Brooklyn Invitational Stakes

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Brooklyn Invitational Stakes
Grade II race
1904Brooklyn Handicap.jpg
"The Picket" winning the 1904 Brooklyn Handicap
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated1887
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/brooklyn-invitational/
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds & up
WeightWeight-For-Age
Purse$400,000-added (2015)

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt. It was a Grade 1 race prior to 1993.[1]

Historical notes[]

First run on May 14, 1887 at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York, it was won by Emery & Cotton's in track record time for the mile and one-quarter distance.[2][3] A versatile horse, a year earlier on June 15, 1886 Dry Monopole had won America's first ever Thoroughbred flat race on turf.[4] The Brooklyn Handicap quickly became one of the top attractions on the New York racing circuit, drawing some of the best Thoroughbreds.[5]

Not run 1911–1912 due to the New York's Hart–Agnew Law which banned parimutuel betting[6][7]

The race was once the second leg of what is sometimes referred to as the New York Handicap Triple series of races. It was preceded by the Metropolitan Handicap and followed by the Suburban Handicap. Four horses won the Handicap Triple:

The race is currently run on the same day as the Metropolitan Handicap, so it is no longer possible to win the Handicap Triple.

Since inception the race has been held at:

The Brooklyn Handicap has been contested at a variety of distances:

  • 1+1⁄8 miles : 1915–1939, 1994–2007
  • 1+3⁄16 miles : 1956–1959, 1972–1974
  • 1+1⁄4 miles : 1887–1914, 1940–1955, 1960–1971, 1975–1976
  • 1+3⁄8 miles : 1991–1993
  • 1+1⁄2 miles : 1977–1990, 2008 to present

Records[]

Stakes record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄2 miles)

