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Jerome Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Aqueduct Racetrack, New York City
- Inaugural Race: 1866
- Distance: One mile
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three-year-olds
- 2023 Purse: $150,000
- 2023 Race Date: Saturday, January 7th
The Jerome Stakes is one of the early Road to the Kentucky prep-races in New York. Winners of the contest are awarded 10-4-3-2-1 points respectively.
2023 Jerome Stakes Race Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE / SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lugan Knight | Dylan Davis / Michael W. McCarthy | $9.10 / $3.90 / $2.70 |
| 6 | Arctic Arrogance | Jose Lezcano / Linda Rice | $2.70 / $2.20 |
| 7 | General Banker | Andre Shivnarine Worrie / James W. Ferraro | $3.70 |
| 1 | Neural Network | Manuel Franco / Chad C. Brown | |
| 5 | Andiamo a Firenze | Kendrick Carmouche / Kelly J. Breen | |
| 8 | Narciso Dali | Katie Davis / Amira Chichakly | |
| 3 | Valenzan Day | Jose Antonio Gomez / Linda Rice |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1 Exacta (4-6) Paid: $17.20
- $0.50 Trifecta (4-6-7) Paid: $33.75
- $0.10 Superfecta (4-6-7-1) Paid: $20.77
Watch the 2023 Jerome Stakes
History of the Jerome Stakes
The Jerome Stakes tends to land on January 1st every year at Aqueduct in New York. Even if the race doesn’t start on Jan. 1, the Jerome is traditionally the first race of the new year on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The race is run each January at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, NY and contested at 1 mile. The Jerome is open to 3-year-olds and currently carries a purse of $150,000. Contested in colder weather, the Jerome serves as the first of four New York ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’ stepping stone preps, and the top five finishers received qualifying points towards the Kentucky Derby (10-4-3-2-1).
The race is the second oldest stakes race in the country and is Named after Leonard W. Jerome, the grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill. the Jerome Stakes first ran in 1966, and had was held for a period at Belmont Park between 1906 and 1959, then again from 1968 to 2009. The race had been previously contested from 1 ¼ to 2 miles for its initial 40 years. For the next nearly 90 years through 2012 and starting again in 2018 (after 6 years being run at 1 mile 70 yards), the Jerome is contested at 1 mile and the speed record was set by Noble Nashua in 1981 (1:33.20).
Jockey Eddie Acaro has won a record 6 races between 1946 and 1960.
Jerome Stakes winners who also went on to win Triple Crown races include Kentucky Derby winners Aristides (1875), Carry Back (1961), Fusaichi Pegasus (2000), and Belmont Stakes winner Crème Fraiche (1985). In 1963, winner Chateaugay went on to capture wins in both The Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.
Forego finished 2nd in the Jerome in 1973, but went on to win 34 of 57 starts and was named Horse of the Year three times.
Other past Jerome champions of note include Richter Scale (1997), Carry Back (1961), Kelso (1960), Bold Ruler (1957 and sire of Secretariat), Tom Fool (1952), Fair Play (1908, and sire of Man ‘o War), Duke of Magenta (1878) and Aristides (1875), who was the winner of the inaugural Kentucky Derby.
