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Remsen Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Aqueduct Racetrack – Jamaica, NY
- Inaugural Race: 1904
- Distance: 1 & 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Two-year-olds
- 2022 Purse: $250,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, December 3rd
The Remsen Stakes is one of the earliest Road to the Kentucky prep-races in New York. Held each year early in their late fall and winter meet, winners of the contest are awarded 10-4-3-2-1 points.
2022 Remsen Stakes Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Dubyuhnell | Jose L. Ortiz / Danny Gargan | $10.00 / $4.90 / $2.70 |
| 4 | Arctic Arrogance | Jose Lezcano / Linda Rice | $3.60 / $2.30 |
| 2 | Tuskegee Airmen | Luis Saez / John C. Servis | $2.10 |
| 6 | Quick to Accuse | Manuel Franco / Horacio DePaz | |
| 5 | Midnight Trouble | Paco Lopez / Peter R. Walder | |
| 1 | Il Miracolo | Javier Castellano / Antonio Sano | |
| 3 | Prove Right | Jose Antonio Gomez / James K. Chapman |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1 Exacta (7-4) Paid: $18.70
- $0.50 Trifecta (7-4-2) Paid: $19.25
- $0.10 Superfecta (7-4-2-6) Paid: $14.07
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The History of the Remsen Stakes
The Remsen Stakes (G2) is the last 2-year-old race in the New York Racing Association area that forms part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. The winner earns 10 points, the runner-up four, the third-place finisher three, the fourth-place finisher two, and finally the fifth place finisher one.
Named after Colonel Joremus Remsen, who led the American Revolutionary Forces in the 1776 Battle of Long Island, the Remsen Stakes was initially a sprint race, but its relevance to the Kentucky Derby grew after World War II when its distance was increased to a mile. Currently it’s run at 1 1/8 miles on the first Saturday in December.
Initially held at Jamaica Racetrack, it became even more important to the Triple Crown picture once it moved to Aqueduct in 1959. Seven Remsen Stakes winners between then and 1994 went on to win Classics the following season, five of them becoming multiple Classic winners. They were Carry Back (Derby and Preakness), Northern Dancer (Derby and Preakness), Damascus (Preakness and Belmont), Pleasant Colony (Derby and Preakness), Pine Bluff (Preakness), Go For Gin (Derby), and Thunder Gulch (Derby and Belmont).
Between 1995 and 2021, however, no Remsen winner had taken out a Classic – 2006 Derby and Belmont runner-up Bluegrass Cat got the closest – but several horses during that timeframe became grade one winners, including Coronado’s Quest, Court Vision, To Honor and Serve, Overanalyze, and Honor Code.
2021 winner Mo Donegal finally broke through with his win at the 2022 Belmont Stakes. He defeated a field that included, Rich Strike, fresh off his historic come-from-behind win at the Kentucky Derby.
With the advent of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, most of the best 2-year-olds miss the Remsen Stakes, meaning there are often relatively few runners with stakes experience. Greater experience will help find the winner, but talent and stamina are also key.
Remsen Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dubyuhnell | Jose L. Ortiz / Danny Gargan | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.9 |
| 2021 | Mo Donegal | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1/8 M / 01:53.6 |
| 2020 | Silver State | Ricardo Santana, Jr. / Steven M. Asmussen | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.6 |
| 2019 | Shotski | Luis Saez / Jeremiah O'Dwyer | 1 1/8 M / 01:54.2 |
| 2018 | Maximus Mischief | Frankie Pennington / Robert E. Reid Jr. | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.3 |
| 2017 | Catholic Boy | Manuel Franco / Jonathan Thomas | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.5 |
| 2016 | Mo Town | John Velazquez / Anthony W. Dutrow | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.6 |
| 2015 | Mohaymen | Junior Alvarado / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.7 |
| 2014 | Leave the Light On | José L. Ortiz / Chad C. Brown | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.1 |
| 2013 | Honor Code | Javier Castellano / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.9 |
| 2012 | Overanalyze | Ramon Domínguez / Todd Pletcher | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.1 |
