| Grade I race | |
|---|---|
| Wood Memorial Stakes | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York  |
| Inaugurated | 1925 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Aqueduct Racetrack |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | 123 lbs (55.8 kg) |
| Purse | $750,000 |
The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. It was named to honor Eugene D. Wood, a New York State politician and horse racing enthusiast who had been a founder and past president of the old Jamaica Racetrack where the race was run until 1960.
The Wood Memorial race is a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbreds. From 1925 to 1939 it was run over a distance of one mile and seventy yards then at 1 1/16 miles from 1940 to 1951 after which it was changed to its present 1 1/8 miles. All entrants currently carry a weight of 123 lb.
Run in April of each year, the Wood Memorial is a major prep race with eleven winners having gone on to capture victory in the Kentucky Derby, four of whom captured the Triple Crown. The most famous non-winner in the Wood Memorial was the immortal Secretariat who finished third in 1973.
The race was run in two divisions in 1944, 1945, 1947, 1974, and 1983.
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Records
In 2005, Bellamy Road set a new stakes record of 1:47.16 at the 1⅛ mile distance in winning by 17½ lengths for its famous owner, George Steinbrenner.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 9 - Eddie Arcaro
- 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr.
- 3 - Johnny Longden, Bill Shoemaker, Mike E. Smith
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 - Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
- 4 - Lucien Laurin
- 3 - Nick Zito, Ivan H. Parke (Parke also won once as a jockey)
Most wins by an owner:
Winners of the Wood Memorial Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1925 | Backbone | Ivan H. Parke | James G. Rowe, Sr. | H. P. Whitney | 1:43.40 |
| 1926 | Pompey | Bennie Breuning | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 1:42.00 |
| 1927 | Saxon | George Ellis | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1:43.60 |
| 1928 | Distraction | Danny McAuliffe | George Tappen | Wheatley Stable | 1:46.00 |
| 1929 | Essare | Mack Garner | Joe Johnson | Jacques Stable | 1:44.00 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:43.60 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1:42.60 |
| 1932 | Universe | Linus McAtee | Joseph Bauer | Thomas M. Cassidy | 1:43.00 |
| 1933 | Mr. Khayyam | Pete Walls | Matthew Peter Brady | Catawba Farm | 1:42.60 |
| 1934 | High Quest | Dominick Bellizzi | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:43.80 |
| 1935 | Today | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1:42.80 |
| 1936 | Teufel | Herbert Litzenberger | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:43.20 |
| 1937 | Melodist | Johnny Longden | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:42.80 |
| 1938 | Fighting Fox | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:43.00 |
| 1939 | Johnstown | James Stout | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:42.00 |
| 1940 | Dit | Leon Haas | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 1:45.80 |
| 1941 | Market Wise | Don Meade | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 1:45.60 |
| 1942 | Requested | Wayne D. Wright | Blackie McCoole | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:45.20 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1:43.00 |
| 1944 | Lucky Draw | Johnny Longden | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:46.20 |
| 1944 | Stir Up | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:44.20 |
| 1945 | Jeep | Arnold Kirkland | Lydel T. Ruff | C. V. Whitney | 1:45.80 |
| 1945 | Hoop Jr. | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:45.00 |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1:46.60 |
| 1947 | Phalanx | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:43.80 |
| 1947 | I Will | Eddie Arcaro | Sidney Jacobs | Jaclyn Stable | 1:45.00 |
| 1948 | My Request | Douglas Dodson | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:46.20 |
| 1949 | Olympia | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:45.00 |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 1:43.60 |
| 1951 | Repetoire | Pete McLean | Albert Jensen | Nora A. Mikell | 1:44.40 |
| 1952 | Master Fiddle | David Gorman | Sol Rutchick | Myhelen Stable | 1:52.40 |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:50.60 |
| 1954 | Correlation | Bill Shoemaker | Noble Threewitt | Robert S. Lytle | 1:50.00 |
| 1955 | Nashua | Ted Atkinson | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:50.60 |
| 1956 | Head Man | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:50.20 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1958 | Jewel's Reward | Eddie Arcaro | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1959 | Manassa Mauler | Ray Broussard | Pancho Martin | Emil Dolce | 1:49.60 |
