Listed race | |
Location | Monmouth Park Racetrack Oceanport, New Jersey, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1980 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | One and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 (2021) |
The Pegasus Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in June at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. An event for three-year-olds of either gender, it is contested at a mile and a sixteenth (eight and a half furlongs) on the dirt, and currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated as a minor event on November 11, 1980 at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the following year it became the Pegasus Handicap and would be run as such thru 2002. There was no race in 2003 and it returned in 2004 as the Pegasus Stakes. The race was hosted by Meadowlands 1980–2006 and 2008–2009. Its 1996 edition was raced on the turf course. [1]
A former Grade 1 race, the 1997 Pegasus offered a purse of $1,000,000. [1]
Ridden by Jorge Chavez, in 1999 Forty One Carats won the Pegasus Handicap by a nose over Unbridled Jet. The winner's time of 1:45 2/5 broke the Meadowlands track record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt. [2]
Sally Bailie became the first woman trainer in the history of American Thoroughbred racing to win a $200,000 race when she captured the 1982 edition of the Pegasus Handicap with Fast Gold. [3]
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Purse $ | Gr. |
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2023 | Salute the Stars | 3 | Joel Rosario | Brad H. Cox | Gary and Mary West | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:43.87 | $150,000 | L/R |
2022 | Home Brew | 4 | Paco Lopez | Brad H. Cox | Gary and Mary West | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:43.20 | $150,000 | L/R |
2021 | Mandaloun | 3 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Juddmonte Farms | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.63 | $150,000 | L/R |
2020 | Pneumatic | 3 | Joe Bravo | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.76 | $155,000 | L/R |
2019 | King For A Day | 3 | Joe Bravo | Todd Pletcher | Red Oak Stable (John J. Brunetti Sr.) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.59 | $150,000 | L/R |
2018 | Supreme Aura | 3 | Joe Bravo | Michael Stidham | Stallionaire Enterprises LLC (Rick Kanter) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:46.84 | $102,000 | L/R |
2017 | Timeline | 3 | Javier Castellano | Chad Brown | Woodford Racing LLC (William S. Farish IV, mn.ptr.) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:41.32 | $100,000 | G3 |
2016 | Donegal Moon | 3 | Joe Bravo | Todd Pletcher | Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, mn.ptr.) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.15 | $150,000 | G3 |
2015 | Mr. Jordan | 3 | Paco Lopez | Edward Plesa Jr. | David Melin, Leon Ellman, Laurie Plesa | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.71 | $150,000 | G3 |
2014 | Albano | 3 | Kerwin D. Clark | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.17 | $150,000 | G3 |
2013 | Verrazano | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Let's Go Stable (Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:41.72 | $150,000 | G3 |
2012 | Le Bernardin | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Kiaran McLaughlin | Darley Stable | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.51 | $100,000 | G3 |
2011 | Pants On Fire | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | Kelly Breen | George & Lori Hall | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.89 | $200,000 | G3 |
2010 | Afleet Express | 3 | Javier Castellano | Jimmy Jerkens | Gainesway Farm, Martin L. Cherry | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:45.44 | $200,000 | G3 |
2009 | Bad Action | 3 | David Cohen | Gary Contessa | Winning Move Stable (Steve Sigler, mn.ptr.), Sanford H. Robbins LLC, P. & D. Kaplan Racing LLC | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.16 | $150,000 | G3 |
2008 | Atoned | 3 | Chris DeCarlo | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.40 | $200,000 | G3 |
2007 | Actin Good | 3 | Cornelio Velásquez | Robert Dibona | Leo-Sag Stables, Gus Goldsmith, Greg and Jerrich Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.54 | $250,000 | G3 |
2006 | Diamond Stripes | 3 | Edgar Prado | Rick Dutrow | Four Roses Thoroughbreds (Kassem Masri) | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.30 | $250,000 | G3 |
2005 | Magna Graduate | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Elizabeth H. Alexander | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.40 | $250,000 | G3 |
2004 | Pies Prospect | 3 | Edgar Prado | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.40 | $300,000 | G3 |
2003 | Race not held | ||||||||
2002 | Regal Sanction | 3 | José A. Santos | James A. Jerkens | Susan & John Moore | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.80 | $350,000 | G2 |
2001 | Volponi | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Philip G. Johnson | Amherst Stable (Kathy Johnson), Spruce Pond Stable (Edward Baier) | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.80 | $250,000 | G2 |
2000 | Kiss A Native | 3 | Mickey Walls | David R. Bell | John A. Franks | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.20 | $250,000 | G2 |
1999 | Forty One Carats | 3 | Jorge Chavez | David Fawkes | Jack T. Hammer & Walter L. New | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:45.40 | $400,000 | G2 |
1998 | Tomorrows Cat | 3 | Joe Bravo | Mark A. Hennig | Donald S. & Roberta Mary Zuckerman & Camelia J. Casby | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.80 | $500,000 | G2 |
1997 | Behrens | 3 | Jerry Bailey | H. James Bond | William Clifton Jr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.60 | $1,000,000 | G2 |
1996 | Allied Forces | 3 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | Ahmed Al Tayer | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:47.00 | $200,000 | G2 |
1995 | Flying Chevron | 3 | Robbie Davis | James J. Toner | Kimran Stable (Ronald Nicholson) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:40.80 | $200,000 | G2 |
1994 | Brass Scale | 3 | Edgar Prado | Charles Peoples | Bayard Sharp | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.20 | $200,000 | G2 |
1993 | Diazo | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Bill Shoemaker | Allen E. Paulson | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.00 | $250,000 | G1 |
1992 | Scuffleburg | 3 | Julie Krone | Scotty Schulhofer | William H. Perry | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $500,000 | G1 |
1991 | Scan | 3 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | William H. Perry | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.40 | $300,000 | G1 |
1990 | Silver Ending | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | Angelo Costanza & Ron McAnally | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.20 | $300,000 | G1 |
1989 | Norquestor | 3 | Julie Krone | Hubert Hine | Scott C. Savin | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.60 | $300,000 | G1 |
1988 | Brian's Time | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John M. Veitch | Joan W. Phillips | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.00 | $300,000 | G1 |
1987 | Cryptoclearance | 3 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Philip Teinowitz | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.60 | $300,000 | G1 |
1986 | Danzig Connection | 3 | Pat Day | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $300,000 | G2 |
1985 | Skip Trial | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Hubert Hine | Zelda Cohen | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.00 | $300,000 | G2 |
1984 | Hail Bold King | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | William E. Burch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.20 | $200,000 | G2 |
1983 | World Appeal | 3 | Antonio Graell | Scotty Schulhofer | Elton D. Kohr Sr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.60 | $200,000 | G2 |
1982 | Fast Gold | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Sally A. Bailie | Aisco Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $200,000 | |
1981 | Summing | 3 | George Martens | Luis S. Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.00 | $200,000 | |
1980 | Dr. Blum | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $25,000 | |
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