Vernon O. Underwood Stakes
Winners since 1989

Vernon O. Underwood Stakes

Section Title: Winners since 1989
Table Section Text: None

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time

2017	Silent Bird	5	Kent Desormeax	Mark Glatt	Norman Stables, LLC	1:09.39

2016	Solid Wager,ST Joe Bay (Dead Heat)	5,4	Kent Desormeax, Victor Esponoza	Peter Miller	Barber, Gary and Cecil and Stanford Stable,Al Tamira Racing Stable and David A. Bernsen	1:15.03

2016	San Onofre	6	Alex Solis	Karen Headley	Matson Racing	1:14.82

2014	Distinctiv Passion	4	Mike E Smith	Jeff Bonde	Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd.	1:14.55

2013	Majestic Stride	4	Edwin Maldonado	Jeff Bonde	Brown/Klein/Lebherz	1:08.87

2012	Smiling Tiger	5	Rafael Bejarano	Jeff Bonde	Alan Klein/Philip Lebherz	1:11.24

2011	Pacific Ocean	4	Joel Rosario	Mike Mitchell	JMJ Racing Stable	1:08.48

2010	Cost of Freedom	7	Joe Talamo	John W. Sadler	Gary & Cecil Barber	1:08.46

2009	Kinsale King	4	Martin Garcia	Carl O'Callaghan	Patrick Sheehy	1:09.67

2008	Johnny Eves	4	Garrett Gomez	Jay M. Robbins	Sharon Hilliard	1:07.90

2007	Bushwacker	5	Joseph Talamo	William L. Currin	Currin & Alvin Eisman	1:08.47

2006	Sailors Sunset	3	Jon Court	Marcelo Polanco	Everest stables	1:07.79

2005	Bordonaro	4	Pat Valenzuela	William B. Spawr	F. Carrillo & D. Casse	1:08.11

2004	Taste of Paradise	5	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Gary Mandella	David Bloom	1:08.04

2003	Watchem Smokey	3	Julie Krone	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:08.93

2002	Debonair Joe	3	Julie Krone	Juan Pablo Silva	Lynne H. Ristad	1:09:17

2001	Men's Exclusive	8	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Wesley A. Ward	H. Eugene Reed	1:09.04

2000	Men's Exclusive	7	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Wesley A. Ward	H. Eugene Reed	1:09.02

1999	Five Star Day	3	Alex Solis	C. Beau Greely	Columbine Stable	1:09.91

1998	Love That Jazz	4	Kent Desormeaux	Neil Drysdale	Irving & Marge Cowan	1:08.79

1997	Tower Full	5	Corey Nakatani	Craig Dollase	Moon S. Han	1:08.17

1996	Paying Dues	4	Pat Day	Clifford Sise, Jr.	Ballantyne, Owen & Welty	1:08.24

1995	Powis Castle	4	Gary Stevens	Rodney Rash	Vistas Stables	1:08.40

1994	Wekiva Springs	3	Kent Desormeaux	Robert Hess, Jr.	Dizney & English	1:08.37

1993	Meafara	4	Gary Stevens	Gary F. Jones	Frank Muench	1:10.01

1992	Gundaghia	5	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	Goodman & Kieckhefer	1:09.33

1991	Individualist	4	Kent Desormeaux	David Hofmans	Golden Eagle Farm	1:08.86

1990	Frost Free	5	Chris McCarron	John W. Sadler	Triple Dot Dash Stable & Vandervoort	1:08.20

1989	Olympic Prospect	5	Alex Solis	John W. Sadler	Alsdorf, Opas & Sinatra	1:08.80

Sentence(s)

In 2001, H. Eugene Reed's eight-year-old gelding Men's Exclusive became the first back-to-back winner of the race and its oldest winner.

final_sentence: In 2001, H. Eugene Reed's eight-year-old gelding Men's Exclusive became the first back-to-back winner of the race and its oldest winner.