# Fort Marcy Stakes

The Fort Marcy Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the turf annually in early May at Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000 added.

## History

It was initially known as the Fort Marcy Handicap but was renamed to the Fort Marcy Stakes beginning with its 2009 running.
The race is named for the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse, Fort Marcy.
Inaugurated on 31 August 1975, the event was run at Belmont Park a distance of seven furlongs. It was run in two divisions that year as well as in 1978, 1981, and 1987. The event was not held in 1976 and 1977.
In 1980, the Fort Marcy Handicap was restricted to horses, age four and older. The event was hosted by Belmont Park in 1981, 1987, 1988 and since 2009. In 1998 and 2003, bad weather resulted in the race being contested on the dirt track at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
From 2014 the race has been run at 1+1⁄8 miles on the Inner Turf track.
In 2020 the event was upgraded to Grade II.
In 2024 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:46.11 Tribhuvan (2021)
* 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:40.88 Spindrift (2000)
Margins:
* 8 lengths – Subordination (1998)
Most wins:
* 2 – Adam Smith (1993, 1994)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Hobeau Farm (1975, 1983, 2004)
* 3 – Rokeby Stable (1981, 1984, 1987)
* 3 – Madaket Stables, (2019, 2021, 2022)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 – José A. Santos (1986, 1988, 1995)
* 3 – Jean-Luc Samyn (1993, 1997, 2000)
* 3 – Eric Cancel (2017, 2021, 2022)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 – Chad C. Brown (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
| At Aqueduct – Fort Marcy Stakes |||||||||||
| 2024 | Master Piece (CHI) | 8 | Dylan Davis | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Michael & Julia C. Iavarone, Nicholas Zoumas & Frank Argano | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.68 | $194,000 | II | |
| At Belmont Park |||||||||||
| 2023 | Ottoman Empire (GB) | 4 | Richard Mullen | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | abt. 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.25 | $200,000 | II | |
| 2022 | L'Imperator (FR) | 5 | Eric Cancel | Chad C. Brown | Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, & Robert V. LaPenta | abt. 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:59.72 | $200,000 | II | |
| 2021 | Tribhuvan (FR) | 5 | Eric Cancel | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables & Michael J. Caruso | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:46.11 | $194,000 | II | |
| 2020 | Instilled Regard | 5 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | OXO Equine | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.07 | $150,000 | II | |
| 2019 | Olympico (FR) | 4 | Kendrick Carmouche | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, Bethlehem Stables | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:53.92 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2018 | Robert Bruce (CHI) | 4 | Tyler Gaffalione | Chad C. Brown | Convento Viejo | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.56 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2017 | Smooth Daddy | 6 | Eric Cancel | Thomas Albertrani | Robert Baker & William Mack | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:52.64 | $147,000 | III | |
| 2016 | Ironicus | 5 | José L. Ortiz | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.82 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2015 | Big Blue Kitten | 7 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.97 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2014 | Five Iron | 4 | Michael J. Luzzi | Brian A. Lynch | Frederick Michael Allor | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.30 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2013 | Lubash | 5 | Junior Alvarado | Christophe Clement | Aliyu Ben J Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:38.89 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2012 | Boisterous | 4 | Alan Garcia | Claude R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.89 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2011 | Straight Story | 5 | Carlos H. Marquez Jr. | Alan E. Goldberg | Richard Santulli | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.84 | $98,000 | III | |
| 2010 | Baletti | 6 | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Angel A. Penna Jr. | Castletop Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:40.36 | $100,000 | III | |
| 2009 | Cosmonaut | 7 | Jose Lezcano | Philip M. Serpe | Flying Zee Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.00 | $106,500 | III | |
| At Aqueduct – Fort Marcy Handicap |||||||||||
| 2008 | Silver Tree | 8 | Edgar S. Prado | William I. Mott | Peter Vegso | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.07 | $110,600 | III | |
| 2007 | Woodlander | 5 | Alan Garcia | Gary C. Contessa | Winning Move Stable & Martin J. Minnella | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.88 | $114,100 | III | |
| 2006 | Foreverness | 7 | Eibar Coa | Gregory D. Sacco | Red Oak Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.99 | $109,000 | III | |
