Belmont Derby
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Race history
In 2014, the race became a feature portion of the now defunct Stars and Stripes Racing Festival at Belmont Park. The race was renamed from the Jamaica Handicap, moved from October to July, increased in distance from <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles to <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles, and had the purse increased from $500,000 to $1,250,000.[2]
The original race name was named after the Jamaica District in Queens, New York. The first running took place in 1929 at the Jamaica Race Course. When the Jamaica track closed in 1959, the race was shifted to the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens where it was contested in 1960, 1975 to 1977, 1979 to 1981, and 1987.[3]
It was raced at a distance of six furlongs from 1929 to 1953 and 1957 to 1960, then at <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) in 1954, and from 1997 through 2014.
The Jamaica Handicap was open to horses age three and older from 1929 to 1944, 1949 to 1953, and again in 1960. It has been a turf race since 1994.
The Jamaica wasn't run from 1933 to 1935, in 1955 and 1956, from 1961 to 1976, nor in 1995 (due to severe weather conditions). It was run in two divisions in 1946.
In 2009, the Jamaica became a Grade I event.[4]
Of interest is that any horse winning three editions of a single race is a rare occurrence but the Jamaica Handicap had two horses accomplish that feat when it was open to older horses.[5][6]
Records
Belmont Derby / Jamaica Handicap
Speed record: (at current distance of <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles)
- 1:58.29 – Henley's Joy (2019)
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – George D. Widener Jr. (1931, 1936, 1941, 1942)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – Richard Migliore (1984, 1986, 1996, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – R. Emmett Potts (1949, 1950, 1951)
- 3 – Bert Mulholland (1936, 1941, 1942)
- 3 – C. R. McGaughey III (1987, 1990, 2014)
- 3 – William I. Mott (2000, 2003, 2008)
- 3 – Todd A. Pletcher (2002, 2009, 2023)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | Purse |
Grade |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes | |||||||||
| 2025 | 3 | $750,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles | |||||
| 2024 | Trikari | 3 | John R. Velazquez | H. Graham Motion | Amerman Racing LLC | 1:54.79 | $750,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2023 | Far Bridge | 3 | José Ortiz | Todd A. Pletcher | LSU Stables | 2:01.75 | $750,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2022 | Classic Causeway | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Kenneth G. McPeek | Kentucky West Racing LLC & Cooper, Clarke M. | 1:59.99 | $1,000,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2021 | Bolshoi Ballet (IRE) | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg | 2:04.42 | $1,000,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2020 | Gufo | 3 | Junior Alvarado | Christophe Clement | Otter Bend Stables | 2:02.25 | $250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2019 | Henley's Joy | 3 | Jose Lezcano | Michael J. Maker | Bloom Racing Stable | 1:58.29 | $1,000,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2018 | Catholic Boy | 3 | Javier Castellano | Jonathan Thomas | Robert LaPenta, Madaket Stables, Siena Farm, & Twin Creeks Racing Stables | 1:59.28 | $1,200,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2017 | Oscar Performance | 3 | José Ortiz | Brian A. Lynch | Amerman Racing (Jerry & Joan Amerman) | 2:00.25 | $1,200,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2016 | Deauville (IRE) | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | Hay, Smith, Magnier and Tabor | 2:00.51 | $1,250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2015 | Force the Pass | 3 | Joel Rosario | Alan E. Goldberg | Richard Santulli | 2:01.16 | $1,250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| 2014 | Mr Speaker | 3 | Jose Lezcano | C. R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 2:01.14 | $1,250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄4 miles |
| Jamaica Handicap | |||||||||
| 2013 | Up With the Birds | 3 | Cornelio Velásquez | Malcolm Pierce | Sam-Son Farms | 1:48.74 | $500,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2012 | King David | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | Michael J. Maker | Scarlet Stable | 1:52.91 | $400,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2011 | Western Aristocrat | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Jeremy Noseda | Vinery Stables | 1:50.34 | $250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2010 | Prince Will I Am | 3 | Jose Lezcano | Michelle Nihei | Casa Farms | 1:50.07 | $250,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2009 | Take the Points | 3 | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Partners | 1:48.51 | $300,000 | I | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2008 | Court Vision | 3 | Ramon Domínguez | William I. Mott | IEAH Stables/WinStar | 1:49.75 | $250,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2007 | Nobiz Like Shobiz | 3 | Javier Castellano | Barclay Tagg | Elizabeth Valando | 1:46.80 | $300,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2006 | Showing Up | 3 | Cornelio Velásquez | Barclay Tagg | Lael Stable | 1:47.81 | $300,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2005 | Watchmon | 3 | Javier Castellano | Pat Reynolds | Paul Pompa Jr. | 1:49.28 | $300,000 | III | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2004 | Artie Schiller | 3 | Richard Migliore | James A. Jerkens | Timber Bay Farm et al. | 1:45.50 | $200,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2003 | Stroll | 3 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Claiborne Farm | 1:46.02 | $200,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2002 | Finality | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:46.66 | $200,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2001 | Navesink | 3 | Edgar Prado | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stables | 1:51.53 | $200,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 2000 | King Cugat | 3 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Centennial Farms | 1:49.63 | $200,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 1999 | Monarch's Maze | 3 | Joe Bravo | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation Racing | 1:51.66 | $150,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 1998 | Vergennes | 3 | John Velazquez | Mark Hennig | December Hill Farm | 1:50.42 | $150,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 1997 | Subordination | 3 | Jorge Chavez | Gary Sciacca | Klaravich Stable | 1:49.00 | $150,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles |
| 1996 | Allied Forces | 3 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | Ahmed Al Tayer | 1:40.91 | $125,000 | II | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄16 miles |
| 1995 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1994 | Pennine Ridge | 3 | John Velazquez | David G. Donk | December Hill Farm | 1:35.13 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| Race run on dirt track | |||||||||