Jerome Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lugan Knight | Dylan Davis / Michael W. McCarthy | 1 mile / 1:37.77 |
| 2022 | Courvoisier | Jose L. Ortiz / Kelly J. Breen | 1 mile / 1:38.86 |
| 2021 | Capo Kane | Dylan Davis / Harold Wyner | 1 mile / 1:38.02 |
| 2020 | Independence Hall | José Ortiz / Michael J. Trombetta | 1 mile / 1:37.27 |
| 2019 | Mind Control | John Velazquez / Gregory D. Sacco | 1 mile / 1:39.06 |
| 2018 | Firenze Fire | Manuel Franco / Jason Servis | 1 mile / 1:42.88 |
| 2017 | El Areeb | Trevor McCarthy / Cathal A. Lynch | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:46.17 |
| 2016 | Flexibility | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Chad C. Brown | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:42.98 |
| 2015 | El Kabeir | Charles C. Lopez / John P. Terranova II | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:44.69 |
| 2014 | Noble Moon | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Leah Gyarmati | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:45.08 |
| 2013 | Vyjack | Cornelio Velásquez / Rudy R. Rodriguez | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:40.67 |
| 2012 | The Lumber Guy | Michael J. Luzzi / Michael E. Hushion | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.04 |
| 2011 | Adios Charlie | Rajiv Maragh / Stanley M. Hough | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.81 |
| 2010 | no race | ||
| 2009 | Girolamo | Alan Garcia / Saeed bin Suroor | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:33.81 |
| 2008 | Tale of Ekati | Cornelio Velásquez / Barclay Tagg | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.17 |
| 2007 | Daaher | Mike Luzzi / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.28 |
| 2006 | Discreet Cat | Garrett Gomez / Saeed bin Suroor | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.46 |
| 2005 | Silver Train | Edgar Prado / Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.24 |
| 2004 | Teton Forest | Shaun Bridgmohan / Bob Baffert | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.74 |
| 2003 | During | José A. Santos / Bob Baffert | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.32 |
| 2002 | Boston Common | Jorge Chavez / Michael V. Pino | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.12 |
| 2001 | Express Tour | John Velazquez / Saeed bin Suroor | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.57 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux / Neil D. Drysdale | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.07 |
| 1999 | Doneraile Court | Chris Antley / Nick Zito | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.63 |
| 1998 | Limit Out | Jean-Luc Samyn / H. Allen Jerkens | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.22 |
| 1997 | Richter Scale | Shane Sellers / Patrick B. Byrne | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.88 |
| 1996 | Why Change | Chuck C. Lopez / Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.22 |
| 1995 | French Deputy | Gary Stevens / Neil D. Drysdale | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:33.53 |
| 1994 | Prenup | Jerry Bailey / Mark A. Hennig | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.59 |
| 1993 | Schossberg | Jerry Bailey / Phil England | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.53 |
| 1992 | Furiously | Jerry Bailey / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.20 |
| 1991 | Scan | José A. Santos / Flint S. Schulhofer | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.09 |
| 1990 | Housebuster | Craig Perret / Warren A. Croll Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.14 |
| 1989 | De Roche | Dennis Carr / Thomas Bohannan | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.56 |
| 1988 | Evening Kris | Jerry Bailey / Philip Gleaves | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.80 |
| 1987 | Afleet | Gary Stahlbaum / Phil England | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:33.80 |
| 1986 | Ogygian | Walter Guerra / Jan H. Nerud | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.00 |
| 1985 | Creme Fraiche | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.60 |
| 1984 | Is Your Pleasure | Don MacBeth / Edward I. Kelly Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.20 |
| 1983 | A Phenomemon | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Angel Penna Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.20 |
| 1982 | Fit To Fight | Jerry Bailey / MacKenzie Miller | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.40 |
| 1981 | Noble Nashua | Cash Asmussen / Jose A. Martin | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:33.20 |
| 1980 | Jaklin Klugman | Chris McCarron / LeRoy Jolley | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.20 |
| 1979 | Czaravich | Jean Cruguet / William H. Turner Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.20 |
| 1978 | Sensitive Prince | Jacinto Vásquez / H. Allen Jerkens | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1977 | Broadway Forli † | Pat Day / Homer C. Pardue | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.20 |
| 1976 | Dance Spell | Ruben Hernandez / James W. Maloney | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.00 |
| 1975 | Guards Up | Carlos Lopez / Thomas H. Heard Jr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.20 |
| 1974 | Stonewalk | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Daniel J. Lopez | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.00 |
