Bay Shore Stakes
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.
Grade III race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1960 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $250,000 |
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 | ||||
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2018 | National Flag | Flavien Prat | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd., SF Racing LLC | 1:23.16 | ||||
2017 | Long Haul Bay | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | Alpha Delta Stables | 1:24.14 | ||||
2016 | Unified | José 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 | José 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 Velásquez | 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 | Race not held | ||||||||
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. | José 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 | José 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 | Ángel 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 Velásquez | 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 | Ángel 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 A. Allen Sr. | 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 A. Allen Sr. | 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 | ||||