# Dwyer Stakes

The Dwyer Stakes is an American Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses held annually at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island, New York. Run in early July, it is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of 1 mile on dirt. It currently offers a purse of $500,000.
Inaugurated in 1887 as the Brooklyn Derby at the now defunct Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, in 1918 it was renamed for the Dwyer brothers, Mike & Phil, who dominated thoroughbred racing in the late 19th century. At one time, it was a Grade I stakes race that was a major part of the American Thoroughbred racing season. It was known as the Dwyer Handicap from 1957 to 1978.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:
* 1 mile : 2015 to present
* 1+1⁄16 miles – 1887–1924, 1935–1939, 1994 to 2014
* 1+1⁄8 miles – 1888–1897, 1915–1924, 1935–1939, 1975–1993, 2010
* 1+3⁄16 miles – 1956–1959
* 1+1⁄4 miles – 1910–1914, 1925, 1940–1955, 1960–1974
* 1+5⁄16 miles – 1925
* 1+1⁄2 miles – 1887, 1898–1909, 1926–1934
The race has been held at:
* Gravesend Race Track – 1887–1910
* Old Aqueduct Racetrack – 1913–1955
* Aqueduct Racetrack – 1960–1974, 1976
* Jamaica Race Course – 1956, 1959
* Belmont Park – 1977 to present
In 1908 Fair Play was the first of three generations to win the Dwyer. His son, Man o' War, won it in 1920; and Man o' War's sons American Flag and Crusader won it in 1925 and 1926, respectively. The 1920 Dwyer turned into a match race when the owner of John P. Grier was the only one willing to run their horse against Man o' War. However, confronting John P. Grier proved to be one of his hardest races. The two horses raced head-to-head for most of the distance until John P. Grier put his nose in front at the eighth pole, but Man o' War came back to win by more than a length.
This race was downgraded to a Grade III for its 2014 running.

## Records

Speed record:
* at 1 mile – 1:33.74 – Firenze Fire (2018)
* at 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:40.02 – Medallist (2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 6 – Jerry D. Bailey (1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 9 – Jim Fitzsimmons (1922, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1961)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 – Belair Stud (1930, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1955)
* 6 – Greentree Stable (1931, 1956, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1974)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time |
| 2024 | Domestic Product | Flavien Prat | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables | 1 mile | 1:33.54 |
| 2023 | Fort Bragg | John R. Velazquez | Bob Baffert | SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Jay A. Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC & Catherine Donovan | 1 mile | 1:35.37 |
| 2022 | Charge It | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Whisper Hill Farm LLC | 1 mile | 1:34.67 |
| 2021 | First Captain | Jose Ortiz | C. R. McGaughey III | Westpoint Thoroughbreds, Siena Farms, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing | 1 mile | 1:36.19 |
| 2019 | Code of Honor | John R. Velazquez | C. R. McGaughey III | William Stamps Farish III | 1 mile | 1:35.81 |
| 2018 | Firenze Fire | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Jason Servis | Mr. Amore Stable | 1 mile | 1:33.74 |
| 2017 | Practical Joke | Joel Rosario | Chad Brown | Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence | 1 mile | 1:35.16 |
| 2016 | Fish Trappe Road | Luis Saez | W. Bret Calhoun | Martin Racing Stable | 1 mile | 1:34.84 |
| 2015 | Speightster | Jose Lezcano | William I. Mott | WinStar Farm | 1 mile | 1:35.13 |
| 2014 | Kid Cruz | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Linda Rice | Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds | 11⁄16 | 1:41.12 |
| 2013 | Moreno | José Ortiz | Eric J. Guillot | Southern Equine Stable | 11⁄16 | 1:41.07 |
| 2012 | Teeth of the Dog | Joel Rosario | Michael Matz | Jose W. Singer | 11⁄16 | 1:41.34 |
