# Jerome Stakes

The Jerome Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred horses run each January at Aqueduct Racetrack. Open to three year olds, the race is run at one mile and carries a purse of $150,000. It is a Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying race, with the winner receiving 10 points towards qualification for the Kentucky Derby.
The Jerome is the second oldest stakes race in the United States behind the Travers Stakes. It is named after Leonard W. Jerome, the grandfather of Winston Churchill and the founder of the old Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx.
Notable horses that have won the Jerome include inaugural Kentucky Derby winner Aristides in 1875, Fitz Herbert in 1909, Bold Ruler in 1957, Kelso in 1960, Carry Back in 1961 and Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000.
Up until 2009 the race was typically held in the fall at Belmont Park, after the major three-year-old classics. Following a hiatus in 2010, the Jerome was run for two years at the end of the Aqueduct Spring meet in April before moving to its current position in early January.
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 from 2011 to the present. 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+1⁄8 miles: 1895
* 1 mile, 70 yards: 2011-2017

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of one mile)
* 1:33.20 – Noble Nashua (1981)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Sam Hildreth (1908, 1909, 1914, 1919, 1922)
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 |
| 2024 | Drum Roll Please | Javier Castellano | Brad H. Cox | Gold Square LLC | 1:41.91 |
| 2023 | Lugan Knight | Dylan Davis | Michael W. McCarthy | BG Stables (George Yager) | 1:37.77 |
| 2022 | Courvoisier | José Ortiz | Kelly Breen | Hill 'n' Dale Farms & James D. Spry | 1:38.86 |
| 2021 | Capo Kane | Dylan Davis | Harold Wyner | Leonard Liberto & Bing Cherry Racing LLC | 1:38.02 |
| 2020 | Independence Hall | José Ortiz | Michael J. Trombetta | Eclipse Thoroughbreds & Twin Creek Stables | 1:37.27 |
| 2019 | Mind Control | John Velazquez | Gregory D. Sacco | Red Oak Stable & Madaket Stables | 1:39.06 |
| 2018 | Firenze Fire | Manuel Franco | Jason Servis | Mr. Amore Stable | 1:42.88 |
| 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 & William H. 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 Velásquez | 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 | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2009 | Girolamo | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 1:33.81 |
| 2008 | Tale of Ekati | Cornelio Velásquez | 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 | José 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 H. 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 | Claude R. McGaughey III | Mill House Stable | 1:34.20 |
| 1991 | Scan | José 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 | Ángel 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 Vásquez | 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 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Daniel J. Lopez | Timberland Stable | 1:34.00 |
| 1973 | Step Nicely | Ángel Cordero Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:34.00 |
| 1972 | True Knight | Ángel 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 Velásquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:36.00 |
| 1968 | Iron Ruler | Jorge Velásquez | 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 | 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 | Stanley 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 | Tommy 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 | Robert R. Tilden | 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 (Allan A. Ryan) | 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 Stable | 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 | Cherry Pie | Frank Coltiletti | Scott Harlan | 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 | Lawrence 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 | Libby Curtis | 2:15.00 |
| 1902 | Hermis | Ted Rice | James H. McCormick | Louis V. Bell | 2:06.20 |
| 1901 | Blues | Willie Shaw | Frank D. Weir | Frank J. Farrell | 2:05.75 |
| 1900 | Alcedo | Patrick McCue | James H. McCormick | Patrick 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 | Jim M. Murphy | 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 | Carley B. | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 3:21.50 |
| 1881 | Barrett | Matthew Feakes | Matthew Byrnes | 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 | H. Price McGrath | 3:43.00 |
| 1874 | Acrobat | John Sparling | Charles S. Lloyd | K. W. Sears | 3:37.75 |
| 1873 | Tom Bowling | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | H. 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 | Raleigh Colston Sr. | 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 |