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Red Smith Stakes

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Red Smith Stakes
Grade III race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1960
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteAqueduct Racetrack at the NYRA
Race information
Distance1+38 miles (11 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
Purse$300,000 (2023)

The Red Smith Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A race on turf open to horses age three and older, it is typically run in November over a distance of 1+38 miles (11 furlongs).

Inaugurated in 1960, it was run as the Edgemere Handicap until 1981. Previously, there had been a race on dirt known as the Edgemere Handicap which was contested at a distance of a mile and one furlong. Last run in 1957, this turf race was renamed the Red Smith Handicap in honor of the late Walter "Red" Smith, an honored and respected sports columnist for over 45 years who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1976. In 2019 it was changed to the Red Smith Stakes.

Since inception, the Red Smith has been run at various distances:

  • 1+38 miles : 1960–1962, 1968–1971, 1994–2005, 2007 to present
  • 1+316 miles : 1963 to 1967
  • 1+116 miles : 1977
  • 1+14 miles : 1972 to 1976, 1978–1993, 2006

Hosted by:

  • Belmont Park : 1960–1962, 1968–1993
  • Aqueduct Racetrack : 1963–1967, 1994 to present

The Red Smith was run in two divisions in 1977, 1983, and 1986. There was no race in 1979.

In 1984, 1997, 2006 and 2018, the Red Smith was taken off the turf and run on the dirt. The 1997 race was shortened to 1+14 miles, and the 2018 race was shortened to 1+18 miles.

Records

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Speed record: (at current distance of 1+38 miles)

