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Vosburgh Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
- Inaugural Race: 1940
- Distance: 3/4ths of a mile (6 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
- 2022 Purse: $250,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, October 8th
2022 Vosburgh Stakes Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE / SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elite Power | Jose Lezcano / William I. Mott | $3.00 / $2.30 / $2.10 |
| 3 | Eastern Bay | Javier Castellano / Norman L. Cash | $4.80 / $2.70 |
| 5 | Drafted | Kendrick Carmouche / David P. Duggan | $2.20 |
| 1 | Southern District | Manuel Franco / Chad C. Brown | |
| 2 | Jalen Journey | Dylan Davis / Norman L. Cash |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1.00 Exacta (4-3) Paid: $5.50
- $0.50 Trifecta (4-3-5) Paid: $6.20
- $0.10 Superfecta (4-3-5-1) Paid: $2.80
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Vosburgh Stakes Race History
The Vosburgh Stakes is a Grade II race run each year at Belmont Park in New York. The race was named in honor of Walter S. Vosburgh, the famed turf historian and official handicapper for The Jockey Club in the early 19th century. From its inauguration in 1940 to 2002, it was run at seven furlongs but in 2003 it was run at 6 1/2 furlongs for just that year only. Starting in 2004, the race has been contested at 6 furlongs.
Notable past winners include Hall of Fame inductee Bold Ruler (1957), who would go on to win the Preakness that year as part of a U.S. 3-Year-Old Champion Male and American Horse of the Year winning season and Affectionately (1964), another Hall of Fame inductee ranked one of the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century.
Dr. Fager won the race back to back in 1967 and 1968, with his second win coming as part of what is regarded as one of the single greatest racing seasons of all time. In that year, Dr. Fager became the only horse to hold four American titles at once (Champion Sprint Horse, Male Turf Horse, Older Male Horse and Horse of the Year). Other important past winners include Forego (1974), My Juliet (1976), Groovy (1987), Housebuster (1991), Langfuhr (1996), and Artax (1999).
Currently there are five horses tied for most wins: Joe Schenck, Dr. Fager, Sewickley, Private Zone, and Imperial Hunt. All five horses have two wins each. In 1990, jockey Angel Cordero Jr. picked up his sixth career win at the the Vosburgh Stakes, a record that still stands today.
Winning the race earns an automatic bid to race in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint as part of the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series.
Vosburgh Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Elite Power | Jose Lezcano / William I. Mott | 6 F / 1:23.98 |
| 2021 | Following Sea | Joel Rosario / Todd A. Pletcher | 6 F / 1:09.20 |
| 2020 | Firenze Fire | Jose Lezcano / Kelly J. Breen | 6 F / 1:09.74 |
| 2019 | Imperial Hint | Javier Castellano / Luis Carvajal Jr. | 6 F / 1:08.35 |
| 2018 | Imperial Hint | Javier Castellano / Luis Carvajal Jr. | 6 F / 1:08.27 |
| 2017 | Takaful | José Ortiz / Kiaran McLaughlin | 6 F / 1:09.69 |
| 2016 | Joking | Manuel Franco / Charlton Baker | 6 F / 1:09.18 |
| 2015 | Rock Fall | Javier Castellano / Todd A. Pletcher | 6 F / 1:08.70 |
| 2014 | Private Zone | Martin Pedroza / Alfredo Velazquez | 6 F / 1.08:95 |
| 2013 | Private Zone | Martin Pedroza / Doug O'Neill | 6 F / 1:08.02 |
| 2012 | The Lumber Guy | John Velazquez / Michael Hushion | 6 F / 1:09.72 |
| 2011 | Giant Ryan | Cornelio Velásquez / Bisnath Parbhoo | 6 F / 1:09.10 |
| 2010 | Girolamo | Alan Garcia / Saeed bin Suroor | 6 F / 1:09.41 |
| 2009 | Kodiak Kowboy | Shaun Bridgmohan / Steven M. Asmussen | 6 F / 1:10.08 |
| 2008 | Black Seventeen | Clinton Potts / Brian Koriner | 6 F / 1:09.77 |
| 2007 | Fabulous Strike | Ramon A. Dominguez / Todd M. Beattie | 6 F / 1:09.22 |
| 2006 | Henny Hughes | John R. Velazquez / Kiaran McLaughlin | 6 F / 1:08.13 |
| 2005 | Taste of Paradise | Garrett Gomez / Gary Mandella | 6 F / 1:08.82 |
| 2004 | Pico Central | Victor Espinoza / Paulo Lobo | 6 F / 1:09.74 |
| 2003 | Ghostzapper | Javier Castellano / Robert J. Frankel | 6 1/2 F / 1:14.72 |
| 2002 | Bonapaw | Gerard Melancon / Norman Miller III | 7 F / 1:22.34 |
| 2001 | Left Bank | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 7 F / 1:20.73 |
| 2000 | Trippi | Jerry D. Bailey / Todd A. Pletcher | 7 F / 1:21.66 |
| 1999 | Artax | Jorge F. Chavez / Louis Albertrani | 7 F / 1:21.60 |
| 1998 | Affirmed Success | Jorge F. Chavez / Richard Schosberg | 7 F / 1:21.99 |
| 1997 | Victor Cooley | Jorge F. Chavez / Mark Frostad | 7 F / 1:22.00 |
