| Grade III race | |
| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1940 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | Belmont Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 (2021) |
The Vosburgh Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Run at the end of September/early October, it is open to horses three-years-old and up of either gender. A Grade III sprint race, it is raced at a distance of seven furlongs and is a major prep to the Breeders' Cup Sprint. [1]
First run in 1940, the Vosburgh Stakes is named in honor of Walter Vosburgh, a turf historian who was the official handicapper for The Jockey Club and various other racing associations from 1894 to 1934. The inaugural race, as well as the second running, was won by Herbert M. Woolf's colt Joe Schenck, named for the vaudeville star, Joseph Thuma Schenck.
The race was run at Aqueduct Race Track in 1959, 1961 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, and 1986. It was raced over a distance of seven furlongs from inception until 2003 when it was run at 6.5 furlongs for that year only. Since 2004 it has been run at its current distance of six furlongs.
Prior to 1979, it was called the Vosburgh Handicap. Until 1958 it was open to all ages.
As of 2020 the race was downgraded to Group II. [2]
Speed record:
Most wins:
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. | Time | Win $ | Gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cody's Wish | 5 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Godolphin | 7 f | 1:21.83 | $250,000 | G2 |
| 2022 | Elite Power | 4 | Jose Lezcano | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farm | 7 f | 1:23.98 | $250,000 | G2 |
| 2021 | Following Sea | 3 | Joel Rosario | Todd A. Pletcher | Spendthrift Farm | 6 f | 1:09.20 | $137,500 | G2 |
| 2020 | Firenze Fire | 5 | Jose Lezcano | Kelly J. Breen | Mr Amore Stable (Ron Lombardi) | 6 f | 1:09.74 | $150,000 | G2 |
| 2019 | Imperial Hint | 6 | Javier Castellano | Luis Carvajal Jr. | Raymond Mamone | 6 f | 1:08.35 | $192,500 | G1 |
| 2018 | Imperial Hint | 5 | Javier Castellano | Luis Carvajal Jr. | Raymond Mamone | 6 f | 1:08.27 | $192,500 | G1 |
| 2017 | Takaful | 3 | José Ortiz | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing | 6 f | 1:09.69 | $210,000 | G1 |
| 2016 | Joking | 7 | Manuel Franco | Charlton Baker | Charlton Baker | 6 f | 1:09.18 | $210,000 | G1 |
| 2015 | Rock Fall | 4 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Stonestreet Stables | 6 f | 1:08.70 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2014 | Private Zone | 5 | Martin Pedroza | Alfredo Velazquez | Good Friends Stable | 6 f | 1.08:95 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2013 | Private Zone | 4 | Martin Pedroza | Doug O'Neill | Good Friends Stable | 6 f | 1:08.02 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2012 | The Lumber Guy | 3 | John Velazquez | Michael Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz | 6 f | 1:09.72 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2011 | Giant Ryan | 5 | Cornelio Velásquez | Bisnath Parbhoo | Shivananda Parbhoo | 6 f | 1:09.10 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2010 | Girolamo | 4 | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 6 f | 1:09.41 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2009 | Kodiak Kowboy | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steven M. Asmussen | Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm | 6 f | 1:10.08 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2008 | Black Seventeen | 4 | Clinton Potts | Brian Koriner | Wind River Stables | 6 f | 1:09.77 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2007 | Fabulous Strike | 4 | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd M. Beattie | Walter Downey | 6 f | 1:09.22 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2006 | Henny Hughes | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Kiaran McLaughlin | Zabeel Racing (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) | 6 f | 1:08.13 | $240,000 | G1 |
