# Monmouth Stakes

The Monmouth Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf held annually in late May or early June at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.

## History

The inaugural running of the event was on September 13, 2008 when Monmouth Park created the Monmouth Stakes when IEAH Stables said they wanted their Dual Classic winner, Big Brown, to compete in a turf race in the middle of September. (Although Belmont Park was willing to create a race, that never materialized. Philadelphia Park used the Presidents Cup to entice Big Brown to race there.)
The following year the event was moved to June.
In 2010 the event was classified as Grade III.
The event was not held in 2016.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:45.93 - Data Link (2012)
Margins:
* 1+1⁄2 lengths – Devamani (FR) (2021)
Most wins by a horse
* 2 - Money Multiplier (2017, 2018)
* 2 - Almanaar (GB) (2019, 2020)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Joe Bravo (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 7 - Chad C. Brown (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 - Shadwell Stable (2019, 2020)
* 2 - Michael Dubb (2021, 2022)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
| 2024 | Fort Washington | 5 | Kendrick Carmouche | Claude R. McGaughey III | Magic Cap Stables | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.70 | $157,500 | III | Dead heat |
| 2024 | Running Bee | 5 | Vincent Cheminaud | Chad C. Brown | Calumet Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.70 | $157,500 | III | Dead heat |
| 2023 | Catnip | 4 | Joel Rosario | Michael Stidham | John & Susan Moore | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.40 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2022 | Sacred Life (FR) | 8 | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables & Michael J. Caruso | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.70 | $162,000 | III | |
| 2021 | Devamani (FR) | 8 | Nik Juarez | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb, Sanford J. Goldfarb & Samuel Abraham | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.90 | $156,000 | III | |
| 2020 | Almanaar (GB) | 8 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Shadwell Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.22 | $157,500 | III | |
| 2019 | Almanaar (GB) | 7 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Shadwell Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:45.75 | $205,000 | II | |
| 2018 | Money Multiplier | 6 | Joe Bravo | Chad C. Brown | Al Shahania Stud | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:46.79 | $196,000 | II | |
| 2017 | Money Multiplier | 5 | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.91 | $200,000 | II | |
| 2016 | 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 | Race not held |
| 2015 | Triple Threat (FR) | 5 | Jose Lezcano | William I. Mott | Team Valor & Gary Barber | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.89 | $205,000 | II | |
| 2014 | Speaking of Which (IRE) | 5 | Joe Bravo | Christophe Clement | Moyglare Stud | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:46.32 | $217,500 | II | |
| 2013 | Boisterous | 6 | John R. Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.84 | $202,500 | II | |
| 2012 | Data Link | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:45.93 | $200,000 | II | |
| 2011 | Teaks North | 4 | Eddie Castro | Justin Sallusto | Jules Boutelle | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.56 | $250,000 | III | |
| 2010 | Get Serious | 6 | Pablo Fragoso | John H. Forbes | James M. Dinan, Jacques J. Moore & Phantom House Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.11 | $255,000 | III | |
| 2009 | Presious Passion | 6 | Elvis Trujillo | Mary Hartmann | Patricia A. Generazio | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.32 | $200,000 | Listed | |
| 2008 | Big Brown | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables, Paul Pompa Jr., Gary Tolchin, Andrew Cohen & Pegasus Holdings | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.41 | $500,000 | Listed | |