Woodward Stakes top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Woodward Stakes, an American Grade 1 race for three-year-olds and up, at 1-1/8 miles on dirt held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Runners who were subsequently named the American Horse of the Year are indicated in bold. (List 1972–present)

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Starters
2022	Life Is Good	Law Professor	Keepmeinmind	4
2021	Art Collector	Maxfield	Dr Post	6
2020	Global Champaign	Tacitus	Prioritize	5
2019	Preservationist	Hal Harbour	Yoshida	8
2018	Yoshida	Gunnevera	Leofric	14
2017	Gun Runner	Rally Cry	Neolithic	5
2016	Shaman Ghost	Mubtaahij	Frosted	9
2015	Liam's Map	Coach Inge	Wicked Strong	8
2014	Itsmyluckyday	Moreno	Prayer For Relief	9
2013	Alpha	Flat Out	Successful Dan	5
2012	To Honor and Serve	Mucho Macho Man	Cease	7
2011	Havre de Grace ‡	Flat Out	Rule	8
2010	Quality Road	Mythical Power	Tranquil Manner	7
2009	Rachel Alexandra ‡	Macho Again	Bullsbay	8
2008	Curlin	Past the Point	Wanderin Boy	7
2007	Lawyer Ron	Sun King	Diamond Stripes	8
2006	Premium Tap	Second of June	Sun King	10
2005	Saint Liam	Sir Shackleton	Commentator	5
2004	Ghostzapper	Saint Liam	Bowman's Band	7
2003	Mineshaft	Hold That Tiger	Puzzlement	5
2002	Lido Palace	Gander	Express Tour	6
2001	Lido Palace	Albert the Great	Tiznow	5
2000	Lemon Drop Kid	Behrens	Gander	5
1999	River Keen	Almutawakel	Stephen Got Even	7
1998	Skip Away	Gentlemen	Running Stag	5
1997	Formal Gold	Skip Away	Will's Way	5
1996	Cigar	L'Carriere	Golden Larch	5
1995	Cigar	Star Standard	Golden Larch	5
1994	Holy Bull	Devil His Due	Colonial Affair	8
1993	Bertrando	Devil His Due	Valley Crossing	6
1992	Sultry Song	Pleasant Tap	Out of Place	8
1991	In Excess	Farma Way	Festin	6
1990	Dispersal	Quiet American	Rhythm	8
1989	Easy Goer	Its Academic	Forever Silver	5
1988	Alysheba	Forty Niner	Waquoit	8
1987	Polish Navy	Gulch	Creme Fraiche	9
1986	Precisionist	Lady's Secret ‡	Personal Flag	5
1985	Track Barron	Vanlandingham	Chief's Crown	6
1984	Slew o' Gold	Shifty Sheik	Bet Big	6
1983	Slew o' Gold	Bates Motel	Sing Sing	10
1982	Island Whirl	Silver Buck	Silver Supreme	7
1981	Pleasant Colony	Amber Pass	Herb Water	9
1980	Spectacular Bid	none	none	1
1979	Affirmed	Coastal	Czaravich	5
1978	Seattle Slew	Exceller	It's Freezing	5
1977	Forego	Silver Series	Great Contractor	10
1976	Forego	Dance Spell	Honest Pleasure	10
1975	Forego	Wajima	Group Plan	6
1974	Forego	Arbees Boy	Group Plan	11
1973	Prove Out	Secretariat	Cougar II	5
1972	Key to the Mint	Autobiography	Summer Guest ‡	5

A ‡ designates a Filly or Mare