| 1996 | Langfuhr | Jorge F. Chavez / Mike Keogh | 7 F / 1:21.20 |
| 1995 | Not Surprising | Robbie Davis / Judson Van Worp | 7 F / 1:22.48 |
| 1994 | Harlan | Jerry D. Bailey / D. Wayne Lukas | 7 F / 1:21.82 |
| 1993 | Birdonthewire | Mike E. Smith / Philip M. Serpe | 7 F / 1:22.28 |
| 1992 | Rubiano | Julie Krone / Flint S. Schulhofer | 7 F / 1:22.80 |
| 1991 | Housebuster | Craig Perret / Warren A. Croll Jr. | 7 F / 1:21.85 |
| 1990 | Sewickley | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Flint S. Schulhofer | 7 F / 1:21.00 |
| 1989 | Sewickley | Randy Romero / Flint S. Schulhofer | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1988 | Mining | Randy Romero / C. R. McGaughey III | 7 F / 1:22.40 |
| 1987 | Groovy | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Jose A. Martin | 7 F / 1:22.60 |
| 1986 | King's Swan | José A. Santos / Richard E. Dutrow Sr. | 7 F / 1:21.80 |
| 1985 | Another Reef | Nick Santagata / Jack Ludwig | 7 F / 1:21.80 |
| 1984 | Track Barron | Ángel Cordero Jr. / LeRoy Jolley | 7 F / 1:22.00 |
| 1983 | A Phenomenon | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Angel Penna Jr. | 7 F / 1:21.00 |
| 1982 | Engine One | Ruben Hernandez / Sylvester Veitch | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1981 | Guilty Conscience | Cash Asmussen / Hubert Hine | 7 F / 1:22.00 |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | Cash Asmussen / Thomas J. Kelly | 7 F / 1:21.40 |
| 1979 | General Assembly | Jacinto Vásquez / LeRoy Jolley | 7 F / 1:21.00 |
| 1978 | Dr. Patches | Ángel Cordero Jr. / John A. Nerud | 7 F / 1:21.00 |
| 1977 | Affiliate | Craig Perret / Lazaro S. Barrera | 7 F / 1:21.00 |
| 1976 | My Juliet | Anthony Black / Eugene Euster | 7 F / 1:21.80 |
| 1975 | No Bias | Angel Santiago / Harold Hodosh | 7 F / 1:22.80 |
| 1974 | Forego | Heliodoro Gustines / Sherrill W. Ward | 7 F / 1:21.60 |
| 1973 | Aljamin | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Lazaro S. Barrera | 7 F / 1:21.20 |
| 1972 | Triple Bend | Laffit Pincay Jr. / William J. Hirsch | 7 F / 1:22.00 |
| 1971 | Duck Dance | John Ruane / H. Allen Jerkens | 7 F / 1:21.20 |
| 1970 | Best Turn | Larry Adams / Reggie Cornell | 7 F / 1:21.40 |
| 1969 | Ta Wee | John L. Rotz / Flint S. Schulhofer | 7 F / 1:21.60 |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | Braulio Baeza / John A. Nerud | 7 F / 1:20.20 |
| 1967 | Dr. Fager | Braulio Baeza / John A. Nerud | 7 F / 1:21.60 |
| 1966 | Gallant Romeo | Kenneth Knapp / Willard Proctor | 7 F / 1:22.80 |
| 1965 | R. Thomas | Larry Adams / Dave Erb | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1964 | Affectionately | Howard Grant / Hirsch Jacobs | 7 F / 1:22.00 |
| 1963 | Ornamento | Braulio Baeza / James P. Conway | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1962 | Commend | Terry Bove / H. Allen Jerkens | 7 F / 1:22.20 |
| 1961 | Gyro | Braulio Baeza / John Lipari | 7 F / 1:23.20 |
| 1960 | Mail Order | Eldon Nelson / Larry H. Thompson | 7 F / 1:22.60 |
| 1959 | Rick City | Robert L. Stevenson / Joe Carroll | 7 F / 1:22.80 |
| 1958 | Tick Tock | Bill Shoemaker / Edward A. Christmas | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro / James E. Fitzsimmons | 7 F / 1:21.40 |
| 1956 | Summer Tan | Eric Guerin / Sherrill W. Ward | 7 F / 1:23.60 |
| 1955 | Nance's Lad | Hedley Woodhouse / Hilton Dabson | 7 F / 1:24.00 |
| 1954 | Joe Jones | Conn McCreary / Hirsch Jacobs | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1953 | Indian Land | Ted Atkinson / Bill Winfrey | 7 F / 1:23.60 |
| 1952 | Parading Lady | James N. Hardinbrook / John B. Theall | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1951 | War King * | Conn McCreary / Preston M. Burch | 7 F / 1:23.20 |
| 1950 | Tea Maker | Jack Robertson / J. Dallet Byers | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1949 | Loser Weeper | Eric Guerin / Bill Winfrey | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1948 | Colosal | Ovie Scurlock / Ivan H. Parke | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1947 | With Pleasure | Jack Westrope / Thomas P. Fleming | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1946 | Coincidence | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 7 F / 1:23.80 |
| 1945 | Buzfuz | Tommy Luther / Joseph B. Rosen | 7 F / 1:23.20 |
| 1944 | Cassis (Dead Heat) | Ted Atkinson / Preston M. Burch | 7 F / 1:23.40 |
| 1944 | Paperboy (Dead Heat) | Warren Mehrtens / Jimmy Coleman | 7 F / 1:23.40 |
| 1943 | Wait A Bit | Charles Givens / Matthew P. Brady | 7 F / 1:23.20 |
| 1942 | Parasang | Don Meade / Edward L. Snyder | 7 F / 1:23.00 |
| 1941 | Joe Schenck | Wendell Eads / Ross O. Higdon | 7 F / 1:24.20 |
| 1940 | Joe Schenck | Robert Vedder / Ross O. Higdon | 7 F / 1:23.20 |