# New York Stakes

The New York Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four-years-old and older run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The current purse is $600,000.

## History

Prior to 1962 the race was open to horses of either sex. For 1972 only, it was restricted to three-year-old fillies.
Inaugurated in 1940 as the New York Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack, it was moved to Belmont Park in 1961 but returned to Aqueduct in 1963 where it remained until 1975 when it was shifted permanently to Belmont Park. Since its inception, it has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:
* 2+1⁄4 miles : 1940–1950 on dirt
* 1+1⁄8 miles : 1951–1954 on dirt
* 1+1⁄8 miles : 1959–1960 on turf
* 1+3⁄8 miles : 1955–1956, 1958, 1961, on turf
* 1+3⁄16 miles : 1963–1964, 1968–1971, on turf
* 1+1⁄16 miles : 1965–1967, 1977–1979, on turf
* 7 furlongs : 1972, on dirt
* 1+1⁄4 miles : 1980 to present, on turf
* 1+3⁄16 miles : 2024 on turf - ran at Saratoga Race Course
There was no race run in 1957 and 1973–1975.
The race was run in two divisions in 1960, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1978.
In 2009, due to heavy rains, the race was taken off the turf and shortened from 1 and 1/4 miles to 1 and 1/8 miles.
In 2015, the date for the race was moved to the Friday before the Belmont Stakes as part of the Belmont Racing Festival. For 2016, the purse was increased to $500,000.
In 2022 the event was upgraded to Grade I.
In 2024 the race was held at Saratoga Race Course at 1 3/16-mile on firm turf.

