# Lawrence Realization Stakes

The Lawrence Realization Stakes was an American horse race first run on the turf in 1889. The race, for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings and fillies, was last run in 2005.

## History

Inaugurated at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track at Gravesend, New York, it was held there until 1913. At that time, the race was the richest stakes for three-year-olds in the United States.
It was run as the Realization Stakes until 1899, when it was renamed to honor James G. K. Lawrence, president of the Coney Island Jockey Club (which owned the racetrack). Lawrence was also responsible for creating of the Futurity Stakes in 1888.
The stakes were later run at Belmont Park on Long Island as a Grade II race on the dirt. The race continued to be run there (except for the Belmont Park redevelopment period from 1962 to 1968) until it was removed from the calendar in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) as a cost-cutting measure. For 70 years, the Lawrence Realization was one of the most prestigious annual events in the American horse racing calendar.
Only two horses contested the race in 1918, 1920, 1944, and 1946; however, due to the large number of entries in 1976 and 1985 it was run in two divisions.
The race was contested over several distances:
* 1+5⁄8 miles (2.6 km) : 1889–1913, 1918–1969
* 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) : 1916–1917, 1970–2004
* 1+1⁄8 miles (1.8 km) : 2005

## Records

On September 4, 1920, Man o' War won the 1+5⁄8-mile (2.6 km) Lawrence Realization by 100 lengths over the only other runner, Hoodwink. His time for the race was 2 min 40+4⁄5 s, which broke the world record for the distance by 1+3⁄5 seconds and was his fifth record-setting performance that year. The great Kelso tied the record in 1960.

### Records for distance

* At 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) : 2:25.94 – Parade Ground (1998)
* At 1+5⁄8 miles (2.6 km) : 2:40.80 – Man o' War (1920)
* At 1+5⁄8 miles (2.6 km) : 2:40.80 – Kelso (1960)

### Most wins by a jockey

* 5 – Braulio Baeza (1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972)
* 5 – Eddie Arcaro (1935, 1939, 1952, 1959, 1960)

### Most wins by a trainer

* 8 – "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons (1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940)