| 2011 | Dominus | Julien Leparoux | Steve Asmussen | Bolton/Stonestreet Stable/Spendthrift Farm | 11⁄16 | 1:41.74 |
| 2010 | Fly Down | Jose Lezcano | Nick Zito | Richard Pell | 11⁄8 | 1:50.25 |
| 2009 | Kensei | Edgar Prado | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet/Gulf Coast Farms | 11⁄16 | 1:40.47 |
| 2008 | Mint Lane | Eibar Coa | James A. Jerkens | Pinebloom Stable | 11⁄16 | 1:44.29 |
| 2007 | Any Given Saturday | Garrett Gomez | Todd A. Pletcher | Winstar / Padua | 11⁄16 | 1:40.69 |
| 2006 | Strong Contender | Edgar Prado | John T. Ward, Jr | John C. Oxley | 11⁄16 | 1:45.24 |
| 2005 | Roman Ruler | Jerry D. Bailey | Bob Baffert | Fog City Stable | 11⁄16 | 1:40.83 |
| 2004 | Medallist | Jorge F. Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | Robert N. Clay | 11⁄16 | 1:40.02 |
| 2003 | Strong Hope | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene & Laura Melnyk | 11⁄16 | 1:41.76 |
| 2002 | Gygistar | John R. Velazquez | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 11⁄16 | 1:42.59 |
| 2001 | E Dubai | Jerry D. Bailey | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 11⁄16 | 1:40.38 |
| 2000 | Albert the Great | Richard Migliore | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 11⁄16 | 1:42.62 |
| 1999 | Forestry | Jerry D. Bailey | Bob Baffert | Aaron & Marie Jones | 11⁄16 | 1:41.00 |
| 1998 | Coronado's Quest | Mike E. Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 11⁄16 | 1:42.49 |
| 1997 | Behrens | Jerry D. Bailey | H. James Bond | W. C. Rudlein Stable | 11⁄16 | 1:42.26 |
| 1996 | Victory Speech | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 11⁄16 | 1:41.53 |
| 1995 | Hoolie | Robbie Davis | Willard C. Freeman | R. Leahy/J. Meriwether | 11⁄16 | 1:42.74 |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | Mike E. Smith | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Warren A. Croll Jr. | 11⁄16 | 1:41.15 |
| 1993 | Cherokee Run | Pat Day | Frank A. Alexander | Jill Robinson | 11⁄8 | 1:47.62 |
| 1992 | Agincourt * | Jorge F. Chavez | Nick Zito | Robert Perez | 11⁄8 | 1:47.84 |
| 1991 | Lost Mountain | Craig Perret | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:49.20 |
| 1990 | Profit Key | José A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | H. Joseph Allen | 11⁄8 | 1:47.52 |
| 1989 | Roi Danzig | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk deKwiatkowski | 11⁄8 | 1:49.27 |
| 1988 | Seeking The Gold | Pat Day | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 11⁄8 | 1:48.00 |
| 1987 | Gone West | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:48.40 |
| 1986 | Ogygian | Walter Guerra | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:48.40 |
| 1985 | Stephan's Odyssey | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Henryk deKwiatkowski | 11⁄8 | 1:49.20 |
| 1984 | Track Barron | Jean Cruguet | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 11⁄8 | 1:47.80 |
| 1983 | Au Point | Jerry D. Bailey | James W. Maloney | Snowberry Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:48.20 |
| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk deKwiatkowski | 11⁄8 | 1:45.80 |
| 1981 | Noble Nashua | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:49.20 |
| 1980 | Amber Pass | Don MacBeth | Hubert Hine | Entremont | 11⁄8 | 1:49.00 |
| 1979 | Coastal | Ruben Hernandez | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 11⁄8 | 1:47.00 |
| 1978 | Junction | Jeffrey Fell | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation | 11⁄8 | 1:48.80 |
| 1977 | Bailjumper | Ruben Hernandez | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:47.60 |
| 1976 | Quiet Little Table | Eddie Maple | Philip G. Johnson | Meadowhill | 11⁄8 | 1:49.00 |
| 1975 | Valid Appeal | James Long | Thomas F. Root Sr. | Harry T. Mangurian Jr. | 11⁄8 | 1:48.40 |
| 1974 | Hatchet Man | Ron Turcotte | John M. Gaver Jr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.20 |
| 1973 | Stop The Music | Heliodoro Gustines | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:02.60 |
| 1972 | Cloudy Dawn | Bill Hartack | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 11⁄4 | 2:03.20 |
