# Astoria Stakes

The Astoria Stakes is a long-lived race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run at Belmont Park in early June during the Belmont Stakes carnival. Originally set at a distance of five furlongs, beginning in the year 1940, the event was increased to five and a half furlongs on the dirt. The race currently offers a $150,000 purse.
This race began at Gravesend Race Track in 1902 where it stayed until 1910. It then moved to Aqueduct Racetrack to be contested from 1914 to 1955, and again from 1960 to 1974. It was at Jamaica Race Course 1956, 1958, and 1959.
From 1985 through 1994 the Astoria Stakes held Grade III status.
Named after a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, it would have been in its 103rd running in 2009, but due to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008, the Astoria was canceled by the NYRA as they adjusted races to meet the new Grade I standard purse of $300,000. The race was run again in 2014 as an overnight stakes.

## Records

* At 5 and a half furlongs : 1:02.80, Ruffian (1974) – North American record for a two-year-old.
* At 5 furlongs : 0:58 flat, Panoply (1919)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Eddie Arcaro (1940, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1956)
* 5 – Jorge Velásquez (1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991)
* 5 – Jerry Bailey (1979, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004)
* 5 – John Velasquez (2000, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Todd Pletcher (1997, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2016)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Harry Payne Whitney (1919, 1920, 1924, 1926)
* 4 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1932, 1945, 1946, 1947)