| 1960 | Francis S. | Bill Shoemaker | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1961 | Globemaster | John L. Rotz | Thomas J. Kelly | Leonard P. Sasso | 1:50.20 |
| 1962 | Admiral's Voyage | Braulio Baeza | Charles R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:49.20 |
| 1963 | No Robbery | John L. Rotz | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:49.20 |
| 1964 | Quadrangle | Bill Hartack | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1:50.20 |
| 1965 | Flag Raiser | Bobby Ussery | Hirsch Jacobs | Isidor Bieber | 1:50.20 |
| 1966 | Amberoid | William Boland | Lucien Laurin | Reginald N. Webster | 1:49.60 |
| 1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1:49.60 |
| 1968 | Dancer's Image | Bobby Ussery | Lou Cavalaris, Jr. | Peter Fuller | 1:49.00 |
| 1969 | Dike | Jorge Velasquez | Lucien Laurin | Claiborne Farm | 1:49.60 |
| 1970 | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:49.40 |
| 1971 | Good Behaving | Chuck Baltazar | John P. Campo | Neil Hellman | 1:49.80 |
| 1972 | Upper Case | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:49.00 |
| 1973 | Angle Light | Jacinto Vasquez | Lucien Laurin | Edwin Whittaker | 1:49.80 |
| 1974 | Flip Sal | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Stephen A. DiMauro | Salvatore Tufano | 1:51.40 |
| 1974 | Rube The Great | Miguel A. Rivera | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:49.60 |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer | 1:48.80 |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | E. Rodriguez Tizol | 1:47.40 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | Karen L. Taylor | 1:49.60 |
| 1978 | Believe It | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 1979 | Instrument Landing | Angel Cordero, Jr. | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 1:49.20 |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1:50.80 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jeffrey Fell | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 1:49.60 |
| 1982 | Air Forbes Won | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Frank LaBoccetta | Edward Anchel | 1:51.00 |
| 1983 | Bounding Basque | Gregg McCarron | Woody Sedlacek | Jacques Wimpfheimer | 1:51.00 |
| 1983 | Slew o'Gold | Eddie Maple | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Equusequity Stable | 1:51.40 |
| 1984 | Leroy S. | Jean Cruguet | Jan Nerud | John A. Nerud | 1:51.40 |
| 1985 | Eternal Prince | Richard Migliore | John J. Lenzini, Jr. | Brian J. Hurst | 1:48.80 |
| 1986 | Broad Brush | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1:50.60 |
| 1987 | Gulch | Jose Santos | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 1:49.00 |
| 1988 | Private Terms | Chris Antley | Charles Hadry | Locust Hill Farm | 1:47.20 |
| 1989 | Easy Goer | Pat Day | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:50.60 |
| 1990 | Thirty Six Red | Mike E. Smith | Nick Zito | B. Giles Brophy | 1:50.40 |
| 1991 | Cahill Road | Craig Perret | Scotty Schulhofer | Frances A. Genter | 1:48.40 |
| 1992 | Devil His Due | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Lion Crest Stable | 1:49.20 |
| 1993 | Storm Tower | Rick Wilson | Ben W. Perkins, Jr. | Char-Mari Stable | 1:48.40 |
| 1994 | Irgun | Gary Stevens | Steven W. Young | B.& M. Chase | 1:49.00 |
| 1995 | Talkin Man | Shane Sellers | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1:49.20 |
| 1996 | Unbridled's Song | Mike E. Smith | James T. Ryerson | Paraneck Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 1997 | Captain Bodgit | Alex Solis | Gary Capuano | Team Valor | 1:48.20 |
| 1998 | Coronado's Quest | Robbie Davis | C. R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1:47.40 |
| 1999 | Adonis | Jorge Chavez | Nick Zito | Paraneck Stable | 1:47.60 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Fusao Sekiguchi | 1:47.80 |
| 2001 | Congaree | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:47.80 |
| 2002 | Buddha | Pat Day | H. James Bond | Gary and Mary West | 1:48.60 |
| 2003 | Empire Maker | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:48.60 |
| 2004 | Tapit | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael W. Dickinson | Ronald Winchell | 1:49.60 |
| 2005 | Bellamy Road | Javier Castellano | Nick Zito | Kinsman Stable | 1:47.16 |
| 2006 | Bob and John | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:51.54 |
| 2007 | Nobiz Like Shobiz | Cornelio Velasquez | Barclay Tagg | Elizabeth J. Valando | 1:49.46 |
| 2008 | Tale of Ekati | Edgar Prado | Barclay Tagg | Charles E. Fipke | 1:52.35 |
| 2009 | I Want Revenge | Joseph Talamo | Jeff Mullins | Lanzman & IEAH | 1:49.49 |
Notes:
- In 1956, Golf Ace won but was disqualified and placed 2nd.
- In 1962, Admiral's Voyage and Sunrise County finished in a dead heat. However, Sunrise County, was disqualified and 2nd.
- Coronado's Quest (1998), Irgun (1994) and Buddha (2002) are the only three horses that won the Wood Memorial Stakes, but never ran in the Kentucky Derby.[1]
See also
References
- ^ TVG Trackside Live, April 6th, 2006 edition.
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