  • 2:25.36 (2021)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 6 – Eddie Arcaro (1944, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 7 – Sam Hildreth (1909, 1910, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1925)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 – James R. Keene (1895, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1908)
  • 5 – Greentree Stable (1943, 1944, 1953, 1958, 1963)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win$
2021 Lone Rock 6 Ramon Vazquez Robertino Diodoro Flying P Stable 11⁄2 M 2:28.97 $220,000
2019 Marconi 4 Jose Lezcano Todd Pletcher Bridlewood Farm, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor 11⁄2 M 2:28.97 $220,000
2018 Hoppertunity 7 Flavien Prat Bob Baffert Karl Watson, M. E. Pegram, Paul Weitman 11⁄2 M 2:28.61 $220,000
2017 War Story 5 Javier Castellano Jorge Navarro Loooch Racing Stables, Glenn K. Ellis, Imaginary Stables 11⁄2 M 2:31.02 $220,000
2016 Shaman Ghost 4 Joel Rosario James Jerkens Stronach Stables 11⁄2 M 2:28.40 $220,000
2015 Coach Inge 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable 11⁄2 M 2:27.17 $220,000
2014 Norumbega 4 Joel Rosario Claude R. McGaughey III 11⁄2 M 2:27.13 $220,000
2013 Calidoscopio 10 Aaron Gryder Dona Pancha 11⁄2 M 2:31.64 $275,000
2012 Redeemed 4 Ramon Domínguez Richard E. Dutrow Jr. 11⁄2 M 2:28.89 $120,000
2011 Birdrun 5 Rajiv Maragh Bill Mott Preston Stables (Jack, Art, & J. R. Preston) 11⁄2 M 2:28.24 $90,000
2010 Alcomo 7 Cornelio Velásquez Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi 11⁄2 M 2:30.07 $90,000
2009 Eldaafer 4 Jorge Chavez Alghuwayriyah Stable 11⁄2 M 2:31.58 $120,000
2008 Delosvientos 5 Eibar Coa Giuseppe Iadisernia 11⁄2 M 2:30.96 $120,000
2007 Any Given Saturday 3 Garrett Gomez Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm & 11⁄8 M 1:48.31 $94,320
2006 Wanderin Boy 4 Javier Castellano Nick Zito Arthur Hancock III 11⁄8 M 1:47.94 $95,700
2005 Limehouse 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Dogwood Stable 11⁄8 M 1:46.69 $150,000
2004 Seattle Fitz 5 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin West Point Stable (Terry Finley syndicate) 11⁄8 M 1:46.20 $150,000
2003 Iron Deputy 4 Richard Migliore James Jerkens Susan & John Moore 11⁄8 M 1:47.80 $150,000
2002 Seeking Daylight 4 Edgar Prado Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 11⁄8 M 1:46.20 $150,000
2001 Albert the Great 4 Jorge Chavez Nicholas Zito 11⁄8 M 1:47.40 $150,000
2000 Lemon Drop Kid 4 Edgar Prado Scotty Schulhofer Jeanne G. Vance 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $150,000
1999 Running Stag 5 Shane Sellers Richard J. Cohen 11⁄8 M 1:46.20 $210,000
1998 Subordination 4 Eibar Coa Gary Sciacca Klaravich Stables (Seth Klarman & Jeff Ravich) 11⁄8 M 1:46.60 $180,000
1997 Formal Gold 4 Jerry D. Bailey John D. Murphy 11⁄8 M 1:46.20 $180,000
1996 5 Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Donald R. Dizney & James English 11⁄8 M 1:46.60 $180,000
1995 You And I 4 Jorge Chavez Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 11⁄8 M 1:49.00 $150,000
1994 Devil His Due 5 Mike E. Smith H. Allen Jerkens Lion Crest Stable (Edith Libutti) 11⁄8 M 1:46.60 $150,000
1993 Living Vicariously 3 Robbie Davis Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 13⁄8 M 2:17.80 $150,000
1992 Chief Honcho 5 Randy Romero William I. Mott 13⁄8 M 2:16.80 $210,000
1991 Timely Warning 6 Mike Luzzi Virgil W. Raines Anderson Fowler 13⁄8 M 2:14.00 $210,000
1990 Montubio 5 Jacinto Vásquez Dogwood Stable 11⁄2 M 2:28.60 $241,920
1989 Forever Silver 4 Jacinto Vásquez Chevalier Stable (Stanley R. Shapoff) 11⁄2 M 2:28.60 $238,560
1988 Waquoit 6 José A. Santos Joseph Federico 11⁄2 M 2:28.80 $229,740
1987 Waquoit 5 Chris McCarron Joseph Federico 11⁄2 M 2:28.40 $249,480
1986 Little Missouri 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Loblolly Stable 11⁄2 M 2:26.40 $168,900
1985 5 Woody Sedlacek Jacques Wimpfheimer 11⁄2 M 2:28.40 $207,300
1984 Fit to Fight 5 Jerry D. Bailey MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 11⁄2 M 2:27.40 $174,000
1983 Highland Blade 5 Jacinto Vásquez David A. Whiteley Pen-Y-Bryn Farm 11⁄2 M 2:31.00 $172,800
1982 Silver Supreme 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Michael Berry 11⁄2 M 2:29.40 $131,700
1981 Hechizado 5 Ruben Hernandez H. Allen Jerkens Charles Schmidt Jr. 11⁄2 M 2:26.00 $138,300
1980 Winter's Tale 4 Jeffrey Fell MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 11⁄2 M 2:28.60 $130,200