| 1973 | Step Nicely | Ángel Cordero Jr. / H. Allen Jerkens | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.00 |
| 1972 | True Knight | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Lou Rondinello | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.60 |
| 1971 | Tinajero | Eddie Belmonte / Laz Barrera | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.80 |
| 1970 | Great Mystery | Phil Grimm / Lynn S. Whiting | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.80 |
| 1969 | Mr. Leader | Jorge Velásquez / MacKenzie Miller | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1968 | Iron Ruler | Jorge Velásquez / Edward J. Yowell | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.20 |
| 1967 | High Tribute | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Victor J. Nickerson | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.80 |
| 1966 | Bold and Brave | Braulio Baeza / Edward A. Neloy | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.00 |
| 1965 | Bold Bidder | Eldon Nelson / Randy Sechrest | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1964 | Irvkup | John L. Rotz / Burley Parke | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.00 |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza / James P. Conway | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1962 | Black Beard | Braulio Baeza / James P. Conway | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.60 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers / Jack A. Price | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1960 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro / Carl Hanford | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:34.80 |
| 1959 | Intentionally | Manuel Ycaza / Edward Kelly Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.40 |
| 1958 | Warhead | Eddie Arcaro / Kay Erik Jensen | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.20 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro / James Fitzsimmons | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.00 |
| 1956 | Reneged | Angel Valenzuela / Homer C. Pardue | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.40 |
| 1955 | Traffic Judge | Eddie Arcaro / Woody Stephens | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.20 |
| 1954 | Martyr | Stanley Small / G. Carey Winfrey | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.80 |
| 1953 | Navy Page | Nick Shuk / Gordon J. McCann | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1952 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1951 | Alerted | Ovie Scurlock / Jimmy Penrod | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.20 |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro / Casey Hayes | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.80 |
| 1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.80 |
| 1948 | Coaltown | Newbold Pierson / Horace A. Jones | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.00 |
| 1947 | Donor | Job Dean Jessop / George P. Odom | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.40 |
| 1946 | Mahout | Eddie Arcaro / Oscar White | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1945 | Buzfuz | Tommy Luther / Joe Rosen | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.20 |
| 1944 | Occupy | Otto Grohs / Burley Parke | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.20 |
| 1943 | Slide Rule | Jack Westrope / Cecil Wilhelm | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1942 | King's Abbey | Carroll Bierman / Graceton Philpot | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.40 |
| 1941 | Stimady | Porter Roberts / Robert R. Tilden | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.20 |
| 1940 | Roman | Wayne D. Wright / Daniel E. Stewart | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.20 |
| 1939 | Easy Mon | Leon Haas / Ben A. Jones | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.80 |
| 1938 | Cravat | Alfred Robertson / Walter Burrows | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.40 |
| 1937 | Pasha | Lester Balaski / J. Thomas Taylor | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.20 |
| 1936 | Goldeneye | Ira Hanford / A. A. Baroni | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.60 |
| 1935 | Good Harvest | Sam Renick / Bud Stotler | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.20 |
| 1934 | Kievex | Wayne D. Wright / J. J. Waldron | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1933 | Golden Way | Mack Garner / Pete Coyne | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.60 |
| 1932 | Larranaga | Raymond Workman / Edward J. Bennett | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.40 |
| 1931 | Ironclad | Lester Pichon / Preston M. Burch | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1930 | Mr. Sponge | Mack Garner / Henry McDaniel | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.40 |
| 1929 | Soul of Honor | George Fields / Robert A. Smith | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.20 |
| 1928 | Sun Edwin | Linus McAtee / Louis Feustel | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.80 |
| 1927 | Osmand | Earl Sande / G. Hamilton Keene | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.00 |
| 1926 | Croyden | Linus McAtee / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.00 |
| 1925 | Primrose | John Maiben / Thomas J. Healey | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.60 |
| 1924 | Priscilla Ruley | John Maiben / James Fitzsimmons | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.80 |
