Horse race
The race is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens , New York . It was called the Aqueduct Handicap , but beginning in 2009, the name was changed to the Evening Attire Stakes in honor of the great grey gelding Evening Attire . He raced until he was 10 years old, retiring in 2008. The race is an ungraded stakes event run on dirt at a distance of 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles, it is open to horses three years old and up.
On November 28, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the American Graded Stakes Committee .
Originally named for the racetrack where the inaugural race took place in 1902, until recently, it was mostly run on Labor Day but now is held in January. (It was run in late February in 2015.) The race did not take place from 1910 through 1916, 1924, 1956 through 1958, 1969 through 1972, 1974–1975, and in 1979. The 2010 edition marked its 91st running.
In 1961, the Aqueduct Handicap was run at Belmont Park .
The race was renamed the Aqueduct Stakes from 1962 to 1965 and in 1967 and 1968. In 1973 it was restricted to 2-year-old horses and was won by Cannonade who went on to win the 1974 Kentucky Derby .
On January 17, 2009 it was run as the Evening Attire Stakes .
The race's distance has been altered four times:
1+ 5 ⁄16 miles : 1920 through 1924
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles : 1917 through 1919, 1926 through 1932, and from 1961 through 1973
1 mile : 1976
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles : 1977 to present
Winners of the Evening Attire Stakes since 1959
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2015
North Slope
5
Junior Alvarado
Kiaran McLaughlin
Godolphin Racing
1:45.45
2014
Long River
4
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Kiaran McLaughlin
Darley Stable
1:44.71
2013
Last Gunfighter
4
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Chad C. Brown
John D. Gunther
1:43.54
2012
Redding Colliery
6
Alan Garcia
Kiaran McLaughlin
Mrs. Fitriani Hay
1:43.05
2011
Heart Butte
4
David Cohen
Todd Pletcher
Claude Paul
1:46.08
2010
Understatement
5
David Cohen
Todd Pletcher
Paul Pompa, Jr.
1:42.94
2009
Barrier Reef
4
Ramon A. Dominguez
Thomas Albertrani
Darley Stable
1:43.81
2008
Angliana
6
Alan Garcia
Kiaran McLaughlin
Alvin D. Haynes
1:43.25
2007
Liquor Cabinet
6
Ramon A. Dominguez
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
Edward P. Evans
1:43.66
2006
Happy Hunting
5
Norberto Arroyo, Jr.
C. R. McGaughey III
Phipps Stable
1:44.56
2005
Country Be Gold
8
Jose Espinoza
Steven Kappes
B. Seinfeld & E. Dodson
1:44.80
2004
Seattle Fitz
5
Aaron Gryder
Kiaran McLaughlin
West Point Stable
1:42.00
2003
Snake Mountain
5
Michael Luzzi
James A. Jerkens
Berkshire Stud et al.
1:44.00
2002
Evening Attire
4
Shaun Bridgmohan
Patrick J. Kelly
Grant, Grant, Kelly
1:42.60
2001
Liberty Gold
7
Joe Bravo
George Arnold II
John Peace
1:42.20
2000
Sky Approval
6
Cornelio Velasquez
Patrick J. Kelly
Live Oak Plantation
1:44.40
1999
Mr. Sinatra
5
Aaron Gryder
Gasper Moschera
Barbara J. Davis
1:43.11
1998
Star of Valor
5
Aaron Gryder
John Terranova II
Team Valor
1:42.48
1997
Pacific Fleet
5
Jorge Chavez
Alfredo Callejas
Robert Perez
1:43.45
1996
Mighty Magee
4
Michael Luzzi
Leon Blusiewicz
Allan H. Spath
1:43.89
1995
Danzig's Dance
6
Jorge Chavez
John Parisella
Karen S. Zablowitz
1:41.13
1994
As Indicated
4
Robbie Davis
Richard Schosberg
Heatherwood Farm
1:45.60
1993
Shots Are Ringing
6
John Velazquez
Peter Ferriola
Jewel E Stable
1:44.40
1992
Formal Dinner
5
Julio Pezua
D. Wayne Lukas
Leonard D. Mathis
1:43.60
1991
Sports View
4
Jerry D. Bailey
D. Wayne Lukas
Edward A. Cox, Jr.
