Mother Goose Stakes

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Mother Goose Stakes
Grade II race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated1957
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/mother-goose/
Race information
Distance1+18 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old Fillies
Weight121 lb (54.9 kg)
Purse$250,000 since 2012 [1]

The Mother Goose Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Raced on dirt in late October, the race currently offers a purse of $250,000. Inaugurated in 1957 at a mile and a sixteenth, it was lengthened to a mile and an eighth in 1959. Originally part of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the Mother Goose was removed from the series in 2010 and its distance reverted to a mile and a sixteenth.

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The Mother Goose was run as a Grade II event beginning in 2017. [2] It had been a Grade I event since 1974 (when grading was first introduced). [1]

The race was named for H.P. Whitney's filly Mother Goose, one of only thirteen fillies to have ever won the male dominated Belmont Futurity Stakes.

The Mother Goose Stakes was run at Aqueduct Racetrack from 1963 to 1967, in 1969, and again in 1975. In 2023 the New York Racing Association announced that the Mother Goose would be moved to the fall and run at Aqueduct, at the Belmont at the Big A meet. [3]

Records

Speed Record:

Largest Winning Margin:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a Trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTime Gr.
2023Xigera Julien Leparoux Phillip A. BauerRigney Racing1+181:48.99II
2022Gerrymander Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+1161:43.74II
2021Zaajel Joel Rosario Todd A. Pletcher Shadwell Stable 1+1161:42.83II
2020Race not held
2019Dunbar Road José Ortiz Chad C. Brown Peter M. Brant 1+1161:43.54II
2018 Midnight Bisou Mike E. Smith Steven M. Asmussen Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stable, Allen Racing1+1161:41.02II
2017Unchained Melody Joel Rosario Brian A. Lynch Hidden Brook Farm & Hare Forest Farm1+1161:42.45II
2016 Off the Tracks José Ortiz Todd A. Pletcher Newtown Anner Stud & J Stables1+1161:41.01I
2015 Include Betty Drayden Van Dyke Thomas F. Proctor Brereton C. Jones & Timothy C. Thornton1+1161:44.68I
2014 Untapable John Velazquez Steven M. Asmussen Ron Winchell1+1161:41.48I
2013 Close Hatches Joel Rosario Bill Mott Juddmonte Farms 1+1161:41.36I
2012 Zo Impressive Rajiv Maragh Thomas Albertrani Live Oak Plantation 1+1161:44.05I
2011 Buster's Ready John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Edward P. Evans 1+1161:42.44I
2010 Devil May Care John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm 1+1161:42.06I
2009 Rachel Alexandra Calvin Borel Steven M. Asmussen Stonestreet Stables & Harold T. McCormick1+181:46:33I
2008 Music Note Javier Castellano Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1+181:49.75I
2007 Octave John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Don Lucarelli & Starlight Stable1+181:47.19I
2006Bushfire Edgar Prado Eddie Kenneally Ron & Ricki Rashinski1+181:49.86I
2005 Smuggler Edgar Prado Claude R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 1+181:48.40I
2004Stellar Jayne Robby Albarado D. Wayne Lukas Spendthrift Farm 1+181:48.00I
2003Spoken Fur Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Amerman Racing Stable1+181:50.40I
2002Nonsuch Bay Jerry D. Bailey Frank Alexander Joseph P. Platt Jr.1+181:49.00I
2001Fleet Renee John Velazquez Michael Dickinson Verne Winchell 1+181:47.00I
