Count Fleet Stakes

Count Fleet Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
United States
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance1 mile, 70 yards
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$65,000+

The Count Fleet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack, located in Jamaica, New York, at the beginning of January each year.[1] It is the first stakes race of the year run in New York City for three-year-olds.

Named after Count Fleet, the 1943 Triple Crown winner, the race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile and seventy yards on the inner dirt track.

Offering a purse of $65,000 added, the race is a prep to the Whirlaway Stakes, the Gotham Stakes, the Bay Shore Stakes and the Wood Memorial Stakes.

Inaugurated in 1975 as the Count Fleet Handicap at Belmont Park, it was run that year at a distance of one mile.[2] In 1976 it was raced at seven furlongs then from 1977 through 1983 at a mile and a sixteenth. It has been contested at a mile and seventy yards since 1984.[3]

There was no race run in 1982.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile, 70 yards)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
2012 Alpha 3 Ramon Domínguez Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.83
2011 Monzon 3 Edgar Prado Ignacio Correas IV Sagamore Farm 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.42
2010 Laus Deo 3 David Cohen Anthony W. Dutrow Fox Hill Farms, Inc. 1 mi, 70 yds 1:44.91
2009 Haynesfield 3 Ramon Domínguez Steve Asmussen Turtle Bird Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:44.65
2008 Giant Moon 3 Ramon Domínguez Richard Schosberg Albert Fried Jr. 1 mi, 70 yds 1:41.14
2007 Pink Viper 3 Norberto Arroyo Jr. Alan Klanfer Paraneck Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.94
2006 Achilles of Troy 3 Alan Garcia Jennifer Pedersen Paraneck Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:39.61
2005 Scrappy T 3 Alan Garcia W. Robert Bailes Marshall E. Dowell 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.41
2004 Smarty Jones 3 Stewart Elliott John Servis Someday Farm 1 mi, 70 yds 1:41.42
2003 Grey Comet 3 Aaron Gryder Gary C. Contessa Star Track Farms 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.17
2002 Iron Deputy 3 Richard Migliore James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore 1 mi, 70 yds 1:41.67
2001 Just Allen 3 Steve Capanas Robert J. Seeger Raymond Ivory 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.30
2000 Country Only 3 Heberto Castillo Jr. John C. Kimmel Morton Binn 1 mi, 70 yds 1:41.77
1999 Prime Directive 3 Dale Beckner Walter C. Reese Noreen Carpenito 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.41
1998 Classic Time 3 Aaron Gryder Joe Orseno Deborah Schier 1 mi, 70 yds 1:40.89
1997 Real Star 3 Chuck C. Lopez Joe Orseno Leonard Green 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.15
1996 Criminal Suit 3 John Velazquez Robert Barbara Greeley & Sabine Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.81
1995 Micheal's Star 3 Mike McCarthy Guadalupe Preciado Hidden Lane Farm 1 mi, 70 yds 1:45.66
1994 Sonny's Bruno 3 Mike Luzzi Howard M. Tesher Edwin H. Wachtel 1 mi, 70 yds 1:44.22
1993 Prairie Bayou 3 Mike E. Smith Thomas Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.94
1992 Thunder Rumble 3 Herb McCauley Richard O'Connell Konrad O. Widmer 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.10
1991 Three Coins Up † 3 Herb McCauley John P. Campo Pinebourne Farm 1 mi, 70 yds 1:44.86
1990 Dotsero 3 Jorge Velásquez James E. Baker Burton E. Glazov 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.00
1989 A.M. Swinger 3 Chris Antley P. Brian Enright John H. Peace 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.20
1988 Delightful Doctor 3 Richard Migliore William B. Cocks Evergreen Farm 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.20
1987 Sting'em 3 José A. Santos Richard Dutrow Sr. Stephen Dennehy 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.60
1986 Bordeaux Bob 3 Robbie Davis Roy Sedlacek Marc Barge 1 mi, 70 yds 1:43.00
1985 First One Up 3 Richard Migliore Luis Barrera Randoph Weinsier 1 mi, 70 yds 1:44.00
1984 Lt. Flag 3 Jorge Velásquez L. Douglas Amos Cedar Copse Stable 1 mi, 70 yds 1:42.60
1983 Jeff's Companion 3 Antonio Graell Sally A. Bailie Aisco Stable 1+1⁄16 mile 1:49.20
1982 Race not held
1981 Triocala 3 Ruben Hernandez Pancho Martin Viola Sommer 1+1⁄16 mile 1:45.20
1980 Degenerate Jon 3 Jose Amy Joseph A. Trovato Barry K. Schwartz 1+1⁄16 mile 1:44.00
1979 Picturesque 3 Ruben Hernandez Jose A. Martin Harbor View Farm 1+1⁄16 mile 1:49.80
1978 Prince Of Gold 3 Dave Borden Alex A. Fiore Kamal S. Sheena 1+1⁄16 mile 1:47.00
1977 Make Amends 3 Steve Cauthen John P. Campo Elmendorf 1+1⁄16 mile 1:46.00
1976 Wardlaw 3 Jorge Tejeira David R. Vance Dan Lasater 7⁄8 mile 1:22.60
1975 American History 3 Jorge Velásquez Thomas F. Root Sr. Harry T. Mangurian Jr. 1 mile 1:35.00
  • † In 1991, Stately Wager finished first but was disqualified to second.

References

  1. ^ Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ New York Times – September 22, 1975
  3. ^ Count Fleet Stakes history at the NYRA Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine

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