  • 2:14.44 – Monarch's Maze (1999)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Win$ Grade
2023 Master Piece (CHI) 7 Jose Lezcano Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Michael Iavarone, Julia C. Iavarone, Nicholas Zoumas, Dino Baccari, Frank Argano & Peter Douglass 138 2:14.56 $300,000 G2
2022 Astronaut 5 Kendrick Carmouche Thomas Albertrani John M. B. O'Conner 138 2:14.00 $300,000 G2
2021 Serve The King 5 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Peter M. Brant 138 2:16.60 $200,000 G3
2020 North Dakota 4 Jose Lezcano C. R. McGaughey III Allen Stable Inc. 138 2:16.47 $100,000 3
2019 Sadler's Joy 6 Javier Castellano Thomas Albertrani Woodslane Farm LLC 138 2:15.76 $110,000 G3
2018 Village King 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Angels of Catalina, Inc. 138 1:52.95 $110,000 L/R
2017 Spring Quality 5 Edgar Prado Graham Motion Augustin Stable 138 2:17.72 $120,000 G3
2016 Bigger Picture 5 José Ortiz Michael J. Maker Three Diamonds Farm 138 2:15.46 $120,000
2015 Mr. Maybe 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Michael Dubb & Highclere America 138 2:17.49 $90,000
2014 Dynamic Sky 4 Cornelio Velásquez Mark E. Casse John C. Oxley 138 2:18.85 $90,000
2013 Imagining 5 Joel Rosario Claude R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 138 2:18.43 $150,000
2012 Boisterous 5 Edgar Prado Claude R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 138 2:19.38 $150,000
2011 Boisterous 4 Alan Garcia Claude R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 138 2:20.26 $150,000
2010 Grassy 4 Joe Bravo Christophe Clement Claiborne Farm & Adele Dilschneider 138 2:20.06 $90,000
2009 Expansion 4 Channing Hill Chad C. Brown Mary & Gary West 138 2:18.93 $90,000
2008 Strike a Deal 4 Chuck C. Lopez Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables 138 2:23.28 $90,000
2007 Dave 6 Joe Bravo Barclay Tagg Partingglass Stable et al. 138 2:21.45 $90,000
2006 Naughty New Yorker 5 Jean-Luc Samyn Patrick J. Kelly Fox Ridge Farm Inc. 114 2:04.52 $90,000
2005 King's Drama 5 Edgar Prado Robert J. Frankel Gary A. Tanaka 138 2:15.37 $90,000
2004 Dreadnaught 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Thomas Voss Trillium Stable 138 2:18.87 $90,000
2003 Balto Star 5 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Anstu Stables, Inc. 138 2:18.86 $90,000
2002 Evening Attire 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick J. Kelly J. M. Grant & T. J. Kelly 138 2:14.81 $90,000
2001 Mr. Pleasentfar 4 José A. Santos Martin D. Wolfson Raja Malek 138 2:16.94 $90,000
2000 Cetewayo 6 Richard Migliore Michael Dickinson Dr. John Chandler 138 2:17.93 $90,000
1999 Monarch's Maze 3 Joe Bravo Patrick J. Kelly Live Oak Racing 138 2:14.44 $90,000
1998 Musical Ghost 6 John Velazquez Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 138 2:15.53 $90,000
1997 Instant Friendship 4 John Velazquez Leo O'Brien Sultan Al Kabeer 138 2:17.08 $90,000
1996 Mr. Bluebird 5 Mike E. Smith John C. Kimmel Thomas R. Warfield 138 2:15.35 $87,750
1995 Flag Down 5 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Allen E. Paulson 138 2:22.03 $69,900
1994 Franchise Player 5 Dale Beckner Philip G. Johnson Austin K. Smith 138 2:20.53 $72,120
1993 Royal Mountain Inn 4 Julie Krone Barclay Tagg Steadfast Stable 114 1:59.80 $71,760
1992 Montserrat 4 Julie Krone W. Elliott Walden Preston Madden 114 2:00.20 $70,920
1991 Who's To Pay 5 Jerry Bailey MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 114 1:58.00 $71,160
1990 Yankee Affair 8 Jose Santos Henry L. Carroll Ju Ju Gen Stable 114 2:00.20 $70,560
1989 Rambo Dancer 5 Jose Santos LeRoy Jolley Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum 114 2:01.00 $72,360
1988 Pay the Butler 4 Robbie Davis Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 114 2:01.40 $118,620
1987 Theatrical 5 Pat Day William I. Mott Bertram R. Firestone 114 2:00.80 $116,460
1986 Divulge 5 Jean Cruguet Gasper Moschera Albert Davis 114 1:59.00 $90,150
1986 Equalize 4 Walter Guerra Jan H. Nerud Tartan Farms 114 2:02.20 $88,950
1985 Sharannpour 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Robert J. Frankel Jerry Moss 114 2:04.20 $101,100
1984 Hero's Honor 4 Jerry Bailey MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 114 2:02.20 $89,400
1983 Super Sunrise 4 Craig Perret Warren A. Croll Jr. Blanche P. Levy 114 2:06.80 $67,200
1983 Thunder Puddles 4 Jean-Luc Samyn John P. Campo Rockwood Stable 114 2:06.40 $67,200
1982 Highland Blade 4 Jacinto Vásquez David A. Whiteley Pen Y Bryn Farm 114 2:06.40 $69,000
1981 Match the Hatch 5 Kenny Skinner Philip G. Johnson Kathy M. Johnson 114 1:59.60 $68,160
1980 Marquee Universal 4 Hector Pilar Alec Bullock Gerald Freed 114 1:58.80 $67,680
1979 Waya 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. David A. Whiteley Peter M. Brant 114 2:04.20 $65,445
1978 Tiller 4 Jeffrey Fell David A. Whiteley William H. Perry 114 2:00.20 $33,960
1977 Clout 5 George Martens William O. Hicks Cambridge Stable 1116 1:40.00 $25,927
1977 Quick Card 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 1116 1:39.60 $25,687
1976 Erwin Boy 5 Ron Turcotte James P. Conway Sea High Stable 114 2:01.20 $28,110
1975 Telefonico 4 Craig Perret Lou M. Goldfine Roberto Barcala 114 2:03.00 $17,400
1974 Take Off 5 Ron Turcotte Frank Catrone Ada L. Rice 114 2:00.40 $23,070
1973 Red Reality 7 Jorge Velásquez MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 114 2:13.20 $16,890
1972 New Alibhai 4 Frank Iannelli Ralph W. McIlvain Elcee H Stable 114 2:02.40 $16,935
1971 Drumtop 5 Chuck Baltazar Roger Laurin James B. Moseley 138 2:16.60 $19,560
1970 Drumtop 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Roger Laurin James B. Moseley 138 2:20.40 $19,110
1969 Majetta 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Gustave Ring 138 2:19.00 $18,915
1968 High Hat 4 Eddie Belmonte Kay E. Jensen Mrs. Wallace Gilroy 138 2:20.20 $18,330
1967 Ginger Fizz 5 Fernando Toro Thomas J. Kelly Esther D. du Pont 1316 1:55.00 $19,825
1966 Spoon Bait 4 John L. Rotz Ivor G. Balding Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1316 1:54.40 $18,557
1965 Tenacle 5 Bobby Ussery Homer C. Pardue Joseph R. Straus 1316 1:55.40 $19,825
1964 Will I Rule 5 Braulio Baeza Joseph Nash Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. 1316 1:55.80 $18,558
1963 Vimy Ridge 4 Sam Boulmetis Thomas J. Barry Frank E. Power 1316 1:59.40 $18,395
1962 Wise Ship 5 Heliodoro Gustines Jacob Byer Milton J. Ritzenberg 138 2:16.00 $18,460
1961 Wolfram 5 Ismael Valenzuela Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 138 2:15.00 $18,492
1960 North Pole II 4 Sam Boulmetis Sr. Sidney J. Smith John S. Kroese 138 2:15.00 $18,550

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