| 1993 | Mi Cielo | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Peter M. Vestal | Thomas M. Carey | 1:35.20 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1992 | West by West | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | George R. Arnold II | John H. Peace | 1:34.27 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1991 | Sultry Song | 3 | Chris Antley | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation Racing | 1:34.44 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1990 | Confidential Talk | 3 | Jorge Chavez | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:35.60 | $75,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1989 | Domasca Don | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Robert P. Tiller | Frank Di Giulio Sr. | 1:35.40 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1988 | Ruhlmann | 3 | Gary Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Jerome S. Moss | 1:35.40 | $100,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1987 | Stacked Pack | 3 | Randy Romero | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:34.80 | $75,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1986 | Waquoit | 3 | Richard Migliore | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 1:34.20 | $75,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1985 | Don's Choice | 3 | Don MacBeth | Marvin L. Moncrief | Sondra D. Bender | 1:36.00 | $75,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1984 | Raja's Shark | 3 | Richard Migliore | Mark E. Casse | Irwin Feiner | 1:36.60 | $75,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1983 | Bounding Basque | 3 | Gregg McCarron | Woodrow Sedlacek | J. D. Wimpfheimer | 1:34.00 | $75,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1982 | John's Gold | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:37.00 | $50,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1981 | Pass The Tab | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | Albert Barrera | Leopoldo Villareal | 1:35.20 | $50,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1980 | Far Out East | 3 | Cash Asmussen | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1:34.00 | $50,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1979 | Belle's Gold | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Walter A. Kelley | John R. Murrell | 1:33.60 | $50,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1978 | Regal And Royal | 3 | Jeffrey Fell | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable | 1:35.00 | $50,000 | III | 1 mile |
| 1977 | Affiliate | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lazaro S. Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:35.20 | $50,000 | 1 mile | |
| 1976 | Dance Spell | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | James W. Maloney | Christiana Stable | 1:34.00 | $50,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1975 | Funalon | 3 | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | Leonard Imperio | Old Bombast Farm (F. Di Paolo/J. Mavronicela/A. Pamiccia/L. Imperio) | 1:34.00 | $50,000 | II | 1 mile |
| 1961–74 | Race not scheduled | ||||||||
| 1960 | Rare Rice | 4 | Ray Broussard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:10.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1959 | Crafty Skipper | 3 | Bobby Ussery | Lucien Laurin | Charfran Stable | 1:09.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1958 | Levelation | 3 | Paul J. Bailey | A G (Bob) Robertson | Warner Stable | 1:10.80 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1957 | Pertshire | 3 | Ted Atkinson | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:11.20 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1956 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1955 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1954 | Magic Lamp | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1:50.00 | <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 miles | ||
| 1953 | Sagittarius | 7 | Bennie Green | William G. Williams | Winding Way Farm | 1:11.00 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1952 | Tea-Maker | 9 | Hedley Woodhouse | J. Dallet Byers | F. Ambrose Clark | 1:11.20 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1951 | Piet | 6 | Jim Nichols | R. Emmett Potts | Peter A. Markey | 1:11.20 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1950 | Piet | 5 | Nick Combest | R. Emmett Potts | Peter A. Markey | 1:11.20 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1949 | Piet | 4 | Chris Rogers | R. Emmett Potts | Peter A. Markey | 1:11.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1948 | Royal Blood | 3 | Douglas Dodson | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:13.00 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1947 | Jet Pilot | 3 | Johnny Longden | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:11.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1946 | Bonnie Beryl | 3 | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:11.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| Blunt Remark | 3 | Basil James | Buster Millerick | Frank Frankel | 1:13.20 | ||||
| 1945 | War Jeep | 3 | John H. Adams | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:11.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1944 | Doublrab | 6 | Eddie Arcaro | Harris B. Brown | Lillian Christopher | 1:11.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1943 | Overdrawn | 5 | Sterling Young | Pete Battle | Dearborn Stable (James Powers & Morton Donnelly) | 1:13.00 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1942 | Overdrawn | 4 | Nick Coule | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:12.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1941 | Overdrawn | 3 | Herb Lindberg | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:11.80 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1940 | Wise Bee | 3 | Don Meade | Merritt A. Buxton | William H. Gallagher | 1:12.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1939 | Fighting Fox | 4 | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:12.00 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1938 | Clodion | 4 | Nick Wall | Walter A. Carter | Walter A. Carter | 1:12.20 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1937 | Whopper | 5 | Harry Richards | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1:11.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1936 | Sation | 6 | John Gilbert | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:10.80 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1935 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1934 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1933 | Race not run | ||||||||
| 1932 | Halcyon | 4 | Earl Steffen | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1:12.60 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1931 | Panetian | 3 | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:12.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1930 | Judge Schilling | 5 | Frank Catrone | Fred E. Kraft | Rudolph Spreckels | 1:11.40 | 6 furlongs | ||
| 1929 | Polydor | 4 | Mack Garner | William J. Spiers | William Ziegler Jr. | 1:11.80 | 6 furlongs | ||
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See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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