1:43.40
1990
Congeleur
5
Angel Cordero, Jr.
Richard O'Connell
Cap-Rus Stable
1:44.80
1989
Lord Of The Night
6
Herb McCauley
Dominick Galluscio
Winbound Farms
1:42.80
1988
Clever Secret
4
E. T. Baird
D. Wayne Lukas
Eugene V. Klein
1:45.20
1987
King's Swan
7
Jose Santos
Richard E. Dutrow, Sr.
Alvin Akman
1:41.80
1986
Aggressive Bid
5
Michael Venezia
Robert G. Dunham
Four Fifths Stable
1:43.80
1985
Fight Over
4
Angel Cordero, Jr.
John Parisella
Theodore M. Sabarese
1:42.60
1984
Moro
5
Jean-Luc Samyn
Gasper S. Moschera
Albert Davis
1:43.40
1983
Fort Monroe
4
Victor Molina
Sidney Watters, Jr.
Stephen C. Clark, Jr.
1:42.40
1982
Reef Searcher
5
Angel Cordero, Jr.
Jack D. Ludwig
John A. Franks
1:48.40
1981
Irish Tower
4
Jeffrey Fell
Stanley M. Hough
Malcolm H. Winfield
1:44.60
1980
Charlie Coast
5
Jimmy Miranda
Warren J. Pascuma
Bette S. Karlinsky
1:44.80
1978
Wise Philip
5
Jacinto Vasquez
William Boland
Domino Stable
1:43.80
1977
Magnetizer
4
Angel Santiago
H. Allen Jerkens
Peter E. Blum
1:45.40
1976
Right Mind
5
Ron Turcotte
Joseph Kronovich
Deronjo Stable
1:38.80
1973
Cannonade
2
Pete D. Anderson
Woody Stephens
John M. Olin
1:51.60
1968
Damascus
4
Braulio Baeza
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
Edith W. Bancroft
1:48.40
1967
Damascus
3
William Shoemaker
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
Edith W. Bancroft
1:48.20
1966
Tom Rolfe
4
William Shoemaker
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
Powhatan Stables
1:52.20
1965
Malicious III
4
Bobby Ussery
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Greentree Stable
1:49.00
1964
Kelso
7
Ismael Valenzuela
Carl Hanford
Bohemia Stable
1:48.60
1963
Kelso
6
Ismael Valenzuela
Carl Hanford
Bohemia Stable
1:49.80
1962
Crozier
4
Braulio Baeza
Julius E. Tinsley, Jr.
Fred W. Hooper
1:48.80
1961
Tompion
4
John L. Rotz
Robert L. Wheeler
C. V. Whitney
1:47.40
1960
Bald Eagle
5
Manuel Ycaza
Woody Stephens
Cain Hoy Stable
1:34.80
1959
Hillsdale
4
Tommy Barrow
Martin L. Fallon
Clarence Whitted Smith
1:36.40
* Sun Edwin (1930), Dominus (1933),
King's Swan (1988), and Shots Are Ringing (1992) all finished first but were disqualified.
Earlier winners
1955 - Icarian
1954 - Crash Drive
1953 - First Aid
1952 - Bryan G.
1951 - Bryan G.
1950 - Wine List
1949 - Wine List
1948 - Stymie
1947 - Stymie
1946 - Coincidence
1945 - New Moon
1944 - Alex Barth
1943 - With Regards
1942 - Pictor
1941 - Ponty
1940 - War Dog
1939 - Volitant
1938 - Isolater
1937 - Caballero II
1936 - Action
1935 - Good Gamble
1934 - Coequel
1933 - Golden Way
1932 - Blenheim III
1931 - Curate
1930 - Black Mammy
1929 - Sun Beau
1928 - Chance Play
1927 - Black Maria
1926 - Black Maria
1925 - Dazzler
1923 - My Play
1922 - Prince James
1921 - Damask
1920 - John P. Grier
1919 - Lucullite
1918 - Corn Tassel
1917 - Roamer
1909 - Firestone
1908 - Monfort
1907 - Brookdale Bymph
1906 - Rye
1905 - Bedouin
1904 - Israelite
1903 - Wild Thyme
1902 - Glenwater
References