| 2005 | Taste of Paradise | 6 | Garrett Gomez | Gary Mandella | David Bloom | 6 f | 1:08.82 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 2004 | Pico Central | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Paulo Lobo | Gary A. Tanaka | 6 f | 1:09.74 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 2003 | Ghostzapper | 3 | Javier Castellano | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stable | 6.5 f | 1:14.72 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 2002 | Bonapaw | 6 | Gerard Melancon | Norman Miller III | James & Dennis Richard | 6 f | 1:22.34 | $180,000 | G1 |
| 2001 | Left Bank | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Michael Tabor | 6 f | 1:20.73 | $180,000 | G1 |
| 2000 | Trippi | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 6 f | 1:21.66 | $180,000 | G1 |
| 1999 | Artax | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Louis Albertrani | Paraneck Stable | 7 f | 1:21.60 | $150,000 | G1 |
| 1998 | Affirmed Success | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Richard Schosberg | Albert Fried Jr. | 7 f | 1:21.99 | $150,000 | G1 |
| 1997 | Victor Cooley | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Mark Frostad | Jeff Begg | 7 f | 1:22.00 | $150,000 | G1 |
| 1996 | Langfuhr | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Mike Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 7 f | 1:21.20 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1995 | Not Surprising | 5 | Robbie Davis | Judson Van Worp | Robert Van Worp | 7 f | 1:22.48 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1994 | Harlan | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Arthur B. Hancock III | 7 f | 1:21.82 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1993 | Birdonthewire | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Philip M. Serpe | Robert Kaufman | 7 f | 1:22.28 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1992 | Rubiano | 5 | Julie Krone | Flint S. Schulhofer | Centennial Farm | 7 f | 1:22.80 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1991 | Housebuster | 4 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Robert P. Levy | 7 f | 1:21.85 | $120,000 | G1 |
| 1990 | Sewickley | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Flint S. Schulhofer | Robert S. Evans | 7 f | 1:21.00 | $142,080 | |
| 1989 | Sewickley | 4 | Randy Romero | Flint S. Schulhofer | Robert S. Evans | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $135,120 | |
| 1988 | Mining | 4 | Randy Romero | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 7 f | 1:22.40 | $133,920 | |
| 1987 | Groovy | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Jose A. Martin | Prestonwood Farm | 7 f | 1:22.60 | $139,680 | |
| 1986 | King's Swan | 6 | José A. Santos | Richard E. Dutrow Sr. | Alvin Akman | 7 f | 1:21.80 | $141,840 | |
| 1985 | Another Reef | 3 | Nick Santagata | Jack Ludwig | Thomas K. Leachman | 7 f | 1:21.80 | $102,420 | |
| 1984 | Track Barron | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 7 f | 1:22.00 | $109,800 | |
| 1983 | A Phenomenon | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | Leslie Combs II | 7 f | 1:21.00 | $69,000 | |
| 1982 | Engine One | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Sylvester Veitch | Benjamin F. Ferguson II | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $65,760 | |
| 1981 | Guilty Conscience | 5 | Cash Asmussen | Hubert Hine | Mrs. Richard Davison | 7 f | 1:22.00 | $67,921 | |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | 3 | Cash Asmussen | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 7 f | 1:21.40 | $67,440 | |
| 1979 | General Assembly | 3 | Jacinto Vásquez | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 7 f | 1:21.00 | $48,195 | |
| 1978 | Dr. Patches | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 7 f | 1:21.00 | $48,960 | |
| 1977 | Affiliate | 3 | Craig Perret | Lazaro S. Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 7 f | 1:21.00 | $49,905 | |
| 1976 | My Juliet | 4 | Anthony Black | Eugene Euster | George Weasel Jr. | 7 f | 1:21.80 | $31,980 | |
| 1975 | No Bias | 5 | Angel Santiago | Harold Hodosh | Harold Hodosh | 7 f | 1:22.80 | $34,590 | |
| 1974 | Forego | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 7 f | 1:21.60 | $35,550 | |
