Woodward Stakes top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Woodward Stakes, an American Grade 1 race for three-year-olds and up, at 1-1/8 miles on dirt held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ^{[1] [2]} Runners who were subsequently named the American Horse of the Year are indicated in bold. (List 1972–present)

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Starters
2022	Life Is Good	Law Professor	Keepmeinmind	4
2021	Art Collector	Maxfield	Dr Post	6
2020	Global Champaign	Tacitus	Prioritize	5
2019	Preservationist	Hal Harbour	Yoshida	8
2018	Yoshida	Gunnevera	Leofric	14
2017	Gun Runner	Rally Cry	Neolithic	5
2016	Shaman Ghost	Mubtaahij	Frosted	9
2015	Liam's Map	Coach Inge	Wicked Strong	8
2014	Itsmyluckyday	Moreno	Prayer For Relief	9
2013	Alpha	Flat Out	Successful Dan	5
2012	To Honor and Serve	Mucho Macho Man	Cease	7
2011	Havre de Grace ‡	Flat Out	Rule	8
2010	Quality Road	Mythical Power	Tranquil Manner	7
2009	Rachel Alexandra ‡	Macho Again	Bullsbay	8
2008	Curlin	Past the Point	Wanderin Boy	7
2007	Lawyer Ron	Sun King	Diamond Stripes	8
2006	Premium Tap	Second of June	Sun King	10
2005	Saint Liam	Sir Shackleton	Commentator	5
2004	Ghostzapper	Saint Liam	Bowman's Band	7
2003	Mineshaft	Hold That Tiger	Puzzlement	5
2002	Lido Palace	Gander	Express Tour	6
2001	Lido Palace	Albert the Great	Tiznow	5
2000	Lemon Drop Kid	Behrens	Gander	5
1999	River Keen	Almutawakel	Stephen Got Even	7
1998	Skip Away	Gentlemen	Running Stag	5
1997	Formal Gold	Skip Away	Will's Way	5
1996	Cigar	L'Carriere	Golden Larch	5
1995	Cigar	Star Standard	Golden Larch	5
1994	Holy Bull	Devil His Due	Colonial Affair	8
1993	Bertrando	Devil His Due	Valley Crossing	6
1992	Sultry Song	Pleasant Tap	Out of Place	8
1991	In Excess	Farma Way	Festin	6
1990	Dispersal	Quiet American	Rhythm	8
1989	Easy Goer	Its Academic	Forever Silver	5
1988	Alysheba	Forty Niner	Waquoit	8
1987	Polish Navy	Gulch	Creme Fraiche	9
1986	Precisionist	Lady's Secret ‡	Personal Flag	5
1985	Track Barron	Vanlandingham	Chief's Crown	6
1984	Slew o' Gold	Shifty Sheik	Bet Big	6
1983	Slew o' Gold	Bates Motel	Sing Sing	10
1982	Island Whirl	Silver Buck	Silver Supreme	7
1981	Pleasant Colony	Amber Pass	Herb Water	9
1980	Spectacular Bid	none	none	1
1979	Affirmed	Coastal	Czaravich	5
1978	Seattle Slew	Exceller	It's Freezing	5
1977	Forego	Silver Series	Great Contractor	10
1976	Forego	Dance Spell	Honest Pleasure	10
1975	Forego	Wajima	Group Plan	6
1974	Forego	Arbees Boy	Group Plan	11
1973	Prove Out	Secretariat	Cougar II	5
1972	Key to the Mint	Autobiography	Summer Guest ‡	5

A ‡ designates a Filly or Mare

References

1. Stakes Histories, The Original Racing Almanac 2009, page 494 on June 26, 2008.
2. "Woodward Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.