2000Secret Status Pat Day Neil J. Howard W. Farish 1+181:48.00I
1999Dreams Gallore Robby Albarado Steven M. Asmussen Gary A. Tanaka 1+181:48.60I
1998Jersey Girl Mike E. Smith Todd A. Pletcher Ackerley Brothers Farm1+181:47.60I
1997 Ajina Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1+181:48.40I
1996 Yanks Music John Velazquez Leo O'Brien Audrey H. Cooper & Michael Fennessy1+181:47.80I
1995 Serena's Song Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Robert & Beverly Lewis 1+181:50.20I
1994 Lakeway Kent Desormeaux Gary F. Jones Michael G. Rutherford1+181:46.40I
1993 Sky Beauty Mike E. Smith H. Allen Jerkens Georgia E. Hofmann1+181:49.60I
1992Turnback the Alarm Chris Antley William V. Terrill Valley View Farm1+181:48.80I
1991 Meadow Star Jerry D. Bailey LeRoy Jolley Carl Icahn 1+181:48.80I
1990 Go For Wand Randy Romero William Badgett Jr. Christiana Stable 1+181:48.80I
1989 Open Mind Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1+181:49.40I
1988 Goodbye Halo Jorge Velásquez Charles E. Whittingham Arthur B. Hancock III 1+181:49.80I
1987Fiesta Gal Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1+181:50.20I
1986Life At The Top José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French Jr.1+181:49.60I
1985 Mom's Command Abigail Fuller Edward T. Allard Peter D. Fuller 1+181:49.60I
1984 Life's Magic Jorge Velásquez D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1+181:48.80I
1983Able Money Antonio Graell Anthony Russo Faith Donnelly1+181:49.20I
1982Cupecoy's Joy Angel Santiago Alfredo Callejas Ri-Ma-Ro Stable1+181:48.40I
1981 Wayward Lass Cash Asmussen Jose A. Martin Flying Zee Stables1+181:48.80I
1980Sugar and Spice Jeffrey Fell John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1+181:49.60I
1979 Davona Dale Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1+181:48.80I
1978 Caesar's Wish Danny Wright Richard W. Small Sally M. Gibson1+181:47.60I
1977Road Princess Jean Cruguet John P. Campo Elmendorf Farm 1+181:48.20I
1976Girl In Love Jean Cruguet John P. Campo Elmendorf Farm 1+181:48.80I
1975 Ruffian Jacinto Vásquez Frank Whiteley Locust Hill Farm 1+181:47.80I
1974 Chris Evert Jorge Velásquez Joseph A. Trovato Carl Rosen1+181:48.60I
1973Windy's Daughter Eddie Belmonte Laz Barrera Mrs. Paul L. Blackman1+181:48.40I
1972Wanda Jorge Velásquez James P. Conway Niblick Stable1+181:48.40
1971 Deceit John L. Rotz Del W. Carroll Windfields Farm 1+181:50.20
1970 Office Queen Carlos Marquez Budd Lepman Stephen A. Calder1+181:49.80
1969 Shuvee Jesse Davidson Willard C. Freeman Anne Minor Stone1+181:50.20
1968 Dark Mirage Manuel Ycaza Everett W. King Lloyd I. Miller1+181:49.40
1967Furl Sail Jacinto Vásquez John L. Winans Mrs. Edwin K. Thomas1+181:49.60
1966Lady Pitt Walter Blum Stephen DiMauro Golden Triangle Stable1+181:50.40
1965Cordially Braulio Baeza Edward Christmas Howell E. Jackson1+181:50.80
1964Sceree Larry Adams Freeman McMillan Hickory Tree Stable 1+181:50.80
1963Spicy Living Jimmy Combest Jimmy Rowe Eleonora Sears 1+181:50.40
1962 Cicada Bill Shoemaker Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 1+181:50.00
1961Funloving Bobby Ussery Jim Fitzsimmons Ogden Phipps 1+181:50.60
1960 Berlo Eric Guerin Richard E. Handlen Foxcatcher Farm 1+181:50.00
1959 Quill Paul J. Bailey Lucien Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1+181:49.40
1958 Idun Bill Hartack Sherrill W. Ward Josephine Bay 1+1161:43.60
1957Outer Space Willie Lester James W. Maloney Mrs. Gerard S. Smith1+1161:42.60

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