### Most wins by an owner

* 6 – Belair Stud (1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1940)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2005 | Taming The Tiger | Ramon Domínguez | Robert P. Klesaris | C D and G Stable et al. | 1:49.72 |
| 2004 | Gunning For | Joe Bravo | Timothy Walsh | Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh | 2:29.91 |
| 2003 | Kicken Kris | Javier Castellano | Michael Matz | Brushwood Stable | 2:27.98 |
| 2002 | Fisher Pond | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene & Laura Melnyk | 2:30.34 |
| 2001 | Sharp Performance | John Velazquez | David Donk | William Bloom | 2:27.04 |
| 2000 | Ciro | José A. Santos | Christophe Clement | Jayeff B Stables | 2:31.48 |
| 1999 | Gritty Sandie | Mike E. Smith | James J. Toner | Caesar P. Kimmel & Ron Nicholson | 2:28.60 |
| 1998 | Parade Ground | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | W. S. Farish & S. C. Hilbert | 2:25.94 |
| 1997 | Renewed | Filiberto Leon | Carlos F. Martin | Murray Garren | 2:27.21 |
| 1996 | Da Dean | Richard Migliore | James Lawrence II | Mrs. Stephen Clark | 2:39.06 |
| 1995 | Flitch | Mike E. Smith | William Badgett Jr. | Loblolly Stable | 2:34.40 |
| 1994 | Personal Merit | Jorge F. Chavez | William W. Perry | Daffodil Hill Farm | 2:29.30 |
| 1993 | Strolling Along | Chris McCarron | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | 2:32.70 |
| 1992 | Timber Cat | Robbie Davis | Robert P. Lake | Ping W. Tam | 2:28.87 |
| 1991 | Jaded Dancer | Jean-Luc Samyn | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Racing | 2:32.00 |
| 1990 | Baylis | Lanfranco Dettori | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:29.00 |
| 1989 | Caltech | René Douglas | Eduardo Azpurua Jr. | David S. Romanik | 2:26.00 |
| 1988 | Blew By Em | Chris Antley | Michael Daggett | Joseph B. Singer | 2:27.20 |
| 1987 | Tertiary Zone | Sandy Hawley | Peter Cole | Dan J. Agnew | 2:30.00 |
| 1986 | The Lone Ranger | Chris McCarron | Michael Sedlacek | Rory Green Stable | 2:37.40 |
| 1985 | Danger's Hour | Don MacBeth | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:30.40 |
| 1985 | Noisy When Hot | José A. Santos | Floreano Fernandez | Brazil Stables | 2:28.00 |
| 1984 | Roving Ministrel | Kenny Skinner | Lawrence Kelly | Craig F. Cullinan Jr. | 2:28.40 |
| 1983 | Moon Spirit | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | Blanche Wise | 2:26.40 |
| 1982 | Ten Below | Jimmy Miranda | Pancho Martin | Viola Summer | 2:27.40 |
| 1981 | Our Captain Willie | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 2:27.40 |
| 1980 | Rumbo | Bill Shoemaker | Thomas Bell Jr. | Gayno-Bell Stable | 2:26.00 |
| 1979 | Golden Act | Sandy Hawley | Loren Rettele | W. H. Oldknow & R. W. Phipps | 2:27.20 |
| 1978 | Mac Diarmida | Jean Cruguet | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jerome M. Torsney | 2:29.20 |
| 1977 | Zihov | Antonio Graell | Joseph R. Nash | Mrs. Joseph Nash | 2:27.60 |
| 1976 | Great Contractor | Pat Day | Roger Laurin | Howard P. Wilson | 2:31.60 |
| 1976 | L'Heureux | Donald Pierce | Neil D. Drysdale | Saron Stable (Corbin J. Robertson Jr.) | 2:35.00 |
| 1975 | Grab Bag | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 2:26.80 |
| 1974 | Prod | Jorge Velásquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 2:28.20 |
| 1973 | Amen | Eddie Belmonte | Philip G. Johnson | Dee-Bob Stable (D. Margolies, R. Kropp, J. Sheldon, D. Geller) | 2:36.80 |
| 1972 | Halo | Braulio Baeza | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 2:27.60 |
| 1971 | Specious | Eddie Maple | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:42.20 |
| 1970 | Kling Kling | Jean Cruguet | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 2:41.20 |
| 1969 | Oil Power | Jean Cruguet | James P. Conway | Elmendorf Farm | 2:44.60 |
| 1968 | Funny Fellow | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 2:44.20 |
| 1967 | Successor | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 2:43.40 |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 2:45.00 |
| 1965 | Munden Point | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Ira Hanford | Loren P. Guy | 2:42.00 |
| 1964 | Quadrangle | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:42.60 |
| 1963 | Dean Carl | Bobby Ussery | Paul Bongarzone | Paul Bongarzone | 2:43.80 |
| 1962 | Battle Joined | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:42.60 |
| 1961 | Sherluck | Braulio Baeza | Harold Young | Jacob Sher | 2:44.40 |
| 1960 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 2:40.80 |
| 1959 | Middle Brother | Eddie Arcaro | E. Barry Ryan | Mrs. E. Barry Ryan | 2:43.20 |
| 1958 | Martins Rullah | Bill Shoemaker | Eugene Jacobs | George Lewis | 2:43.40 |
| 1957 | Promised Land | Hedley Woodhouse | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:44.40 |
| 1956 | Riley | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:44.60 |
| 1955 | Thinking Cap | Paul J. Bailey | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 2:43.40 |
| 1954 | Fisherman | Hedley Woodhouse | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 2:42.00 |
| 1953 | Platan | Conn McCreary | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 2:43.40 |
| 1952 | Mark-Ye-Well | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:42.60 |
| 1951 | Counterpoint | Dave Gorman | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 2:42.60 |
