Bay Shore Stakes
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1960 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 |
The Bay Shore Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The Grade III event is for three-year-olds of either gender, and is set at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track.
In its 58th running in 2018, the Bay Shore, named for the resort town of Bay Shore, New York, currently offers a purse of $250,000. It was also the name of a seven-furlong race for three-year-olds and up, last run in 1955.
The race was run in two divisions in 1962, 1968, 1975, and 1986
Due to bad weather it was not run in 1993.
Since inception in 1960, the race has been contested at a variety of distances:
- 8 furlongs : 1960-1963
- 6 furlongs : 1977-1978, 1984, 1994
- 7 furlongs : 1964-1976, 1979-1983, 1985-1992, 1995-present
There was a Bay Shore Handicap run at Aqueduct Racetrack from 1924 through 1955 open to Thoroughbreds age three and older.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)
- 1:20.54 - Limit Out (1998)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - John Velazquez (1994, 1996, 2003, 2004)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Stanley R. Shapoff (1974, 1988, 1991)
- 3 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1989, 1990)
- 3 - Chad C. Brown (2014, 2015, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Robert B. Cohen (1974, 1988, 1991)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | National Flag | Flavien Prat | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. and SF Racing LLC | 1:23.16 |
2017 | Long Haul Bay | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | Alpha Delta Stables | 1:24.14 |
2016 | Unified | Jose L. Ortiz | James A. Jerkens | Centennial Farms | 1:22.86 |
2015 | March | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Robert V. LaPenta | 1:24.72 |
2014 | Coup de Grace | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | Fox Hill Farms | 1:23.19 |
2013 | Declan's Warrior | Jose Lezcano | Nicholas P. Zito | Lucky Shamrock Stable | 1:22.09 |
2012 | Trinniberg | Willie Martinez | Bisnath Parboo | Shivananda Racing | 1:23.46 |
2011 | J J's Lucky Train | Jose C. Ferrer | William D. Anderson | Fresh Start Stable | 1:22.54 |
2010 | Eightfiveinafifty | Ramon A. Dominguez | Gary C. Contessa | Team Stallion Racing et al. | 1:21.89 |
2009 | Capt. Candyman Can | Javier Castellano | Ian R. Wilkes | Joseph Rauch/David Zell | 1:22.99 |
2008 | J Be K | Garrett Gomez | Steve Asmussen | Zayat Stables | 1:23.67 |
2007 | Bill Place | Cornelio Velasquez | Anthony Dutrow | Dubb, Goldfarb | 1:22.99 |
2006 | Too Much Bling | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:22.40 |
2005 | Lost in the Fog | Russell Baze | Greg Gilchrist | Harry J. Aleo | 1:21.33 |
2004 | Forest Danger | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Aaron & Marie Jones | 1:20.67 |
2003 | Halo Homewrecker | John Velazquez | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:23.19 |
2002 | Roman Dancer | Kent Desormeaux | Christopher Paasch | Lorraine & Rod Rodriguez | 1:22.21 |
2001 | Skip To The Stone | Victor Espinoza | Mike R. Mitchell | Greystone Stable | 1:22.46 |
2000 | Precise End | Jorge F. Chavez | Mark E. Casse | Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1:22.27 |
1999 | Perfect Score | Edgar Prado | Grover G. Delp | Harry & Tom Meyerhoff | 1:22.98 |
1998 | Limit Out | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph V. Shields Jr. | 1:20.54 |
1997 | Hawks Landing | Richard Migliore | Roy Sedlacek | Blue Stork Stable | 1:22.13 |
1996 | Jamies First Punch | John Velazquez | Robert Barbara | Zimpom Stable | 1:22.13 |
1995 | Blissful State | Mike Luzzi | John C. Kimmel | Lucille Conover | 1:23.92 |
1994 | Prank Call | John Velazquez | Robert Barbara | Sabine Stable | 1:09.84 |
1993 | no race | ||||
1992 | Three Peat | Chris Antley | John W. Sadler | Gary Biszantz | 1:21.68 |
1991 | Stately Wager | Jorge F. Chavez | Stanley R. Shapoff | Robert B. Cohen | 1:23.80 |
1990 | Richard R. | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Sugar Maple Farm | 1:22.80 |
1989 | Houston | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Lloyd R. French, Jr. | 1:22.40 |
1988 | Perfect Spy | Robbie Davis | Stanley R. Shapoff | Robert B. Cohen | 1:22.60 |
1987 | Gulch | Jose A. Santos | Leroy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 1:23.20 |
1986 | Zabaleta | Darrel McHargue | John Gosden | Michael D. Riordan | 1:22.00 |
1986 | Buck Aly | Nick Santagata | Bruce Johnstone | Our Life Stable | 1:23.80 |
1985 | Pancho Villa | Frank Lovato, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Lloyd R. French Jr. | 1:22.20 |
1984 | Secret Prince | Craig Perret | William V. Terrill | Elaine M. Brodsky | 1:11.20 |
1983 | Strike Gold | Eddie Maple | William H. Turner, Jr. | Welcome Farm | 1:22.60 |
1982 | Shimatoree | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Richard Dutrow, Sr. | Rif at Hussain | 1:23.20 |
1981 | Proud Appeal | Jeffrey Fell | Stanley M. Hough | Malcolm H. Winfield | 1:22.20 |
1980 | Colonel Moran | Jorge Velasquez | Thomas J. Kelly | Townsend B. Martin | 1:23.80 |
1979 | Belle's Gold | George Martens | Walter A. Kelley | John R. Murrell | 1:21.80 |
1978 | Piece Of Heaven | Ruben Hernandez | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:11.00 |
1977 | Cormorant | Danny Wright | James P. Simpson | Charles Berry, Jr. | 1:10.80 |
1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | E. Rodriguez Tizol | 1:20.80 |
1975 | Laramie Trail | Mike Venezia | Jose A. Martin | Joseph M. Roebling | 1:23.60 |
1975 | Lefty | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:23.80 |
1974 | Hudson County | Michael Miceli | Stanley R. Shapoff | Robert B. Cohen | 1:22.60 |
1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:23.20 |
1972 | Explodent | Mike Venezia | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert Allen | 1:23.40 |
1971 | Hoist The Flag | Jean Cruguet | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Stephen C. Clark, Jr. | 1:21.00 |
1970 | Sunny Tim | Chuck Baltazar | Frank A. Bonsal | Calumet Farm | 1:24.20 |
1969 | Reviewer | Bobby Ussery | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1:22.80 |
1968 | Verbatim | John L. Rotz | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 1:24.20 |
1968 | Clever Foot | Joe Culmone | Bernard P. Bond | Mrs. Bernard P. Bond | 1:26.00 |
1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1:25.80 |
1966 | Quinta | Walter Blum | Bernard P. Bond | Richard D. Bokum II | 1:22.80 |
1965 | Flag Raiser | Ismael Valenzuela | Hirsch Jacobs | Isidor Bieber | 1:23.60 |
1964 | Determined Man | John Ruane | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert Allen | 1:23.20 |
1963 | Jet Traffic | Bobby Ussery | Del W. Carroll | Russell A. Firestone, Jr. | 1:34.20 |
1962 | Duc d'Or | Ismael Valenzuela | Monte Parke | James W. Rodgers | 1:36.80 |
1962 | Western Warrior | Larry Adams | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:36.40 |
1961 | Merry Ruler | Roy L. Gilbert | Eddie Yowel | Harry Freylinghuysen | 1:36.40 |
1960 | Francis S. | Henry Moreno | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:36.00 |
References
- The 2008 Bay Shore Stakes at the NTRA
- The Bay Shore Stakes history at the NYRA