| 1973 | Aljamin | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lazaro S. Barrera | Raul Cano | 7 f | 1:21.20 | $33,660 | |
| 1972 | Triple Bend | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | William J. Hirsch | Frank M. McMahon | 7 f | 1:22.00 | $35,310 | |
| 1971 | Duck Dance | 4 | John Ruane | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 7 f | 1:21.20 | $36,660 | |
| 1970 | Best Turn | 4 | Larry Adams | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 7 f | 1:21.40 | $38,545 | |
| 1969 | Ta Wee | 3 | John L. Rotz | Flint S. Schulhofer | Tartan Stable | 7 f | 1:21.60 | $38,220 | |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 7 f | 1:20.20 | $37,050 | |
| 1967 | Dr. Fager | 3 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 7 f | 1:21.60 | $37,310 | |
| 1966 | Gallant Romeo | 5 | Kenny Knapp | Willard Proctor | J. Graham Brown | 7 f | 1:22.80 | $37,505 | |
| 1965 | R. Thomas | 4 | Larry Adams | Dave Erb | Roger W. Wilson | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $39,325 | |
| 1964 | Affectionately | 4 | Howard Grant | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 7 f | 1:22.00 | $18,623 | |
| 1963 | Ornamento | 3 | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $15,275 | |
| 1962 | Commend | 4 | Terry Bove | H. Allen Jerkens | David Shaer | 7 f | 1:22.20 | $15,762 | |
| 1961 | Gyro | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John Lipari | Jagma Stable | 7 f | 1:23.20 | $14,950 | |
| 1960 | Mail Order | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Larry H. Thompson | Alamode Farm (Modie Spiegel) | 7 f | 1:22.60 | $19,330 | |
| 1959 | Rick City | 3 | Robert L. Stevenson | Joe Carroll | Clermont Stable | 7 f | 1:22.80 | $18,550 | |
| 1958 | Tick Tock | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Edward A. Christmas | Howell E. Jackson | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $15,187 | |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 7 f | 1:21.40 | $16,000 | |
| 1956 | Summer Tan | 4 | Eric Guerin | Sherrill W. Ward | Mrs. John W. Galbreath | 7 f | 1:23.60 | $17,200 | |
| 1955 | Nance's Lad | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Hilton Dabson | Hilton Dabson | 7 f | 1:24.00 | $16,650 | |
| 1954 | Joe Jones | 4 | Conn McCreary | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $17,800 | |
| 1953 | Indian Land | 4 | Ted Atkinson | Bill Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 7 f | 1:23.60 | $17,200 | |
| 1952 | Parading Lady | 3 | James Hardinbrook | John B. Theall | Joe W. Brown | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $16,150 | |
| 1951 | War King * | 4 | Conn McCreary | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 7 f | 1:23.20 | $13,125 | |
| 1950 | Tea Maker | 7 | Jack Robertson | J. Dallet Byers | Florence L. Clark | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $13,150 | |
| 1949 | Loser Weeper | 4 | Eric Guerin | Bill Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $12,750 | |
| 1948 | Colosal | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $22,300 | |
| 1947 | With Pleasure | 4 | Jack Westrope | Thomas P. Fleming | Oscar E. Breault | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $19,900 | |
| 1946 | Coincidence | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 7 f | 1:23.80 | $13,950 | |
| 1945 | Buzfuz | 3 | Tommy Luther | Joseph B. Rosen | Sunshine Stable | 7 f | 1:23.20 | $7,765 | |
| 1944 | Cassis (DH) | 5 | Ted Atkinson | Preston M. Burch | Howe Stable | 7 f | 1:23.40 | $4,762 | |
| 1944 | Paperboy (DH) | 6 | Warren Mehrtens | Jimmy Coleman | W-L Ranch Co. | 7 f | 1:23.40 | $4,762 | |
| 1943 | Wait A Bit | 4 | Charles Givens | Matthew P. Brady | William Ziegler Jr. | 7 f | 1:23.20 | $6,600 | |
| 1942 | Parasang | 5 | Don Meade | Edward L. Snyder | C. V. Whitney | 7 f | 1:23.00 | $6,375 | |
| 1941 | Joe Schenck | 6 | Wendell Eads | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 7 f | 1:24.20 | $4,500 | |
| 1940 | Joe Schenck | 5 | Robert Vedder | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 7 f | 1:23.20 | $4,400 |
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