1979 The Liberal Member 4 Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 11⁄2 M 2:28.80 $99,000
1978 Nasty And Bold 3 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson 11⁄2 M 2:26.00 $63,900
1977 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Roger Laurin Howard Wilson 11⁄2 M 2:26.20 $66,600
1976 Forego 6 Heliodoro Gustines Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Lazy F Ranch 11⁄4 M 2:01.20 $67,860
1975 Forego 5 Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch 11⁄4 M 1:59.80 $66,780
1974 Forego 4 Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch 13⁄16 M 1:54.80 $66,600
1973 Riva Ridge 4 Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 13⁄16 M 1:52.40 $67,200
1972 Key To The Mint 3 Braulio Baeza J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 13⁄16 M 1:54.80 $70,860
1971 Never Bow 5 Bobby Ussery Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 11⁄4 M 2:03.60 $69,060
1970 Dewan 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 11⁄4 M 2:02.80 $69,810
1969 Nodouble 4 Eddie Belmonte J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Farm 11⁄4 M 2:00.40 $70,850
1968 Damascus 4 Manuel Ycaza Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Edith W. Bancroft 11⁄4 M 1:59.20 $71,110
1967 Handsome Boy 4 Eddie Belmonte H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 11⁄4 M 2:00.20 $69,355
1966 Buckpasser 3 Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 11⁄4 M 2:01.80 $69,615
1965 Pia Star 4 John Sellers Clyde Troutt Ada L. Rice 11⁄4 M 2:00.60 $69,680
1964 Gun Bow 4 Walter Blum Edward A. Neloy Gedney Farms (Harry Albert & Mrs. John Stanley) 11⁄4 M 1:59.60 $71,500
1963 Cyrano 4 Bobby Ussery John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 11⁄4 M 2:01.60 $72,800
1962 Beau Purple 5 William Boland H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 11⁄4 M 2:00.00 $71,240
1961 Kelso 4 Eddie Arcaro Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 11⁄4 M 2:01.60 $73,320
1960 On-and-On 4 Ismael Valenzuela Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 11⁄4 M 2:03.00 $70,010
1959 Babu 5 Conn McCreary 13⁄16 M 1:56.40 $72,545
1958 4 John Ruane John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 13⁄16 M 1:55.60 $36,450
1957 Portersville 4 Eldon Nelson Clearwater Stable (F.L. Leatherbury & E.A. Roberts) 13⁄16 M 1:55.20 $37,700
1956 Dedicate 4 Eddie Arcaro G. Carey Winfrey Mrs. Jan Burke 13⁄16 M 1:55.80 $37,600
1955 High Gun 4 Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch King Ranch 11⁄4 M 2:03.00 $37,900
1954 Invigorator 4 Eddie Arcaro Edward A. Neloy Saxon Stables 11⁄4 M 2:04.40 $40,500
1953 Tom Fool 4 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 11⁄4 M 2:04.40 $37,900
1952 Crafty Admiral 4 Eric Guerin Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) 11⁄4 M 2:01.80 $41,700
1951 Palestinian 5 Sam Boulmetis Sr. Hirsch Jacobs 11⁄4 M 2:03.80 $39,000
1950 5 Ted Atkinson James P. Conway Ben F. Whitaker 11⁄4 M 2:03.00 $41,000
1949 Assault 6 Dave Gorman Max Hirsch King Ranch 11⁄4 M 2:02.80 $40,600
1948 Conniver 4 Ted Atkinson William Post 11⁄4 M 2:05.80 $39,300
1947 Assault 4 Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch King Ranch 11⁄4 M 2:03.60 $38,100
1946 Gallorette 4 Job Dean Jessop Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 11⁄4 M 2:05.00 $41,100
1945 Stymie 4 Robert Permane Max Hirsch Ethel D. Jacobs 11⁄4 M 2:02.20 $39,120
1944 Four Freedoms 4 Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 11⁄4 M 2:02.80 $39,720
1943 Devil Diver 4 Steve Brooks John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 11⁄4 M 2:03.40 $23,200
1942 Whirlaway 4 George Woolf Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 11⁄4 M 2:02.40 $23,650
1941 4 James Stout James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 M 2:03.60 $19,250
1940 Isolater 7 James Stout James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 11⁄4 M 2:03.00 $16,900
1939 Cravat 4 Basil James 11⁄8 M 1:48.20 $18,250
1938 3 Johnny Longden Earl Sande 11⁄8 M 1:48.40 $18,450
1937 Seabiscuit 4 Red Pollard Tom Smith Charles S. Howard 11⁄8 M 1:50.20 $18,025
1936 Discovery 5 Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $10,575
1935 Discovery 4 John Bejshak Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:48.20 $10,200
1934 Discovery 3 John Bejshak Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $2,925
1933 Dark Secret 4 James Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 11⁄8 M 1:51.20 $3,380
