Hill Prince Stakes

Hill Prince Stakes
Grade III stakes race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1975 (at Belmont Park as Hill Prince Handicap)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
Purse$200,000 (2024)

The Hill Prince Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of one and one-eight miles (9 furlongs) on the turf annually in November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The race is named for Christopher Chenery's Hall of Fame colt, Hill Prince.[1]

The inaugural running took place as the Hill Prince Handicap on 26 October 1975 and was run at a distance of a mile and three-eights. It was won on a disqualification by Gustave Ring's homebred colt Don Jack.[2]

The following year the event was scheduled in June at a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles.[3]

The Hill Prince Stakes was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York in 1979, 1980, and again in 1982.[4]

In 1981 was classified Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.[3]

The race was run in two divisions in 1982.[5] The second division was won by Larida, the only filly to have won this event.[6]

The event has been moved off the turf due to track conditions in 1998, 2003 and 2009 but has not had its classification downgraded.[4]

Primarily the event had been scheduled in early spring but in 2014 NYRA moved the event to October and increased the stakes significantly to $500,000.[3] In 2018 the event was upgraded to Grade II status.[3]

The event was moved in the schedule to November in 2023 and is held at Aqueduct Racetrack.[3]

In 2024 the American Graded Stakes Committee downgraded the event to Grade III status.[7]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile: 1:33.45 – Marcavelly (2007)
  • 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:39.70 – Optic Nerve (1996)
  • 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:45.96 – Subordination (1997)

Margins:

  • 7+1⁄4 lengths – Street Game (2011)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Aqueduct – Hill Prince Stakes
2024 Deterministic Joel Rosario Christophe Clement St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven C. Duncker & Vicarage Stable 1+1⁄8 miles 1:46.58 $2500,000 III [8]
2023 Integration Kendrick Carmouche Claude R. McGaughey III West Point Thoroughbreds & Woodford Racing 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.06 $250,000 II [9]
2022 Celestial City Jose Lezcano Claude R. McGaughey III Stuart S. Janney III 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.27 $300,000 II [10]
At Belmont Park
2021 Public Sector (GB) Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.68 $400,000 II [11]
2020 Get Smokin Javier Castellano Thomas M. Bush Mary Abeel Sullivan Revocable Trust 1 mile 1:36.95 $150,000 II [12]
2019 Neptune's Storm Ricardo Santana Jr. Richard Baltas John Rochfort, Saul Gevertz, Lynn Gitomer, Mike Goetz, Michael Nentwig, & Daniel Weiner 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.74 $401,200 II [13]
2018 Have At It David Cohen Christophe Clement Robert S. Evans 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.52 $514,750 II [14]
2017 Yoshida (JPN) Manuel Franco William I. Mott WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, SF Racing & Head of Plains Partners 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.07 $500,000 III [15]
2016 Camelot Kitten Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.25 $500,000 III [16]
2015 Takeover Target Jose L. Ortiz Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence 1+1⁄8 miles 1:51.42 $500,000 III [17]
2014 Ring Weekend Irad Ortiz Jr. H. Graham Motion St. Elias Stable & West Point Thoroughbreds 1+1⁄8 miles 1:55.56 $500,000 III [18]
2013 Notacatbutallama John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Repole Stable 1 mile 1:34.82 $150,000 III [19]
2012 Summer Front Ramon A. Dominguez Christophe Clement Waterford Stable 1 mile 1:33.74 $150,000 III [20]
2011 Street Game Ryan Curatolo Philip M. Serpe Flying Zee Stables 1 mile 1:36.38 $100,000 III [21]
2010 Krypton Rajiv Maragh Kiaran P. McLaughlin Harvey A. Clarke & Ron Winchell 1 mile 1:34.97 $98,000 III [22]
2009 Despite the Odds Jeremy Rose Michael J. Trombetta Larry R. Johnson, TYB Stable & Gerry Dilger 1 mile 1:35.68 $109,000 III Off turf[23]
2008 Gio Ponti Garrett K. Gomez Christophe Clement Castleton Lyons 1 mile 1:35.03 $111,000 III [24]
2007 Marcavelly Edgar S. Prado William I. Mott Zayat Stables 1 mile 1:33.45 $105,700 III [25]
2006 Outperformance Javier Castellano Richard A. Violette Jr. Klaravich Stables 1 mile 1:36.74 $115,400 III [26]
2005 Rey de Cafe Javier Castellano George R. Arnold II G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.25 $114,700 III [27]
2004 Artie Schiller Richard Migliore James A. Jerkens Timber Bay Farm & Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.06 $110,000 III [28]
2003 Happy Trails Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Klesaris Sanford Goldfarb & Team Julep Stable 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.13 $113,100 III Off turf[29]
2002 Van Minister Michael J. Luzzi Carlos F. Martin Our Sugar Bear Stable 1+1⁄8 miles 1:54.42 $109,300 III [30]
2001 Proud Man Rene R. Douglas Harry Benson Double R Stable, Robert Kaufman & Stephen Weiss 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.25 $114,600 III [31]
2000 Promontory Gold Edgar S. Prado Robert J. Frankel Robert A. Witt 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.15 $110,900 III [32]
1999 Time Off Jean-Luc Samyn Scott M. Schwartz Herbert T. and Carol A. Schwartz 1+1⁄8 miles 1:47.48 $111,200 III [33]
1998 Recommended List Jorge F. Chavez James E. Picou Fred W. Hooper 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.28 $113,000 III Off turf[34]
1997 Subordination John R. Velazquez Gary Sciacca Klaravich Stables 1+1⁄8 miles 1:45.96 $112,000 III [35]
1996 Optic Nerve Jose A. Santos Howard M. Tesher Oak Cliff Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:39.70 $112,028 III [36]
1995 Green Means Go Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Pin Oak Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.33 $113,600 III [37]
1994 Pennine Ridge Jerry D. Bailey David G. Donk December Hill Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:39.87 $84,876 III [38]
1993 Halissee Julie Krone William I. Mott John A. Nerud 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.91 $86,700 III [39]
1992 ‡Free At Last Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Team Valor Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.05 $88,650 III [40]
1991 Young Daniel Angel Cordero Jr. John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:39.87 $96,750 III [41]
1990 Solar Splendor Eddie Maple Patrick J. Kelly Live Oak Plantation 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.20 $96,450 III [42]
1989 Slew the Knight Chris Antley John O. Hertler Philip DiLeo 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.00 $94,200 III [43]
1988 Sunshine Forever Angel Cordero Jr. John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.20 $120,200 III [44]
1987 Forest Fair Jose A. Santos John J. Lenzini Jr. Gary Marano 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.80 $121,200 III [45]
1986 Double Feint Jose A. Santos LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.40 $88,640 III [46]
1985 §Danger's Hour Donald MacBeth MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:40.60 $98,850 III [47]
1984 A Gift Donald MacBeth Joseph B. Cantey Taylor Asbury 1+1⁄16 miles 1:48.40 $72,800 III [48]
1983 Domynsky (GB) Jerry D. Bailey William Curtis Jr. Dogwood Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:48.80 $61,100 III [49]
At Aqueduct
1982 Majesty's Prince Ruben Hernandez Joseph B. Cantey Newstead Farm 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.40 $55,300 III Division 1[5]
ƒLarida Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens John DeWitt Marsh 1:42.60 $55,300 Division 2[50]
At Belmont Park
1981 Summing Angel Cordero Jr. Luis Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr. 1+1⁄16 miles 1:42.40 $59,500 III [51]
At Aqueduct – Hill Prince Handicap
1980 Ben Fab Jean Cruguet Jacques Dumas Rene Benoit 1+1⁄16 miles 1:43.40 $58,000 [52]
1979 Bends Me Mind Jorge Velasquez Woodford C. Stephens Mill House Stable 1+1⁄16 miles 1:46.00 $57,450 [53]
At Belmont Park
1978 Darby Creek Road Angel Cordero Jr. Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1 mile 1:35.20 $37,675 [54]
1977 Forward Charger Jacinto Vasquez LeRoy Jolley Gerald Robins 1 mile 1:34.40 $37,625 [55]
1976 Fifth Marine Ron Turcotte Sidney Watters Jr. Pamela H. Firman 1+1⁄16 miles 1:41.20 $45,675 [56]
1975 †Don Jack George Martens Vincent J. Cincotta Gustave Ring 1+3⁄8 miles 2:23.20 $57,750 [57]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
ƒ Filly or Mare
† In the inaugural running of the event in 1975 Annie's Brat finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second.
‡ In the 1992 running of the event Casino Magistrate finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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