## Records

Speed record: (At current distance of 1+1⁄4 miles on turf)
* 1:58.40 – Capades (1990)
Most wins:
* 2 – Blue Thor (1963, 1965)
* 2 – Batteur (1964, 1965)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Joan & John Phillips and/or Darby Dan Farm (1992, 1999, 2004)
* 3 - Peter M. Brant (1980, 2019, 2022)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Eddie Arcaro (1947, 1951, 1952, 1953)
* 4 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1976, 1981, 1990, 1991)
* 4 – Jerry Bailey (1985, 1994, 2000, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Chad C. Brown (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Didia(ARG) | 6 | Jose Ortiz | Ignacio Correas IV | Merriebelle Stables and Resolute Racing | 1:52.29 |
| 2023 | Marketsegmentation | 4 | Jose Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables | 2:02.12 |
| 2022 | Bleecker Street | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Peter M. Brant | 2:02.58 |
| 2021 | Mean Mary | 5 | Luis Saez | H. Graham Motion | Alex G. Campbell Jr. | 2:04.68 |
| 2020 | Mean Mary | 4 | Luis Saez | H. Graham Motion | Alex G. Campbell Jr. | 2:01.85 |
| 2019 | Homerique | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr | Chad C. Brown | Peter M. Brant | 2:00.60 |
| 2018 | Fourstar Crook | 6 | Irad Ortiz Jr | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Gary Aisquith | 1:59.21 |
| 2017 | Hawksmoor | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Arnaud Delacour | Lael Stables | 2:01.18 |
| 2016 | Dacita (CHI) | 5 | Irad Ortiz Jr | Chad C. Brown | Sheep Pond Partners & Bradley Thoroughbreds | 2:01.46 |
| 2015 | Waltzing Matilda (IRE) | 4 | Junior Alvarado | Tommy Stack | Mrs. Paul Shanahan | 2:01.30 |
| 2014 | Riposte (GB) | 4 | Joel Rosario | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farms | 1:59.71 |
| 2013 | Starformer | 5 | Edgar Prado | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farms | 2:00.33 |
| 2012 | Mystical Star | 4 | Jose Lezcano | Christophe Clement | Cheyenne Stables | 2:00.07 |
| 2011 | Giants Play | 4 | Rajiv Maragh | Christophe Clement | Newells Park Stud | 2:04.76 |
| 2010 | Lady Shakespeare | 4 | John Velazquez | Roger Attfield | Charles Fipke | 2:00.34 |
| 2009 | Icon Project | 4 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Martin D. Wolfson | Star Crown Stable | 1:49.38 |
| 2008 | Mauralakana | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Christophe Clement | Robert Scarborough | 2:01.31 |
| 2007 | Makderah | 4 | Alan Garcia | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing | 2:00.07 |
| 2006 | Noble Stella | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Roger Attfield | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:08.26 |
| 2005 | Wend | 4 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Claiborne Farm | 2:02.23 |
| 2004 | Wonder Again | 5 | Edgar Prado | James J. Toner | Joan & John Phillips | 2:05.60 |
| 2003 | Snow Dance | 5 | Richard Migliore | John T. Ward Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:59.63 |
| 2002 | Owsley | 4 | Edgar Prado | Randy Schulhofer | Arthur B. Hancock III | 1:59.81 |
| 2001 | England's Legend | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Christophe Clement | Edouard de Rothschild | 1:59.63 |
| 2000 | Perfect Sting | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Joseph Orseno | Stronach Stable | 2:05.36 |
| 1999 | Soaring Softly | 4 | Mike E. Smith | James J. Toner | Joan & John Phillips | 2:02.20 |
| 1998 | Auntie Mame | 4 | John Velazquez | Angel Penna Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 1:59.50 |
| 1997 | Maxzene | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Thomas J. Skiffington Jr. | Ken-Mort Stable | 1:59.91 |
| 1996 | Electric Society | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | John C. Kimmel | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:03.79 |
| 1995 | Irish Linnet | 7 | John Velazquez | Leo O'Brien | Austin Delaney | 1:59.92 |
| 1994 | You'd Be Surprised | 5 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1:59.69 |
| 1993 | Aquilegia | 4 | Julie Krone | Flint S. Schulhofer | Helen K. Groves | 1:59.05 |
| 1992 | Plenty of Grace | 5 | Julie Krone | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 2:00.74 |
| 1991 | Foresta | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1:59.20 |
| 1990 | Capades | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Richard O'Connell | Poma Stable | 1:58.40 |
| 1989 | Miss Unnameable | 5 | Raul Rojas | Wayne Widmer | Tatt Stable | 2:05.80 |
| 1988 | Beauty Cream | 5 | Pat Day | Patrick Clark | Warren N. Moore | 2:03.00 |
| 1987 | Anka Germania | 5 | Craig Perret | Thomas J. Skiffington Jr. | Glencrest Farm | 2:01.00 |
| 1986 | Possible Mate | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Edward P. Evans | 2:02.40 |
| 1985 | Powder Break | 5 | Jerry Bailey | Luis Olivares | Robert Green | 2:03.60 |