| 2011 | O'Prado Again | Kent Desormeaux / Dale Romans | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.1 |
| 2010 | To Honor and Serve | John Velazquez / William I. Mott | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.0 |
| 2009 | Buddy's Saint | Jose Lezcano / Bruce N. Levine | 1 1/8 M / 01:53.0 |
| 2008 | Old Fashioned | Ramon Domínguez / J. Larry Jones | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.3 |
| 2007 | Court Vision | Eibar Coa / William I. Mott | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.5 |
| 2006 | Nobiz Like Shobiz | Cornelio Velásquez / Barclay Tagg | 1 1/8 M / 01:48.8 |
| 2005 | Bluegrass Cat | John Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.2 |
| 2004 | Rockport Harbor | Stewart Elliott / John Servis | 1 1/8 M / 01:48.8 |
| 2003 | Read the Footnotes | Jerry Bailey / Richard A. Violette Jr. | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.6 |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez / John F. Scanlan | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.4 |
| 2001 | Saarland | John R. Velazquez / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.2 |
| 2000 | Windsor Castle | Robbie Davis / Frank A. Alexander | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.8 |
| 1999 | Greenwood Lake | Jean-Luc Samyn / Nick Zito | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.6 |
| 1998 | Comeonmom | Joe Bravo / Robert A. Barbara | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.8 |
| 1997 | Coronado's Quest | Mike Smith / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.2 |
| 1996 | The Silver Move | Richard Migliore / Linda L. Rice | 1 1/8 M / 01:53.4 |
| 1995 | Tropicool | Jorge Chavez / John C. Kimmel | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.2 |
| 1994 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 1/8 M / 01:53.8 |
| 1993 | Go for Gin | Jerry Bailey / Nick Zito | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.6 |
| 1992 | Silver of Silver | Jacinto Vásquez / Stanley R. Shapoff | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.2 |
| 1991 | Pine Bluff | Craig Perret / Thomas Bohannan | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.8 |
| 1990 | Scan | Jerry Bailey / Flint S. Schulhofer | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.4 |
| 1989 | Yonder | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.2 |
| 1988 | Fast Play | Ángel Cordero Jr. / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.6 |
| 1987 | Batty | Jose Santos / Suzanne H. Jenkins | 1 1/8 M / 01:52.4 |
| 1986 | Java Gold | Pat Day / MacKenzie Miller | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.6 |
| 1985 | Pillaster | Ángel Cordero Jr. / LeRoy Jolley | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.0 |
| 1984 | Stone White | Robbie Davis / Gilbert Puentes | 1 1/8 M / 01:53.2 |
| 1983 | Dr. Carter | Jorge Velásquez / John M. Veitch | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.0 |
| 1982 | Pax In Bello | Jeffrey Fell / Steve Jerkens | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.2 |
| 1981 | Laser Light | Eddie Maple / Patrick J. Kelly | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.8 |
| 1980 | Pleasant Colony | Vincent Bracciale Jr. / P. O'Donnell Lee | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.2 |
| 1979 | Plugged Nickle | Buck Thornburg / Thomas J. Kelly | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.4 |
| 1978 | Instrument Landing | Jeffrey Fell / David A. Whiteley | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.2 |
| 1977 | Believe It | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 1/8 M / 01:47.8 |
| 1976 | Royal Ski | Jack Kurtz / John J. Lenzini Jr. | 1 1/8 M / 01:50.4 |
| 1975 | Hang Ten | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Woody Stephens | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.2 |
| 1974 | El Pitirre | Mike Venezia / Lazaro S. Barrera | 1 1/8 M / 01:49.4 |
| 1973 | Heavy Mayonnaise | Chuck Baltazar / David Erb | 1 1/8 M / 01:51.4 |
| 1972 | Kinsman Hope | Eddie Maple / John L. Cotter | 1 M / 01:37.0 |
| 1971 | Key To The Mint | Braulio Baeza / J. Elliott Burch | 1 M / 01:36.6 |
| 1970 | Jim French | Ángel Cordero Jr. / John P. Campo | 1 M / 01:36.8 |
| 1969 | Protanto | Jorge Velásquez / MacKenzie Miller | 1 M / 01:35.6 |
| 1968 | Palauli | Larry Adams / Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | 1 M / 01:36.4 |