| 1971 | Jim French | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John P. Campo | See wiki article | 11⁄4 | 2:01.60 |
| 1970 | Judgable | Robert Woodhouse | Herbert Nadler | Saul Nadler | 11⁄4 | 2:02.60 |
| 1969 | Gleaming Light | Larry Adams | John P. Campo | Neil Hellman | 11⁄4 | 2:04.00 |
| 1968 | Stage Door Johnny | Heliodoro Gustines | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.60 |
| 1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 11⁄4 | 2:03.00 |
| 1966 | Mr. Right | Ernest Cardone | Thomas M. Waller | Cheray Duchin | 11⁄4 | 2:02.80 |
| 1965 | Staunchness | Bobby Ussery | Pete Mosconi | Red Oak Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.80 |
| 1964 | Quadrangle | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.40 |
| 1963 | Outing Class | Bobby Ussery | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.60 |
| 1962 | Cyane | Eldon Nelson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.60 |
| 1961 | Hitting Away | Hedley Woodhouse | Jim Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 11⁄4 | 2:03.80 |
| 1960 | Francis S. | Paul J. Bailey | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 11⁄4 | 2:03.00 |
| 1959 | Waltz | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 13⁄16 | 1:54.80 |
| 1958 | Victory Morn | Eric Guerin | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 13⁄16 | 1:58.80 |
| 1957 | Bureaucracy | William Boland | Jim Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 13⁄16 | 1:55.40 |
| 1956 | Riley | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 13⁄16 | 1:57.40 |
| 1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄4 | 2:03.80 |
| 1954 | High Gun | Eric Guerin | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 11⁄4 | 2:05.00 |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 11⁄4 | 2:05.20 |
| 1952 | Blue Man | Conn McCreary | Woody Stephens | White Oak Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:01.80 |
| 1951 | Battlefield | Eddie Arcaro | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 11⁄4 | 2:04.40 |
| 1950 | Greek Song | Ovie Scurlock | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 11⁄4 | 2:03.00 |
| 1949 | Shackleton | R. Bernhardt | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄4 | 2:07.80 |
| 1948 | My Request | Ted Atkinson | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 11⁄4 | 2:02.00 |
| 1947 | Phalanx | Ruperto Donoso | Syl Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 11⁄4 | 2:05.00 |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 11⁄4 | 2:06.80 |
| 1945 | Wildlife | Ted Atkinson | Andy Schuttinger | Joseph M. Roebling | 11⁄4 | 2:05.20 |
| 1944 | By Jimminy | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 11⁄4 | 2:03.40 |
| 1943 | Vincentive | John Gilbert | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 11⁄4 | 2:05.00 |
| 1942 | Valdina Orphan | Carroll Bierman | Frank Catrone | Valdina Farms | 11⁄4 | 2:01.40 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 11⁄4 | 2:03.40 |
| 1940 | Your Chance * | Wayne D. Wright | Jack Creevy | Mrs. G. D. Widener Jr. | 11⁄4 | 2:03.80 |
| 1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄8 | 1:48.40 |
| 1938 | The Chief | George Woolf | Earl Sande | Maxwell Howard | 11⁄8 | 1:48.40 |
| 1937 | Strabo | Sam Renick | Roy Waldron | Hope Goddard Iselin | 11⁄8 | 1:51.40 |
| 1936 | Mr. Bones | John Gilbert | John M. Gaver Sr. | John Hay Whitney | 11⁄8 | 1:49.80 |
| 1935 | Omaha | Wayne D. Wright | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄8 | 1:49.20 |
| 1934 | Rose Cross | Silvio Coucci | William Brennan | Manhasset Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:32.00 |
| 1933 | War Glory | John Gilbert | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:31.80 |
| 1932 | Faireno | Thomas Malley | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄2 | 2:31.40 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe Jr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:34.40 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄2 | 2:32.40 |
