayward | Matthew M. Allen | George Hearst | 2:16.00 |
1889 | Longstreet | Isaac Burns Murphy | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | L. Stuart & Co. | 3:11.00 |
1888 | Prince Royal | Edward Garrison | James G. Rowe, Sr. | August Belmont | 3:10.25 |
1887 | Firenze | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin | 3:09.75 |
1886 | The Bard | William Hayward | John Huggins | Alexander Cassatt | N/A |
1885 | Longview | William Fitzpatrick | Not found | Lamasney Bros. | 3:20.00 |
1884 | Water Lily | Matthew Feakes | Not found | Mr. Kelso | 3:16.00 |
1883 | George Kinney | William Fitzpatrick | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 3:19.00 |
1882 | Charley B. | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 3:21.50 |
1881 | Barrett | Matthew Feakes | Not found | Pierre Lorillard IV | 3:13.00 |
1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 3:12.60 |
1879 | Monitor | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 3:12.00 |
1878 | Duke of Magenta | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 3:11.50 |
1877 | Bazil | George Evans | Jacob Pincus | Pierre Lorillard IV | 3:43.00 |
1876 | Charley Howard | W. Lakewood | David McDaniel | David McDaniel | 3:47.75 |
1875 | Aristides | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | Hal Price McGrath | 3:43.00 |
1874 | Acrobat | J. Sparling | Charles S. Lloyd | K. W. Sears | 3:37.75 |
1873 | Tom Bowling | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | Hal Price McGrath | 3:40.00 |
1872 | Joe Daniels | James Rowe, Sr. | David McDaniel | David McDaniel | 3:40.25 |
1871 | Harry Bassett | James Rowe, Sr. | David McDaniel | David McDaniel | 3:54.75 |
1870 | Kingfisher | Burns | Rollie Colston | Daniel Swigert | 1:49.00 |
1869 | Glenelg | Charles Miller | Jacob Pincus | August Belmont | 1:48.50 |
1868 | Bayonet | Charles Miller | T. G. Moore | T. G. Moore | 1:45.25 |
1867 | Metairie | Patsy Hennessey | Jacob Pincus | Robert Underwood | 1:49.25 |
1866 | Watson | Abe Hawkins | Jacob Pincus | Robert A. Alexander | 1:48.75 |