1932 4 James Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 11⁄8 M 1:51.20 $9,800
1931 Questionnaire 4 Raymond Workman Andy Schuttinger James Butler 11⁄8 M 1:49.00 $13,900
1930 Sortie 5 Max Hirsch 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $10,800
1929 6 Ira B. Humphreys 11⁄8 M 1:50.60 $14,300
1928 Black Panther 4 John Maiben Thomas J. Healey Walter J. Salmon Sr. 11⁄8 M 1:51.20 $13,750
1927 Peanuts 5 Harold Thurber Aknusti Stable 11⁄8 M 1:48.80 $13,150
1926 Single Foot 4 Clarence Turner J. Edwin Griffith 11⁄8 M 1:50.40 $11,950
1925 Mad Play 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $7,600
1924 5 John Maiben 11⁄8 M 1:50.80 $7,600
1923 4 Earl Sande Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $7,600
1922 Exterminator 7 Albert Johnson Henry McDaniel Willis Sharpe Kilmer 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $7,600
1921 Grey Lag 3 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $7,600
1920 Cirrus 4 Lavelle Ensor Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $5,850
1919 3 Andy Schuttinger James W. McClelland 11⁄8 M 1:49.80 $4,850
1918 Cudgel 4 H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross 11⁄8 M 1:50.20 $4,850
1917 9 Willie Knapp James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 11⁄8 M 1:49.40 $4,850
1916 Friar Rock 3 Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:50.00 $3,850
1915 Tartar 5 John McTaggart Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 11⁄8 M 1:50.60 $3,850
1914 Buckhorn 5 Joe McCahey 11⁄4 M 2:08.00 $3,350
1913 Whisk Broom II 6 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 11⁄4 M 2:03.40 $3,125
1912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910 Fitz Herbert 4 Eddie Dugan Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 11⁄4 M 2:05.60 $4,800
1909 King James 4 Eddie Dugan Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 11⁄4 M 2:04.00 $3,850
1908 3 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:04.20 $19,750
1907 Superman 3 Walter Miller James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:05.60 $15,800
1906 Tokalon 5 Richard Bedell J. W. Fuller J. W. Fuller 11⁄4 M 2:05.60 $15,800
1905 Delhi 4 Tommy Burns James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:06.40 $15,800
1904 The Picket 4 Waldeck Stable (John Middleton & Carl Jungbluth) 11⁄4 M 2:06.60 $15,800
1903 Irish Lad 3 Frank O'Neill Westbury Stable 11⁄4 M 2:05.40 $14,950
1902 Reina 4 Arthur Featherstone 11⁄4 M 2:07.00 $7,800
1901 Conroy 3 James G. Rowe Sr. James & Foxhall Keene 11⁄4 M 2:09.00 7,800
1900 Kinley Mack 4 Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie 11⁄4 M 2:10.00 $7,800
1899 4 Danny Maher William H. Clark 11⁄4 M 2:06.25 $7,800
1898 4 Tod Sloan Charles T. Patterson Hal Price Headley & W. P. Norton 11⁄4 M 2:10.00 $7,800
1897 Howard Mann 4 Skeets Martin William C. Smith George E. Smith 11⁄4 M 2:09.75 $7,750
1896 Sir Walter 6 Fred Taral Walter C. Rollins Oneck Stable 11⁄4 M 2:08.50 $7,750
1895 Hornpipe 4 James & Foxhall Keene 11⁄4 M 2:11.25 $7,750
1894 Dr. Rice 4 Fred Taral Fred Foster 11⁄4 M 2:07.25 $17,750
1893 Diablo 7 Fred Taral Alfred F. Walcott & John S. Campbell 11⁄4 M 2:09.00 $17,750
1892 Judge Morrow 5 Alexander Covington 11⁄4 M 2:08.75 $17,750
1891 5 P. S. Donovan 11⁄4 M 2:10.00 $14,800
1890 Castaway II 4 W. Bunn Beverwyck Stable 11⁄4 M 2:10.00 $6,900
1889 Exile 7 11⁄4 M 2:07.50 $6,900
1888 The Bard 5 John Huggins Alexander Cassatt 11⁄4 M 2:13.00 $6,925
1887 Dry Monopole 4 Not found Emery & Co. 11⁄4 M 2:07.00 $5,850

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brooklyn Stakes". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Samuel Emerys Racing Plans". Daily Racing Form. 1910-10-23. Retrieved 2021-04-22 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Dry Monopole's Victory; Breaking The Mile And A Quarter Record". New York Times. 1887-05-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  4. ^ "Winning the Lion's Share - Dry Monopole Never Headed". New York Times. 1886-06-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. ^ "Condensed History Of The Brooklyn Handicap". Daily Racing Form. 1907-05-19. Retrieved 2021-04-21 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ^ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

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  1. ^ "Brooklyn". NYRA. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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