## Winners

NYRA – Belmont Park Astoria Stakes history:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win $ |
| 2022 | Devious Dame | Joel Rosario | Norm W. Casse | John C. Oxley | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.75 | $87,000 |
| 2021 | Happy Soul | John Velazquez | Wesley A. Ward | Gayla Rankin | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.69 | $87,000 |
| 2020 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 | Race not held due to COVID-19 |
| 2019 | Maryanorginger | Jorge Vargas Jr. | Jeremiah C. Englehart | Gold Square LLC | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.94 | $87,000 |
| 2018 | Athens Queen | Albin Jimenez | Wesley A. Ward | James Reiley McDonald | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.37 | $87,000 |
| 2017 | I Still Miss You | Javier Castellano | Jeremiah C. Englehart | Gold Star Racing Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.85 | $87,000 |
| 2016 | Bode's Dream | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | St. Elias Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.66 | $120,000 |
| 2015 | Moment Is Right | Joel Rosario | Wesley A. Ward | Ten Broeck Farm, Inc. | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.77 | $130,000 |
| 2014 | Fashion Alert | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | George Bolton & Barry Hall | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.01 | $60,000 |
| 2009 | - 2013 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 2008 | Bold Union | Stewart Elliott | Kelly J. Breen | George & Lori Hall | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.92 | $65,700 |
| 2007 | Glacken's Gal | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Let's Go Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.85 | $65,580 |
| 2006 | Desire to Excel | Mike Smith | Kelly J. Breen | Dennis Narlinger | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.33 | $65,700 |
| 2005 | Adieu | Rafael Bejarano | Todd Pletcher | Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.02 | $65,700 |
| 2004 | Broadway Gold | Jerry Bailey | Stanley M. Hough | Joyce Robsham | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.41 | $64,620 |
| 2003 | Feline Story | Jorge Chavez | Stanley M. Hough | E. Paul Robsham | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.14 | $64,980 |
| 2002 | Mike's Wildcat | José A. Santos | Jeffrey L. Bonde | Dennis Narlinger | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.99 | $65,820 |
| 2001 | Touch Love | Jorge Chavez | Anthony W. Dutrow | Skeedattle Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.65 | $65,100 |
| 2000 | Raging Fever | John Velazquez | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.25 | $63,900 |
| 1999 | Finder's Fee | Mike Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.71 | $65,760 |
| 1998 | Round Robin | Pat Day | Bernard S. Flint | Bertram Klein, et al. | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.80 | $49,950 |
| 1997 | Jersey Girl | Mike Smith | Todd Pletcher | Ackerley Bros. Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.00 | $32,490 |
| 1996 | Aces | Jerry Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Cherry Valley Farm, et al. | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.20 | $32,730 |
| 1995 | Zee Lady | José A. Santos | Linda L. Rice | Mchael Eiserman, Kenneth Fishbein, Earl Silver | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.85 | $67,020 |
| 1994 | Unacceptable | Jerry Bailey | Philip M. Hauswald | Ward C. Pitfield Jr. | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.98 | $66,150 |
| 1993 | Casa Eire | José A. Santos | Leo O'Brien | Bernard Connaughton | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.29 | $67,020 |
| 1992 | Distinct Habit | Jerry Bailey | Stanley M. Hough | Triumviri Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.47 | $68,730 |
| 1991 | Forever Land | Jorge Velásquez | Richard E. Dutrow Sr. | George Elphand | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.80 | $70,440 |
| 1990 | Meadow Star | José A. Santos | LeRoy Jolley | Carl Icahn | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.20 | $67,560 |
| 1989 | Lucy's Glory | Angel Santiago | Alfredo Callejas | Robert M. Perez | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.00 | $56,070 |
| 1988 | Seattle Meteor | Randy Romero | Ross Pearce | Buckland Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.60 | $53,640 |
| 1987 | Joe's Tammie | Jerry Belmonte | H. Allen Jerkens | Suzanne Moscarelli | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.60 | $45,920 |
| 1986 | Tara Tower | Julio Espinoza | Stanley M. Hough | Stanley M. Hough | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $45,480 |
| 1985 | Twilight Ridge | Jorge Velásquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.40 | $42,900 |
| 1984 | Faster Than Fast | Robbie Davis | Howard M. Tesher | Craig B. Singer | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.20 | $45,180 |
| 1983 | Hot Milk | Don MacBeth | Thomas Joseph Kelly | Edward P. Evans | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $33,840 |
| 1982 | Gala Jubilee | Rudy Turcotte | Bernard P. Bond | Mrs. Leonard T. Leviton | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.20 | $32,760 |
| 1981 | Chilling Thought | Jeffrey Fell | LeRoy Jolley | Diana Firestone | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.00 | $32,220 |
| 1980 | Famous Partner | Jorge Velásquez | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.00 | $32,220 |
| 1979 | Accipiter's Dream | Jerry Bailey | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.80 | $25,230 |
| 1978 | Whisper Fleet | Jean Cruguet | Thomas Joseph Kelly | Townsend B. Martin | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.40 | $25,110 |
| 1977 | Akita | Jorge Velásquez | Willard C. Freeman | Marie A. Moore | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.20 | $21,870 |
| 1976 | Squander | Eddie Maple | John W. Russell | Ogden Mills Phipps | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.40 | $23,175 |
| 1975 | Dearly Precious | Michael Hole | Stephen A. DiMauro | Richard E. Bailey | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.20 | $16,560 |
| 1974 | Ruffian | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Locust Hill Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:02.80 | $16,215 |
| 1973 | What Brilliance | Jorge Velásquez | James J. Toner | Joseph W. La Croix | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.80 | $16,500 |
| 1972 | Queen's Mark | Braulio Baeza | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $17,430 |
| 1971 | Brenda Beauty | Robert Woodhouse | Robert P. Lake | Birchfield Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.80 | $20,280 |
| 1970 | Bonnie And Gay | Jacinto Vásquez | James E. Picou | Mrs. John O. Burgwin | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.20 | $18,232 |
| 1969 | Sadie F. | Hedley Woodhouse | Paul A. Healy | Philip Godfrey | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.20 | $18,362 |
| 1968 | Show Off | Jesse Davidson | Willard C. Freeman | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.00 | $18,070 |
| 1967 | Queen of the Stage | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.60 | $18,037 |
