Nashua Stakes

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Nashua Stakes
Listed race
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
Inaugurated1975
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website NYRA
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Weight122 lbs with allowances
Purse$150,000 (2021)

The Nashua Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the main dirt track scheduled annually in late October or early November usually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000.

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History

The event is named in honor of Nashua, the 1955 United States Horse of the Year. [1] Nashua won the Dwyer Handicap at Aqueduct after he had just won the last two Classic events, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.

The event was inaugurated on December 22, 1975, and was won by Lord Henribee, who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Maple for his fourth straight win as the 2/5 odds-on favorite on a cold snowy day in a time of 1:354⁄5. [2]

In 1982 the event was classified as Grade III [3] and was upgraded to Grade II in 1986 for three runnings. [4] The race returned to Grade II by the American Graded Stakes Committee in 2009 [4] but was downgraded once more in 2018 back to Grade III. [3]

The event was scheduled for the turf for three runnings between 1991 and 1993. [4] The event has had several distance changes. The distance was set at a mile and 70 yards for 1985, at a mile and a sixteenth from 1987 to 1993 and six furlongs in 2011. [4] The event was not held in 1995 and has been held at Belmont Park four times, the last of which was in 2021. [4]

The event is late in the season and it is usually a good race for late-developing two-year-olds.[ citation needed ] There have been several notable participants who have made an impact later in their racing careers. The 1991 winner Pine Bluff went on to win the 1992 Preakness Stakes while the 1997 winner Coronado's Quest the following year won the Grade I Haskell Invitational and Grade I Travers Stakes. In 2010 To Honor and Serve led all the way to record an easy 4-length victory over Mucho Macho Man. To Honor and Serve also won two Grade Is later in his career, the Cigar Mile Handicap and Woodward Stakes while Mucho Macho Man won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2013 as a five-year-old.

In 2023 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status [5]