| 1923 | Cherry Pie | Frank Coltiletti / Scott Harlan | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:35.40 |
| 1922 | Kai-Sang | Laverne Fator / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.00 |
| 1921 | Tryster | Frank Coltiletti / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.20 |
| 1920 | Busy Signal | Clarence Kummer / William A. Hurley | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:37.60 |
| 1919 | Thunderclap | Laverne Fator / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:39.40 |
| 1918 | Sunny Slope | John Callahan / Not found | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.40 |
| 1917 | Bally | Lawrence Lyke / James H. McCormack | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.00 |
| 1916 | Spur | Johnny Loftus / James H. McCormack | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:39.00 |
| 1915 | Trial By Jury | Thomas McTaggart / J. Simon Healy | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:38.40 |
| 1914 | Stromboli | Clarence Turner / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:36.60 |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert | Eddie Dugan / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:11.00 |
| 1908 | Fair Play | Clifford Gilbert / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:10.40 |
| 1907 | Perseverance | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel / John W. Rogers | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:13.80 |
| 1906 | Ironsides | Herman Radtke / John W. Rogers | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:10.60 |
| 1905 | Bedouin | Willie Shaw / John Huggins | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:10.60 |
| 1904 | Ostrich | William Crimmins / Frank Lightfoot | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:13.00 |
| 1903 | Eugenia Burch | Grover Fuller / W. P. Maxwell | 1 5⁄16 miles / 2:15.00 |
| 1902 | Hermis | Ted Rice / James H. McCormick | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:06.20 |
| 1901 | Blues | Willie Shaw / Frank D. Weir | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:05.75 |
| 1900 | Alcedo | Patrick McCue / James H. McCormick | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:07.00 |
| 1899 | King Barleycorn | George M. Odom / Edward Heffner | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:09.00 |
| 1898 | Handball | Nash Turner / Frank McCabe | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:06.00 |
| 1897 | Rensselaer | E. Hewitt / Henry Harris | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:07.00 |
| 1896 | Soufflé | Joe Hill / Jim M. Murphy | 1 mile 70 yards / 2:09.00 |
| 1895 | Counter Tenor | Willie Simms / William Lakeland | 1 mile, 1 furlong / 1:54.00 |
| 1894 | Rubicon | William Midgely / Henry Harris | 1 1⁄4 miles / 2:09.75 |
| 1893 | Young Arion | John Lamely / William Lakeland | 1 1⁄4 miles / 2:08.75 |
| 1892 | Tammany | Edward Garrison / Matthew Byrnes | 1 1⁄2 miles / 2:36.25 |
| 1891 | Picknicker | Alonzo Clayton / Louis Stuart | 1 5⁄16 miles / 2:22.60 |
| 1890 | Tournament | William Hayward / Matthew M. Allen | 1 5⁄16 miles / 2:16.00 |
| 1889 | Longstreet | Isaac Burns Murphy / Hardy Campbell Jr. | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:11.00 |
| 1888 | Prince Royal | Edward Garrison / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:10.25 |
| 1887 | Firenze | Edward Garrison / Matthew Byrnes | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:09.75 |
| 1886 | The Bard | William Hayward / John Huggins | 1 3⁄4 miles / N/A |
| 1885 | Longview | William Fitzpatrick / Not found | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:20.00 |
| 1884 | Water Lily | Matthew Feakes / Not found | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:16.00 |
| 1883 | George Kinney | William Fitzpatrick / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:19.00 |
| 1882 | Charley B. | Jim McLaughlin / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:21.50 |
| 1881 | Barrett | Matthew Feakes / Matthew Byrnes | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:13.00 |
| 1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes / R. Wyndham Walden | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:12.60 |
| 1879 | Monitor | Lloyd Hughes / R. Wyndham Walden | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:12.00 |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | Lloyd Hughes / R. Wyndham Walden | 1 3⁄4 miles / 3:11.50 |
| 1877 | Bazil | George Evans / Jacob Pincus | 2 miles / 3:43.00 |
| 1876 | Charley Howard | W. Lakewood / David McDaniel | 2 miles / 3:47.75 |
| 1875 | Aristides | Robert Swim / Ansel Williamson | 2 miles / 3:43.00 |
| 1874 | Acrobat | John Sparling / Charles S. Lloyd | 2 miles / 3:37.75 |
| 1873 | Tom Bowling | Robert Swim / Ansel Williamson | 2 miles / 3:40.00 |
| 1872 | Joe Daniels | James Rowe Sr. / David McDaniel | 2 miles / 3:40.25 |
| 1871 | Harry Bassett | James Rowe Sr. / David McDaniel | 2 miles / 3:54.75 |
| 1870 | Kingfisher | Burns / Raleigh Colston Sr. | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:49.00 |
| 1869 | Glenelg | Charles Miller / Jacob Pincus | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:48.50 |
| 1868 | Bayonet | Charles Miller / T. G. Moore | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:45.25 |
| 1867 | Metairie | Patsy Hennessey / Jacob Pincus | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:49.25 |
| 1866 | Watson | Abe Hawkins / Jacob Pincus | 1 mile 70 yards / 1:48.75 |