| 1984 | Annie Edge | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | Jonathan Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 2:02.20 |
| 1983 | Sabin | 4 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 2:01.00 |
| 1982 | Noble Damsel | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | Michael Kay | G. Watts Humphrey Jr. | 2:07.00 |
| 1981 | Mairzy Doates | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Horatio Luro | Arno Schefler | 2:04.00 |
| 1980 | Just A Game | 4 | Don Brumfield | David A. Whiteley | Peter M. Brant | 2:00.40 |
| 1979 | La Soufriere | 4 | Jean Cruguet | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert A. Allen Sr. | 1:41.20 |
| 1978 | Late Bloomer | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Gaver Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1:41.20 |
| 1978 | Pearl Necklace | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Roger Laurin | Reginald N. Webster | 1:40.00 |
| 1977 | Fleet Victress | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | James W. Maloney | Ralph Kercheval | 1:39.20 |
| 1976 | Sugar Plum Time | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John W. Russell | Cynthia Phipps | 2:03.20 |
| 1972 | Barely Even | 3 | Ray Broussard | Louis M. Goldfine | Mrs. Leonard Gilmartin | 1:23.40 |
| 1971 | Princess Pout | 5 | Jean Cruguet | Michael Smithwick | June McKnight | 1:56.00 |
| 1971 | Telly | 3 | Jamie Arellano | William O. Hicks | Cambridge Stable | 1:55.20 |
| 1970 | Last Of The Line | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | William J. Hirsch | William R. Hawn | 1:57.40 |
| 1970 | Marchandeuse | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 1:58.00 |
| 1969 | Klassy Poppy | 4 | Michael Hole | Edward Anspach | Harold Minassian | 1:55.40 |
| 1969 | Drumtop | 3 | Larry Adams | Roger Laurin | James B. Moseley | 1:54.40 |
| 1968 | Ludham | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Frank I. Wright | Happy Hill Farm | 1:57.20 |
| 1967 | Politely | 4 | Ray Broussard | George M. Baker | Bohemia Stable | 1:43.20 |
| 1966 | Swinging Mood | 3 | Earlie Fires | Ivan H. Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:44.00 |
| 1966 | Indian Sunlite | 3 | Larry Adams | Sherrill W. Ward | George M. Humphrey | 1:43.40 |
| 1965 | Batteur | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1:42.60 |
| 1965 | Blue Thor | 5 | Walter Blum | Thomas Heard Jr. | Charles E. Wilson | 1:42.40 |
| 1964 | Batteur | 4 | Larry Adams | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1:55.60 |
| 1963 | Blue Thor | 3 | Eugene Monacelli | Oleg Dubassoff | Charles E. Wilson | 1:57.00 |
| 1962 | Honey Dear | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Ivor G. Balding | C. V. Whitney | 2:03.80 |
| 1961 | Wise Ship | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Jake Byer | Milton J. Ritzenberg | 2:14.00 |
| 1960 | Wolfram | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:50.00 |
| 1960 | Nickle Boy | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Walter A. Kelley | Elmendorf Farm | 1:51.00 |
| 1959 | Amerigo | 4 | Bill Hartack | Harris Brown | Mrs. Tilyou Christopher | 1:47.00 |
| 1958 | Anxious Moment | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | James E. Ryan | Jacnot Farm | 2:17.20 |
| 1956 | Nearque II | 7 | Ismael Valenzuela | Carl A. Roles | Herman Helbush | 2:18.80 |
| 1955 | Chevation | 4 | Eric Guerin | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 2:25.80 |
| 1954 | Bicarb | 4 | Ted Atkinson | Philip Bieber | Mrs. Philip Bieber | 1:48.60 |
| 1953 | Crafty Admiral | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Robert B. Odom | Charfran Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1952 | Battlefield | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:48.40 |
| 1951 | Hill Prince | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 1:49.00 |
| 1950 | Pilaster | 6 | Robert Martin | Frank A. Bonsal | Frank A. Bonsal (Lessee) | 3:52.60 |
| 1949 | Donor | 5 | Warren Mehrtens | George P. "Maj" Odom | Mrs. W. Deering Howe | 3:51.20 |
| 1948 | Miss Grillo | 6 | Conn McCreary | Horatio Luro | Mill River Stable | 3:53.60 |
| 1947 | Rico Monte | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | W. Arnold Hanger | 3:48.40 |
| 1946 | Stymie | 5 | Basil James | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 3:51.20 |
| 1945 | Reply Paid | 3 | Warren Mehrtens | George W. Carroll | Mrs. L. Rabinowitz | 3:53.80 |
| 1944 | Caribou | 5 | Ted Atkinson | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 3:53.00 |
| 1943 | Bolingbroke | 6 | Steve Brooks | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin | 3:52.20 |
| 1942 | Alsab | 3 | Carroll Bierman | Sarge Swenke | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 3:47.20 |
| 1941 | Fenelon | 4 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 3:47.00 |
| 1940 | Shot Put | 4 | Willie Garner | Donald McEachern | Mrs. Marie Evans | 3:48.80 |