| 1966 | Northwest Trades | Larry Adams | James P. Conway | Mrs. James P. Conway | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.40 | $18,525 |
| 1965 | Native Street | Manuel Ycaza | Les Lear | Abraham I. Savin | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.20 | $19,695 |
| 1964 | Queen Empress | Braulio Baeza | William C. Winfrey | Wheatley Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.20 | $18,655 |
| 1963 | Miss Twist | Manuel Ycaza | Edward A. Neloy | Nanuet Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.80 | $18,720 |
| 1962 | Affectionately | Braulio Baeza | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $18,460 |
| 1961 | Polylady | Manuel Ycaza | William O. Hicks | Woodvale Farm | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.80 | $18,102 |
| 1960 | Little Tumbler | Charles Burr | William R. Mitchell | Meadowbrook Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $19,330 |
| 1959 | Rose of Serro | George Gibb | William A. Larue | B. A. Dario | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.40 | $18,420 |
| 1958 | Cobul | Willie Lester | Philip Bieber | Mrs. Nicholas Schenck | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.60 | $14,472 |
| 1957 | Poly Hi | Eric Guerin | Thomas Mercer Waller | Mrs. George Zauderer | 51⁄2 F | 1:03.60 | $15,700 |
| 1956 | Leallah | Eddie Arcaro | MacKenzie Miller | Charlton Clay | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $14,850 |
| 1955 | Scansion | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.20 | $9,800 |
| 1954 | Trying | Jimmy Nichols | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.40 | $9,875 |
| 1953 | Case Goods | Hedley Woodhouse | William C. Winfrey | William Goadby Loew | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.80 | $9,225 |
| 1952 | Home-Made | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.60 | $9,925 |
| 1951 | Star-Enfin | Eddie Arcaro | George H. Strate | Brae Burn Farm (James O. McCue) | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.80 | $8,725 |
| 1950 | Sungari | Ovie Scurlock | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 51⁄2 F | 1:07.00 | $9,125 |
| 1949 | Baby Comet | Albert Schmidl | R. Emmett Potts | Peter A. Markey | 51⁄2 F | 1:07.00 | $9,600 |
| 1948 | Eternal Flag | Ted Atkinson | Frank Catrone | Allen T. Simmons | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.40 | $17,250 |
| 1947 | Mackinaw | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.40 | $16,600 |
| 1946 | First Flight | Paul Miller | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 51⁄2 F | 1:04.60 | $10,750 |
| 1945 | Mush Mush | Arnold Kirkland | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 51⁄2 F | 1:07.00 | $6,040 |
| 1944 | Subdued | Eric Guerin | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.80 | $7,245 |
| 1943 | Mrs. Ames | Ted Atkinson | Preston M. Burch | Longchamps Farms | 51⁄2 F | 1:07.00 | $5,325 |
| 1942 | Stefanita | John Breen | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.80 | $5,725 |
| 1941 | Flying Indian | Nick Wall | Patrick F. Dwyer | Mrs. Anthony Pelleteri | 51⁄2 F | 1:05.40 | $5,475 |
| 1940 | Tangled † | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 51⁄2 F | 1:06.60 | $4,025 |
| 1939 | Now What | Raymond Workman | Joseph H. Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $3,600 |
| 1938 | Donita M. | Johnny Longden | Phil Reuter | Longchamps Farms | 5 F | 0:58.80 | $3,975 |
| 1937 | Inhale | John Gilbert | James W. Healy | John Hay Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.80 | $4,375 |
| 1936 | Manatella | Maurice Peters | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farms | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $4,725 |
| 1935 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1934 | Vicaress † | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Stable | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $750 |
| 1933 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1932 | Disdainful | Alfred Robertson | Fred Hopkins | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.20 | $4,250 |
| 1931 | Stagecraft | Mack Garner | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $5,375 |
| 1930 | Sovietta | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $6,525 |
| 1929 | The Spare | John Bejshak | Joseph H. Stotler | Sagamore Stable | 5 F | 1:02.40 | $6,325 |
| 1928 | Lady Capulet | Steve O'Donnell | William M. Garth | Samuel Ross | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $5,875 |
| 1927 | One Hour | Eddie Ambrose | John Hastings | Joshua S. Cosden | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $5,575 |
| 1926 | Pandera | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $5,475 |
| 1925 | Edith Cavell | Linus McAtee | Scott Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $4,875 |
| 1924 | Maud Muller | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $4,225 |
| 1923 | Fluvanna | George Babin | Max Hirsch | Salubria Stable | 5 F | 1:00.20 | $4,925 |
| 1922 | Susweep | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $4,950 |
| 1921 | My Reverie | Clarence Kummer | Dave Robb McDaniel | R. J. "Dick" Brown | 5 F | 0:58.40 | $4,275 |
| 1920 | Crocus | Eddie Ambrose | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.80 | $4,325 |
| 1919 | Panoply | Willie Knapp | Albert Simons | Harry P. Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.00 | $3,885 |
| 1918 | Terentia | Charles Fairbrother | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $4,375 |
| 1917 | Stitch in Time | Merritt Buxton | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford | 5 F | 1:00.80 | $3,450 |
| 1916 | Tragedy | Tommy Davies | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $2,100 |
| 1915 | Pleione | Joe McCahey | William R. Midgley | Gifford A. Cochran | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $1,400 |
| 1914 | Pixy | Joe McCahey | Thomas J. Healey | Montpelier Stable | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $700 |
| 1913 | Naiad | George Wolfe | Thomas J. Healey | Montpelier Stable | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $1,900 |
| 1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1911 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1910 | Bashti | Guy Garner | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | 5 F | 1:02.00 | $1,500 |
| 1909 | Ocean Bound | Richard Scoville | French Brooks | Woodford Clay | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $1,700 |
| 1908 | Melissa | Joe Notter | Richard O. Miller | Philip J. Dwyer | 5 F | 1:02.20 | $6,625 |
| 1907 | Beckon | George Mountain | John E. Madden | Francis R. Hitchcock | 5 F | 1:01.80 | $6,500 |
| 1906 | Hyperbole | Willie Knapp | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 5 F | 1:03.20 | $6,125 |
| 1905 | Sue Smith | John Martin | Robert Tucker | Samuel S. Brown | 5 F | 1:03.40 | $6,000 |
| 1904 | Chrysitis | Frank O'Neill | Fred Burlew | Pierre Lorillard IV | 5 F | 1:01.20 | $6,250 |
| 1903 | Ocean Tide | John Bullman | Frank E. Brown | Patrick H. McCarren | 5 F | 1:03.80 | $4,000 |
| 1902 | Astarita | Willie Shaw | Harry M. Mason | John G. Follansbee | 5 F | 1:00.60 | $2,125 |
* † In 1940, Key Ring dead-heated with Tangled for first but was disqualified.
* † Race run as the Astoria Purse, a non-stakes race.