Pegasus Stakes

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Pegasus Stakes
Listed race
Location Monmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated1980
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.monmouthpark.com
Race information
DistanceOne and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
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.

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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]

Historical race notes

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]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Miles)
TimePurse $ Gr.
2023Salute the Stars3 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Gary and Mary West 1+116 mi1:43.87$150,000 L/R
2022Home Brew4 Paco Lopez Brad H. Cox Gary and Mary West 1+116 mi1:43.20$150,000 L/R
2021 Mandaloun 3 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Juddmonte Farms 1+116 mi1:44.63$150,000 L/R
2020Pneumatic3 Joe Bravo Steve Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC1+116 mi1:44.76$155,000L/R
2019King For A Day3 Joe Bravo Todd Pletcher Red Oak Stable (John J. Brunetti Sr.)1+116 mi1:42.59$150,000L/R
2018Supreme Aura3 Joe Bravo Michael Stidham Stallionaire Enterprises LLC (Rick Kanter)1+116 mi1:46.84$102,000L/R
2017Timeline3 Javier Castellano Chad Brown Woodford Racing LLC (William S. Farish IV, mn.ptr.)1+116 mi1:41.32$100,000G3
2016Donegal Moon3 Joe Bravo Todd Pletcher Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, mn.ptr.)1+116 mi1:44.15$150,000G3
2015Mr. Jordan3 Paco Lopez Edward Plesa Jr. David Melin, Leon Ellman, Laurie Plesa1+116 mi1:42.71$150,000G3
2014Albano3Kerwin D. Clark J. Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 1+116 mi1:44.17$150,000G3
2013 Verrazano 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Let's Go Stable (Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith)1+116 mi1:41.72$150,000G3
2012Le Bernardin3 Mike Luzzi Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Stable 1+116 mi1:44.51$100,000G3
2011 Pants On Fire 3 Rosie Napravnik Kelly Breen George & Lori Hall1+116 mi1:42.89$200,000G3
2010Afleet Express3 Javier Castellano Jimmy Jerkens Gainesway Farm, Martin L. Cherry1+116 mi1:45.44$200,000G3
2009Bad Action3 David Cohen Gary Contessa Winning Move Stable (Steve Sigler, mn.ptr.), Sanford H. Robbins LLC, P. & D. Kaplan Racing LLC1+18 mi1:49.16$150,000G3
2008Atoned3Chris DeCarlo Todd Pletcher Dogwood Stable 1+18 mi1:49.40$200,000G3
2007Actin Good3 Cornelio Velásquez Robert DibonaLeo-Sag Stables, Gus Goldsmith, Greg and Jerrich Stable1+18 mi1:51.54$250,000G3
2006Diamond Stripes3 Edgar Prado Rick Dutrow Four Roses Thoroughbreds (Kassem Masri)1+18 mi1:47.30$250,000G3
2005Magna Graduate3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Elizabeth H. Alexander1+18 mi1:47.40$250,000G3
2004Pies Prospect3 Edgar Prado Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta1+18 mi1:48.40$300,000G3
2003Race not held
2002Regal Sanction3 José A. Santos James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore1+18 mi1:49.80$350,000G2
2001 Volponi 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Philip G. Johnson Amherst Stable (Kathy Johnson), Spruce Pond Stable (Edward Baier)1+18 mi1:46.80$250,000G2
2000Kiss A Native3 Mickey Walls David R. Bell John A. Franks 1+18 mi1:48.20$250,000G2
1999Forty One Carats3 Jorge Chavez David Fawkes Jack T. Hammer & Walter L. New1+18 mi1:45.40$400,000G2
1998Tomorrows Cat3 Joe Bravo Mark A. Hennig Donald S. & Roberta Mary Zuckerman & Camelia J. Casby1+18 mi1:46.80$500,000G2
1997 Behrens 3 Jerry Bailey H. James Bond William Clifton Jr.1+18 mi1:46.60$1,000,000G2
1996Allied Forces3 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin Ahmed Al Tayer1+116 mi1:47.00$200,000G2
1995Flying Chevron3 Robbie Davis James J. Toner Kimran Stable (Ronald Nicholson)1+116 mi1:40.80$200,000G2
1994Brass Scale3 Edgar Prado Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp 1+18 mi1:49.20$200,000G2
1993Diazo3 Laffit Pincay Jr. Bill Shoemaker Allen E. Paulson 1+18 mi1:47.00$250,000G1
1992Scuffleburg3 Julie Krone Scotty Schulhofer William H. Perry 1+18 mi1:49.00$500,000G1
1991Scan3 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer William H. Perry 1+18 mi1:46.40$300,000G1
1990Silver Ending3 Ed Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Angelo Costanza & Ron McAnally 1+18 mi1:47.20$300,000G1
1989Norquestor3 Julie Krone Hubert Hine Scott C. Savin1+18 mi1:49.60$300,000G1
1988 Brian's Time 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. John M. Veitch Joan W. Phillips 1+18 mi1:47.00$300,000G1
1987 Cryptoclearance 3 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer Philip Teinowitz1+18 mi1:48.60$300,000G1
1986 Danzig Connection 3 Pat Day Woody Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1+18 mi1:49.00$300,000G2
1985 Skip Trial 3 Jean-Luc Samyn Hubert Hine Zelda Cohen1+18 mi1:51.00$300,000G2
1984Hail Bold King3 Jorge Velásquez William E. Burch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1+18 mi1:49.20$200,000G2
1983World Appeal3Antonio Graell Scotty Schulhofer Elton D. Kohr Sr.1+18 mi1:46.60$200,000G2
1982Fast Gold3 Jean-Luc Samyn Sally A. Bailie Aisco Stable 1+18 mi1:49.00$200,000
1981 Summing 3 George Martens Luis S. Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr.1+18 mi1:51.00$200,000
1980Dr. Blum3 Ruben Hernandez Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 6 f 1:11.00$25,000

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pegasus Stakes". Equibase Co. LLC. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. "Forty One Carats Captures Pegasus". New York Post. 1999-10-30. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. "Fast Gold, 35-1 Shot, Captures Pegasus". The New York Times. 1982-10-01. Retrieved 2019-06-24.