True North Stakes

True North Stakes
Grade II race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated 1979
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.nyra.com
Race information
Distance 6 1/2 furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Four-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $250,000

The True North Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over a distance of six and half furlongs on dirt scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.[1]


History

The True North is named for the winner of the 1945 Fall Highweight Handicap, Deering Howe's, True North.

In winning the 1987 edition of the True North Handicap, Groovy earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 134.[2]

In 2014 the conditions of the race changed to a stakes race. In 2017 the distance of the race was changed from 6 furlongs to ​6 1⁄2 furlongs.[3]

Records

Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs – 1:07.80 - Groovy (1987)
  • ​6 1⁄2 furlongs – 1:15.02 - Imperial Hint (2018)

Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Seymour Cohn (1985, 1999)

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time Purse
 Grade
Distance
2018 Imperial Hint 5 Javier Castellano Luis Carvajal, Jr. Raymond Mamone 1:15.02 $250,000 II ​6 1⁄2 furlongs
2017 Roy H 5 Paco Lopez Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch 1:08.59 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2016 Joking 7 Manuel Franco Charlton Baker Charlton Baker 1:08.04 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2015 Rock Fall 4 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Stonestreet Stables 1:08.37 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2014 Palace 5 Jose L. Ortiz Linda Rice Antonino Miuccio 1:08.29 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2013 Fast Bullet 5 Joel Rosario Bob Baffert Zayat Stables 1:08.27 $400,000 II 6 furlongs
2012 Caixa Eletronica 7 Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Repole Stables 1:09.52 $400,000 II 6 furlongs
2011 Trappe Shot 4 John Velazquez Kiaran McLaughlin Mill House 1:08.86 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2010 Bribon 7 Garrett Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Derrick Smith 1:09.63 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2009 Fabulous Strike 6 Ramon Dominguez Todd M. Beattie Walter Downey 1:07.85 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2008 Benny the Bull 5 Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. IEAH Stables et al. 1:09.06 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2007 Will He Shine 5 Edgar Prado Dale L. Romans Saviaro Pugliese & Marc Wexler 1:08.70 $200,000 II 6 furlongs
2006 Anew 5 Alan Garcia Steve Asmussen Chrome Cowboy Racing et al. 1:08.10 $200,000 II 6 furlongs
2005 Woke Up Dreamin 5 Mike Smith Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:08.38 $200,000 II 6 furlongs
2004 Speightstown 6 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene Melnyk 1:08.04 $200,000 II 6 furlongs
2003 Shake You Down 5 Mike Luzzi Scott A. Lake Robert L. Cole, Jr. 1:09.40 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2002 Explicit 5 Lonnie Meche Ian Jory Marvin Malmuth 1:09.80 $250,000 II 6 furlongs
2001 Say Florida Sandy 7 Aaron Gryder Juan Serey John Rotella 1:08.60 $150,000 II 6 furlongs
2000 Intidab 7 Robbie Davis Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Stable 1:10.00 $150,000 II 6 furlongs
1999 Kashatreya 5 Jean-Luc Samyn John O. Hertler Seymour Cohn 1:09.60 $150,000 II 6 furlongs
1998 Richter Scale 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Nancy & Richard Kaster 1:08.80 $125,000 II 6 furlongs
1997 Punch Line 7 Robbie Davis William H. Turner, Jr. Althea Richards 1:08.80 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1996 Not Surprising 6 Robbie Davis Judson Van Worp Robert Van Worp 1:09.00 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1995 Waldoboro 4 Eddie Maple Claude R. McGaughey III Emory A. Hamilton 1:09.60 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1994 Friendly Lover 6 Rick Wilson Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. Pastime Stable 1:09.60 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1993 Lion Cavern 4 Julie Krone William I. Mott Sheikh Mohammed 1:10.20 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1992 Shining Bid 4 Eddie Maple James E. Morgan Deborah A. Matz 1:08.20 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1991 Diablo 4 Julie Krone William I. Mott Bertram R. Firestone 1:08.20 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1990 Mr. Nickerson 4 Chris Antley Mark J. Reid Robert H. A. Nixon 1:10.40 $75,000 II 6 furlongs
1989 Dancing Spree 4 Angel Cordero, Jr. Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:09.40 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1988 High Bright 4 Angel Cordero, Jr. D. Wayne Lukas H. Joseph Allen 1:10.00 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1987 Groovy 4 Angel Cordero, Jr. Jose A. Martin Lone Star Stable 1:07.80 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1986 Phone Trick 4 Jorge Velasquez Richard E. Mandella Howell Wynne 1:09.00 $100,000 II 6 furlongs
1985 Cannon Shell 6 Declan Murphy Chester Ross Seymour Cohn 1:10.80 $75,000 II 6 furlongs
1984 Believe The Queen 4 Jorge Velasquez H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:09.80 $75,000 III 6 furlongs
1983 Gold Beauty 4 Don Brumfield William Curtis, Jr. Mrs. Philip Hofmann 1:10.40 $75,000 III 6 furlongs
1982 Shimatoree 3 Mario Pino Richard E. Dutrow, Sr. Rif'at Hussain 1:08.60 $75,000 6 furlongs
1981 Joanie's Chief 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Eugene Jacobs Peter Barberino 1:09.00 $50,000 6 furlongs
1980 Syncopate 5 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Ron McAnally Elmendorf Farm 1:09.20 $50,000 6 furlongs
1979 Moleolus 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Patrick J. Kelly Live Oak Plantation Racing 1:10.40 $40,000 6 furlongs

References

  1. ↑ The True North Handicap history at Belmont Park Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Beyer, Andrew Beyer on Speed: New Strategies for Racetrack Betting, p.57 (1995) Houghton Mifflin ISBN 978-0-395-73523-7
  3. ↑ "True North Stakes (Gr. 2)". equibase. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 20178. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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