Records

Time record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Aqueduct
2024StudlydorightXavier PerezJohn J. RobbDavid R. Hughes1 mile1:37.23$145,500Listed [6]
2023Where's ChrisIsaac CastilloRichard E. Dutrow Jr.Nice Guys Stables1 mile1:36.75$145,500Listed [7]
2022Champions Dream Irad Ortiz Jr. Danny GarganRosedown Racing Stables1 mile1:39.17$150,000III [8]
At Belmont Park
2021Rockefeller Luis Saez Bob Baffert SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables & Robert E. Masterson1 mile1:36.66$150,000III [9]
At Aqueduct
2020Pickin' TimeTrevor McCarthyKelly J. BreenJohn Bowers, Jr.1 mile1:39.89$100,000III [10]
2019Independence Hall Jose L. Ortiz Michael J. Trombetta Eclipse Thoroughbreds, Twin Creek Stables, Kathleen & Robert Verratti1 mile1:34:66$150,000III [11]
2018Vekoma Manuel Franco George WeaverR. A. Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables1 mile1:36.62$200,000III [12]
2017Avery Island Joe Bravo Kiaran P. McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 1 mile1:37.58$200,000II [13]
2016HemsworthAntonio A. Gallardo Thomas Albertrani Godolphin Racing 1 mile1:38.70$190,000II [14]
2015 Mohaymen Junior Alvarado Kiaran P. McLaughlin Shadwell Stable 1 mile1:36.01$200,000II [15]
2014Blofeld John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee) & JSM Equine1 mile1:38.89$250,000II [16]
2013Cairo Prince Luis Saez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Namcook Stables, Paul Braverman, Harvey A. Clarke & W. Craig Robertson III1 mile1:37.59$250,000II [17]
2012 Violence Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Black Rock Stables1 mile1:35.32$200,000II [18]
At Belmont Park
2011 Vexor David Cohen John C. Kimmel Goldmark Farm6 furlongs1:10.71$150,000II [19]
At Aqueduct
2010To Honor and Serve Jose Lezcano William I. Mott Live Oak Racing 1 mile1:35.86$147,000II [20]
2009 Buddy's Saint Jose Lezcano Bruce N. Levine Kingfield Stables1 mile1:35.67$150,000II [21]
2008Break Water Edison Alan Garcia John C. Kimmel Eli Gindi1 mile1:35.86$109,300III [22]
2007Etched Alan Garcia Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1 mile1:36.96$105,800III [23]
2006Day Pass Fernando Jara Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1 mile1:36.09$112,900III [24]
At Belmont Park
2005 Bluegrass Cat John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm 1 mile1:38.02$113,300III [25]
At Aqueduct
2004 Rockport Harbor Stewart Elliott John C. Servis Fox Hill Farms1 mile1:36.67$109,500III [26]
2003Read the Footnotes Jerry D. Bailey Richard A. Violette Jr. Klaravich Stables 1 mile1:36.48$113,100III [27]
2002Added Edge Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Team Valor & Robert J. Wilson1 mile1:36.77$109,700III [28]
At Belmont Park
2001Listen Here Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Kim & Rodney Nardelli & Lewis G. Lakin1 mile1:37.61$109,300III [29]
At Aqueduct
2000Ommadon Aaron Gryder Thomas M. WalshSorin Stables1 mile1:36.74$113,200III [30]
1999Mass Market Mike E. Smith Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. New Farm1 mile1:38.60$111,700III [31]
1998 Doneraile Court Jerry D. Bailey Nicholas P. Zito Michael Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier 1 mile1:36.17$111,000III [32]
1997 Coronado's Quest Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Stuart S. Janney III1 mile1:37.06$108,500III [33]
1996Jules Jose A. Santos Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables1 mile1:36.89$113,900III [34]
1995Race not held
1994Devious CourseFrank T. Alvarado H. James Bond Rudlein Stable1 mile1:37.50$109,300III [35]
1993Popol's Gold Herb McCauley William H. Turner Jr. Stephen Stavrides1+1⁄16 miles1:46.68$124,000III [36]
1992Dalhart Mike E. Smith Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄16 miles1:44.60$124,400III [37]
1991 Pine Bluff Craig Perret Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄16 miles1:46.14$126,600III [38]
1990Kyle's Our Man Jerry D. Bailey John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:45.40$93,300III [39]
1989Champagneforashley Jacinto Vasquez Howard M. Tesher Lions Head Farm1+1⁄16 miles1:45.20$110,800III [40]
1988Traskwood Angel Cordero Jr. George R. Arnold II Loblolly Stable 1+1⁄16 miles1:45.20$105,400II [41]
1987Cougarized Jose A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French Jr.1+1⁄16 miles1:46.00$128,600II [42]
1986Bold Summit Chris Antley Richard E. Dutrow Sr. Alvin J. Akman1+1⁄16 miles1:45.00$100,000II [43]
1985Raja's Revenge Robbie Davis Frank LaBoccettaEdward Anchel1 mile & 70 yards1:44.40$90,350III [44]
1984Stone White Robbie Davis Gilbert PuentesGilbert Puentes1 mile1:38.20$96,750III [45]
1983Don Rickles Angel Cordero Jr. John Parisella Theodore M. Sabarese1 mile1:38.40$58,000III [46]
1982I Enclose Ruben Hernandez Edward I. Kelly Sr. Brookfield Farms 1 mile1:37.60$59,100III [47]
1981Our Escapade Donald MacBeth Roger Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1 mile1:36.80$58,800 [48]
1980† A Run Chris McCarron Larry S. BarreraArron U. Jones1 mile1:37.20$59,100 [49]
1979Googolplex Laffit Pincay Jr. Frank "Pancho" Martin Robert N. Lehmann1 mile1:36.40$54,250 [50]
1978Instrument Landing Jeffrey Fell David A. Whiteley Pen-Y-Bryn Farm 1 mile1:37.00$44,200 [51]
1977Quadratic Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens August Belmont IV 1 mile1:35.40$36,625 [52]
1976Nearly On Time Jacinto Vasquez LeRoy Jolley Mrs. Moody Jolley 1 mile1:35.60$36,675 [53]
1975Lord Henribee Eddie Maple William H. Turner Jr. Milton Ritzenberg1 mile1:35.80$55,050 [2]

Legend:
  Dirt  Turf


Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1980 running, Willow Hour was first past the post, but was disqualified and placed last for interference in the running of the race.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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