| 1967 | Salerno | Manuel Ycaza / William H. Turner Jr. | 1 M / 01:38.0 |
| 1966 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker / Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | 1 M / 01:37.0 |
| 1965 | Gary G. | Braulio Baeza / Rudolph L. Coyne | 1 M / 01:36.0 |
| 1964 | Sum Up | Don Pierce / Edward A. Neloy | 1 M / 01:33.8 |
| 1963 | Northern Dancer | Manuel Ycaza / Horatio Luro | 1 M / 01:35.6 |
| 1962 | Rocky Link | John Rotz / Stephen A. DiMauro | 1 M / 01:36.4 |
| 1961 | Figaro Bob | John Rotz / Eugene Jacobs | 1 M / 01:36.8 |
| 1960 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers / Jack A. Price | 1 M / 01:36.4 |
| 1959 | Victoria Park | Eric Guerin / Horatio Luro | 1 M / 01:37.2 |
| 1958 | Atoll | John Ruane / Raymond Metcalf | 1 1/16 M / 01:44.6 |
| 1957 | Misty Flight | Eddie Arcaro / James E. Fitzsimmons | 1 1/16 M / 01:45.0 |
| 1956 | Ambehaving | Logan Batcheller / Dr. John Lee | 1 1/16 M / 01:45.6 |
| 1955 | Nail | Hedley Woodhouse / George M. Odom | 1 1/16 M / 01:45.2 |
| 1954 | Roman Patrol | Douglas Dodson / Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | 1 1/16 M / 01:48.0 |
| 1953 | Galdar | Jimmy Nicols / Edward M. O'Brien | 1 1/16 M / 01:46.6 |
| 1952 | Social Outcast | Eric Guerin / William C. Winfrey | 1 1/16 M / 01:45.4 |
| 1951 | Race not held | ||
| 1950 | Repetoire | Kenneth Church / Albert Jensen | 6 F / 01:11.4 |
| 1949 | Lights Up | Ovie Scurlock / Winbert F. Mulholland | 6 F / 01:13.4 |
| 1948 | Eternal World | Ted Atkinson / Frank Catrone | 5 F / 01:00.6 |
| 1947 | Big If | Charles Givens / James W. Maloney | 1 1/16 M / 01:47.0 |
| 1946 | Phalanx | Ruperto Donoso / Sylvester Veitch | 1 1/16 M / 01:45.8 |
| 1945 | Lord Boswell | Eric Guerin / Tom Smith | 6 F / 01:11.2 |
| 1944 | Great Power | Eddie Arcaro / Preston M. Burch | 6 F / 01:12.4 |
| 1944 | War Jeep | Albert Snider / Tom Smith | 6 F / 01:12.4 |
| 1943-1 | Bellwether | Johnny Longden / Joseph A. Kramer | 6 F / 01:13.2 |
| 1943-2 | Black Badge | Wayne Wright / Frank E. Childs | 6 F / 01:11.4 |
| 1942 | Blue Swords | Carroll Bierman / Walter A. Kelley | 6 F / 01:12.8 |
| 1941 | Apache | James Stout / James E. Fitzsimmons | 6 F / 01:12.8 |
| 1940 | Harvard Square | Buddy Haas / Max Hirsch | 6 F / 01:11.2 |
| 1940 | Mettlesome | Alfred Robertson / Hugh L. Fontaine | 6 F / 01:11.2 |
| 1939 | Camp Verde | Don Meade / Lewis T. Whitehill | 6 F / 01:11.8 |
| 1938 | Johnstown | James Stout / James E. Fitzsimmons | 6 F / 01:11.0 |
| 1937 | Bourbon King | Charles Kurtsinger / Duval A. Headley | 6 F / 01:12.4 |
| 1936 | Clodion | John Gilbert / Walter A. Carter | 6 F / 01:12.6 |
| 1935 | The Fighter | Eddie Arcaro / Robert McGarvey | 6 F / 01:12.0 |
| 1934 | Esposa | Earl Porter / Matthew P. Brady | 6 F / 01:13.4 |
| 1933 | Sgt. Byrne | Alfred Robertson / James Ritchie | 6 F / 01:12.6 |
| 1932 | Quel Jeu | Jack Long / George M. Odom | 6 F / 01:11.8 |
| 1931 | Cambal | Eddie Ambrose / John J. Hastings | 6 F / 01:13.0 |
| 1930 | Vander Pool | Whitey Abel / D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | 6 F / 01:13.8 |
| 1929 | Flying Heels | Willie Kelsay / Henry McDaniel | 6 F / 01:12.8 |
| 1928 | Chatford | Clarence Watters / Andrew Walker | 6 F / 01:12.8 |
| 1927 | Excalibur | George Ellis / Clyde S. Phillips | 6 F / 01:12.0 |
| 1926 | Sweepster | Laverne Fator / Sam Hildreth | 6 F / 01:12.6 |
| 1925 | Timmara | Harold Thurber / John O. Burttschell | 6 F / 01:13.4 |
| 1924 | Master Charlie | George Babin / Andrew G. Blakely | 6 F / 01:11.6 |
| 1923 | Ladkin | Harold Thurber / Louis Feustel | 6 F / 01:12.0 |
| 1922 | Tall Timber | James Butwell / T. J. Healey | 6 F / 01:12.0 |
| 1921 | Missionary | Andy Schuttinger / Kimball Patterson | 6 F / 01:13.6 |
| 1920 | Grey Lag | Lavelle Ensor / Sam Hildreth | 6 F / 01:13.0 |
| 1919 | Pilgrim | Charles Fairbrother / Thomas Welsh | 6 F / 01:12.8 |
| 1918 | War Pennant | Johnny Loftus / Walter B. Jennings | 6 F / 01:13.2 |
| 1909-1917 | Race not held | ||
| 1908 | The Turk | Carroll Shilling / Richard O. Miller | 5.5 F / 01:08.2 |
| 1908 | Race not held | ||
| 1907 | King Cobalt | Eddie Dugan / Algernon W. Claxon | 5.5 F / 01:07.4 |
| 1906 | Frank Gill | Joe Notter / John I. Smith | 5.5 F / 01:08.0 |
| 1905 | Jacobite | Joseph A. Jones / A. Jack Joyner | 5.5 F / 01:07.4 |
| 1904 | Dandelion | Willie Davis / John E. Madden | 5.5 F / 01:06.8 |