| 1950 | Bed O' Roses | Nick Combest | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:44.20 |
| 1949 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:42.60 |
| 1948 | Ace Admiral | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 2:42.80 |
| 1947 | Cosmic Bomb | Ovie Scurlock | William J. Booth | William G. Helis Sr. | 2:43.60 |
| 1946 | School Tie | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:43.60 |
| 1945 | Pot O'Luck | Douglas Dodson | Benjamin A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:43.60 |
| 1944 | By Jimminy | George Woolf | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 2:43.20 |
| 1943 | Fairy Manhurst | Johnny Longden | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 2:43.00 |
| 1942 | Alsab | George Woolf | Sarge Swenke | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 2:42.00 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Alfred Robertson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:44.20 |
| 1940 | Fenelon | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:44.80 |
| 1939 | Hash | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:42.60 |
| 1938 | Magic Hour | Johnny Longden | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 2:45.00 |
| 1937 | Unfailing | Frank Kopel | Max Hirsch | Parker Corning | 2:44.20 |
| 1936 | Granville | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.60 |
| 1935 | Firethorn | Eddie Arcaro | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 2:42.20 |
| 1934 | Carry Over | Tommy Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:44.00 |
| 1933 | War Glory | John Gilbert | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:44.60 |
| 1932 | Faireno | Tommy Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.60 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:41.20 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:41.40 |
| 1929 | The Nut | Mack Garner | Joe Notter | Warm Stable | 2:45.60 |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | Chick Lang | Bert S. Michell | Fannie Hertz | 2:44.60 |
| 1927 | Nimba | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 2:45.00 |
| 1926 | Espino | Laverne Fator | William J. Speirs | William Ziegler Jr. | 2:42.60 |
| 1925 | Marconi | Kenneth Noe | James E. Fitzsimmons | L. T. Cooper | 2:43.80 |
| 1924 | Aga Khan | John Maiben | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:48.40 |
| 1923 | Zev | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:44.60 |
| 1922 | Kai Song | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:42.40 |
| 1921 | Touch Me Not | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:43.20 |
| 1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:40.80 |
| 1919 | Vexatious † | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:47.60 |
| 1918 | Johren | Frank Robinson | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:55.20 |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | Merritt C. Buxton | Richard F. Carmen | Wilfrid Viau | 2:33.40 |
| 1916 | Star Hawk | Herman Phillips | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 2:32.60 |
| 1911 | - 1912 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1913 | Rock View | Tommy McTaggart | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 2:51.00 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1910 | Sweep | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:53.00 |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert | Vincent Powers | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:45.00 |
| 1908 | Fair Play | Eddie Dugan | A. Jack Joyner | August Belmont Jr. | 2:46.20 |
| 1907 | Dinna Ken | George Mountain | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:48.00 |
| 1906 | Accountant | Jack Martin | Matthew M. Allen | James B. Brady | 2:48.00 |
| 1905 | Sysonby | Dave Nicol | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:47.00 |
| 1904 | Ort Wells | Frank O'Neill | Enoch Wishard | John A. Drake | 2:47.60 |
| 1903 | Africander | John Bullman | Richard O. Miller | Hampton Stable | 2:45.20 |
| 1902 | Major Daingerfield | George Odom | Matthew M. Allen | Frederick C. McLewee & Co. | 2:59.80 |
| 1901 | The Parader | Patrick A. McCue | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 2:49.80 |
| 1900 | Prince of Melbourne | Henry Spencer | J. Kyle | Frank D. Beard | 2:59.80 |
| 1899 | Ethelbert | Henry Spencer | A. Jack Joyner | Perry Belmont | 2:51.40 |
| 1898 | Hamburg | Tod Sloan | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:51.20 |
| 1897 | The Friar | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | Alfred & Dave Morris | 2:48.40 |
| 1896 | Requital | Alonzo Clayton | James G. Rowe Sr. | Brookdale Farm Stable | 2:49.40 |
| 1895 | Bright Phoebus | Lester Reiff | H. H. Huron | Del Monte Stable | 2:51.40 |
| 1894 | Dobbins | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Richard Croker | 2:55.00 |
| 1893 | Daily America | Willie Simms | John W. Rogers | Brown & Rogers | 2:50.60 |
| 1892 | Tammany | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:51.40 |
| 1891 | Potomac | Anthony Hamilton | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | 2:51.00 |
| 1890 | Tournament | William Hayward | Matthew M. Allen | George Hearst | 2:51.00 |
| 1889 | Salvator | Jim McLaughlin | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin | 2:51.00 |
* † In 1919, Over There finished first but was disqualified.