| 1929 | Grey Coat | Steve O'Donnell | William M. Garth | Samuel Ross | 11⁄2 | 2:34.00 |
| 1928 | Genie | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 11⁄2 | 2:31.60 |
| 1927 | Kentucky II | John Maiben | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 11⁄2 | 2:31.80 |
| 1926 | Crusader | Earl Sande | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:29.60 |
| 1925 | American Flag | Albert Johnson | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm | 15⁄16 | 2:10.60 |
| 1924 | Ladkin | John Maiben | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 11⁄8 | 1:49.80 |
| 1923 | Dunlin | Chick Lang | William M. Garth | Joshua S. Cosden | 11⁄8 | 1:51.20 |
| 1922 | Ray Jay | Clyde Ponce | Jim Fitzsimmons | Quincy Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:52.60 |
| 1921 | Grey Lag | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 11⁄8 | 1:49.00 |
| 1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 11⁄8 | 1:49.20 |
| 1919 | Purchase | Willie Knapp | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 11⁄8 | 1:52.60 |
| 1918 | War Cloud | Merritt C. Buxton | Walter B. Jennings | A. K. Macomber | 11⁄8 | 1:50.20 |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | Arthur Collins | Richard F. Carmen | Wilfrid Viau | 11⁄8 | 1:54.20 |
| 1916 | Chicle | Thomas McTaggart | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 11⁄8 | 1:51.60 |
| 1915 | Norse King | James Butwell | Max Hirsch | Frederick B. Lemaire | 11⁄8 | 1:54.00 |
| 1914 | Roamer | James Butwell | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 11⁄4 | 2:05.60 |
| 1913 | Rock View | Thomas McTaggart | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 11⁄4 | 2:07.60 |
| 1912 | no race | | | | | |
| 1911 | no race | | | | | |
| 1910 | Dalmatian | Carroll Shilling | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 11⁄4 | 2:07.00 |
| 1909 | Joe Madden | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 11⁄2 | 2:37.80 |
| 1908 | Fair Play | Eddie Dugan | A. Jack Joyner | August Belmont Jr. | 11⁄2 | 2:37.80 |
| 1907 | Peter Pan | Walter Miller | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 11⁄2 | 2:41.00 |
| 1906 | Belmere | Frank O'Neill | Fred Burlew | Fred Burlew | 11⁄2 | 2:37.00 |
| 1905 | Cairngorm | Willie Davis | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget | 11⁄2 | 2:34.60 |
| 1904 | Bryn Mawr | Lucien Lyne | W. Fred Presgrave | Goughacres Stable (B. Frank Clyde & Thomas C. Clyde) | 11⁄2 | 2:35.00 |
| 1903 | Whorler | Frank O'Neill | John E. Madden | H. P. Whitney & H. B. Duryea | 11⁄2 | 2:39.20 |
| 1902 | Major Daingerfield | Matthew M. Allen | George M. Odom | F. C. McLewee & Co. | 11⁄2 | 2:37.00 |
| 1901 | Bonnibert | Henry Spencer | Thomas Welsh | Frank Farrell | 11⁄2 | 2:33.80 |
| 1900 | Petruchio | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. & Foxhall P. Keene | 11⁄2 | 2:34.00 |
| 1899 | Ahom | H. Martin | Walter C. Jennings | George E. Smith | 11⁄2 | 2:36.00 |
| 1898 | The Huguenot | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe Sr. | L. S. & W. P. Thompsom | 11⁄2 | 2:39.25 |
| 1897 | Octagon | Willie Simms | John J. Hyland | August Belmont Jr. | 11⁄8 | 2:10.75 |
| 1896 | Handspring | Samuel Doggett | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 11⁄8 | 2:10.50 |
| 1895 | Keenan | Henry Griffin | John J. Hyland | John Daly | 11⁄8 | 2:10.50 |
| 1894 | Dobbins | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Richard Croker | 11⁄8 | 2:14.50 |
| 1893 | Rainbow | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | J. A. & A. H. Morris | 11⁄8 | 2:09.25 |
| 1892 | Patron | William Hayward | Lewis Stuart | Lewis Stuart | 11⁄8 | 2:10.25 |
| 1891 | Russell | George Taylor | R. Wyndham Walden | J. A. & A. H. Morris | 11⁄8 | 2:10.00 |
| 1890 | Burlington | Shelby Barnes | Albert Cooper | Hough Brothers | 11⁄8 | 2:12.75 |
| 1889 | Cynosure | William Fitzpatrick | John Moran | David D. Withers | 11⁄8 | 2:10.50 |
| 1888 | Emperor of Norfolk | Isaac Murphy | Robert W. Thomas | E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin | 11⁄8 | 2:08.75 |
| 1887 | Hanover | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:43.50 |