| 2005 | Better Talk Now | 6 | Ramon A. Dominguez | H. Graham Motion | Bushwood Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.74 | $107,400 | III | |
| 2004 | Chilly Rooster | 4 | Shannon Uske | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.47 | $111,400 | III | |
| 2003 | Saint Verre | 5 | Jose L. Espinoza | H. Allen Jerkens | H. Joseph Allen | 1 mile | 1:33.77 | $117,500 | III | |
| 2002 | Pyrus | 4 | Edgar S. Prado | W. Elliott Walden | Jubilee Stable & Peter R. Bradley III | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.53 | $112,100 | III | |
| 2001 | Strategic Mission | 6 | Richard Migliore | William I. Mott | Live Oak Plantation | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.62 | $112,900 | III | |
| 2000 | Spindrift (IRE) | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Rashid Al Maktoum | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:40.88 | $112,800 | III | |
| 1999 | Wised Up | 4 | Michael J. Luzzi | Richard A. DeStasio | Wayne R. Ewald | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.03 | $116,100 | III | |
| 1998 | Subordination | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Gary Sciacca | Klaravich Stables | 1 mile | 1:35.24 | $112,700 | III | |
| 1997 | Influent | 6 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Howard M. Tesher | Turfnpaddock Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.59 | $112,400 | III | |
| 1996 | Warning Glance | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.48 | $85,750 | III | |
| 1995 | Fourstars Allstar | 7 | José A. Santos | Leo O'Brien | Richard M. Bomze | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.69 | $83,751 | III | |
| 1994 | Adam Smith (GB) | 6 | Mike E. Smith | Christophe Clement | Gordon White | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.49 | $82,750 | III | |
| 1993 | Adam Smith (GB) | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Christophe Clement | Gordon White | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.30 | $92,100 | III | |
| 1992 | Maxigroom | 4 | Julie Krone | Thomas J. Skiffington | John T. L. Jones Jr. | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.66 | $89,100 | III | |
| 1991 | Stage Colony | 4 | Craig Perret | Ross R. Pearce | Buckland Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.38 | $91,050 | III | |
| 1990 | Crystal Moment | 5 | Santos Noe Chavez | Ronald B. Houghton | Shirley N. Lathrop | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.40 | $88,350 | III | |
| 1989 | Arlene's Valentine | 4 | Julie Krone | Daniel Perlsweig | Arlene London | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:50.20 | $88,200 | III | |
| At Belmont Park |||||||||||
| 1988 | Equalize | 6 | José A. Santos | Angel Penna Sr. | Alejandro Menditeguy | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.60 | $126,400 | III | |
| 1987 | Dance of Life | 4 | Randy Romero | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.00 | $117,900 | III | Division 1 |
| 1987 | Glaros (FR) | 5 | Eddie Maple | Thomas J. Skiffington | Mandysland Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.00 | $119,500 | III | Division 2 |
| At Aqueduct |||||||||||
| 1986 | Onyxly | 5 | José A. Santos | John P. Campo | Luck Si Si Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.20 | $93,150 | III | |
| 1985 | Forzando (GB) | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | John Sullivan | Sherwood C. Chillingworth | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:46.00 | $90,300 | III | |
| 1984 | Hero's Honor | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.60 | $90,450 | III | |
| 1983 | †John's Gold | 4 | Antonio Graell | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:47.40 | $61,000 | III | |
| 1982 | Folge | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | Michael Kay | Barbara Rosenthal | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.80 | $60,100 | III | |
| At Belmont Park |||||||||||
| 1981 | Masked Marvel (IRE) | 4 | Ramon I. Encinas | Angel Penna Sr. | Rokeby Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:46.00 | $55,500 | III | Division 1 |
| 1981 | Key to Content | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | MacKenzie Miller | Wildenstein Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.80 | $55,100 | III | Division 2 |
| At Aqueduct |||||||||||
| 1980 | Sten | 5 | Cash Asmussen | Richard T. DeStasio | Michael Berry | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:44.00 | $59,100 | III | |
| 1979 | Uncle Pokey (GB) | 5 | Jean Cruguet | Jerome C. Meyer | Dogwood Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:45.60 | $54,830 | | |
| 1978 | True Colors | 4 | Eddie Maple | Willard C. Freeman | William Haggin Perry | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.80 | $42,350 | | Division 1 |
| 1978 | Tiller | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | David A. Whiteley | Robert Billips | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.20 | $42,350 | | Division 2 |
| 1976–1977 | 1976–1977 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| At Belmont Park |||||||||||
| 1975 | Apollo Nine | 8 | Mike Venezia | Ronald Warren | Audley Farm Stable | 7 furlongs | 1:23.00 | $41,050 | | Division 1 |
| 1975 | Beau Bugle | 5 | Jean Cruguet | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 7 furlongs | 1:22.40 | $40,850 | | Division 2 |
Legend:
 Turf  Dirt
Notes:
† Ran as an entry