Nashua Stakes

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The Nashua Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the main dirt track scheduled annually in late October or early November usually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000.

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Nashua Stakes
ClassListed
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Weight122 lbs with allowances
Purse$150,000 (2021)
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History

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Perspective

The event is named in honor of Nashua, the 1955 United States Horse of the Year.[1] Nashua won the Dwyer Handicap at Aqueduct after he had just won the last two Classic events, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.

The event was inaugurated on December 22, 1975, and was won by Lord Henribee, who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Maple for his fourth straight win as the 2/5 odds-on favorite on a cold snowy day in a time of 1:3545.[2]

In 1982 the event was classified as Grade III[3] and was upgraded to Grade II in 1986 for three runnings.[4] The race returned to Grade II by the American Graded Stakes Committee in 2009[4] but was downgraded once more in 2018 back to Grade III.[3]

The event was scheduled for the turf for three runnings between 1991 and 1993.[4] The event has had several distance changes. The distance was set at a mile and 70 yards for 1985, at a mile and a sixteenth from 1987 to 1993 and six furlongs in 2011.[4] The event was not held in 1995 and has been held at Belmont Park four times, the last of which was in 2021.[4]

The event is late in the season and it is usually a good race for late-developing two-year-olds.[citation needed] There have been several notable participants who have made an impact later in their racing careers. The 1991 winner Pine Bluff went on to win the 1992 Preakness Stakes while the 1997 winner Coronado's Quest the following year won the Grade I Haskell Invitational and Grade I Travers Stakes. In 2010 To Honor and Serve led all the way to record an easy 4-length victory over Mucho Macho Man. To Honor and Serve also won two Grade Is later in his career, the Cigar Mile Handicap and Woodward Stakes while Mucho Macho Man won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2013 as a five-year-old.

In 2023 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status[5]

Records

Time record:

  • 1 mile: 1:34:66 – Independence Hall (2019)
  • 1+116 miles: 1:44.60 – Dalhart (1992)

Margins:

  • 12+12 lengths - Quadratic (1977)
  • 12+14 lengths - Independence Hall (2019)

Most wins by an owner

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Winners

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
At Aqueduct
2024 Studlydoright Xavier Perez John J. Robb David R. Hughes 1 mile 1:37.23 $145,500 Listed [6]
2023 Where's Chris Isaac Castillo Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Nice Guys Stables 1 mile 1:36.75 $145,500 Listed [7]
2022 Champions Dream Irad Ortiz Jr. Danny Gargan Rosedown Racing Stables 1 mile 1:39.17 $150,000 III [8]
At Belmont Park
2021 Rockefeller Luis Saez Bob Baffert SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables & Robert E. Masterson 1 mile 1:36.66 $150,000 III [9]
At Aqueduct
2020 Pickin' Time Trevor McCarthy Kelly J. Breen John Bowers, Jr. 1 mile 1:39.89 $100,000 III [10]
2019 Independence Hall Jose L. Ortiz Michael J. Trombetta Eclipse Thoroughbreds, Twin Creek Stables, Kathleen & Robert Verratti 1 mile 1:34:66 $150,000 III [11]
2018 Vekoma Manuel Franco George Weaver R. A. Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables 1 mile 1:36.62 $200,000 III [12]
2017 Avery Island Joe Bravo Kiaran P. McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 1 mile 1:37.58 $200,000 II [13]
2016 Hemsworth Antonio A. Gallardo Thomas Albertrani Godolphin Racing 1 mile 1:38.70 $190,000 II [14]
2015 Mohaymen Junior Alvarado Kiaran P. McLaughlin Shadwell Stable 1 mile 1:36.01 $200,000 II [15]
2014 Blofeld John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee) & JSM Equine 1 mile 1:38.89 $250,000 II [16]
2013 Cairo Prince Luis Saez Kiaran P. McLaughlin Namcook Stables, Paul Braverman, Harvey A. Clarke & W. Craig Robertson III 1 mile 1:37.59 $250,000 II [17]
2012 Violence Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Black Rock Stables 1 mile 1:35.32 $200,000 II [18]
At Belmont Park
2011 Vexor David Cohen John C. Kimmel Goldmark Farm 6 furlongs 1:10.71 $150,000 II [19]
At Aqueduct
2010 To Honor and Serve Jose Lezcano William I. Mott Live Oak Racing 1 mile 1:35.86 $147,000 II [20]
2009 Buddy's Saint Jose Lezcano Bruce N. Levine Kingfield Stables 1 mile 1:35.67 $150,000 II [21]
2008 Break Water Edison Alan Garcia John C. Kimmel Eli Gindi 1 mile 1:35.86 $109,300 III [22]
2007 Etched Alan Garcia Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1 mile 1:36.96 $105,800 III [23]
2006 Day Pass Fernando Jara Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 1 mile 1:36.09 $112,900 III [24]
At Belmont Park
2005 Bluegrass Cat John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm 1 mile 1:38.02 $113,300 III [25]
At Aqueduct
2004 Rockport Harbor Stewart Elliott John C. Servis Fox Hill Farms 1 mile 1:36.67 $109,500 III [26]
2003 Read the Footnotes Jerry D. Bailey Richard A. Violette Jr. Klaravich Stables 1 mile 1:36.48 $113,100 III [27]
2002 Added Edge Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Team Valor & Robert J. Wilson 1 mile 1:36.77 $109,700 III [28]
At Belmont Park
2001 Listen Here Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Kim & Rodney Nardelli & Lewis G. Lakin 1 mile 1:37.61 $109,300 III [29]
At Aqueduct
2000 Ommadon Aaron Gryder Thomas M. Walsh Sorin Stables 1 mile 1:36.74 $113,200 III [30]
1999 Mass Market Mike E. Smith Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. New Farm 1 mile 1:38.60 $111,700 III [31]
1998 Doneraile Court Jerry D. Bailey Nicholas P. Zito Michael Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier 1 mile 1:36.17 $111,000 III [32]
1997 Coronado's Quest Mike E. Smith Claude R. McGaughey III Stuart S. Janney III 1 mile 1:37.06 $108,500 III [33]
1996 Jules Jose A. Santos Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables 1 mile 1:36.89 $113,900 III [34]
1995 Race not held
1994 Devious Course Frank T. Alvarado H. James Bond Rudlein Stable 1 mile 1:37.50 $109,300 III [35]
1993 Popol's Gold Herb McCauley William H. Turner Jr. Stephen Stavrides 1+116 miles 1:46.68 $124,000 III [36]
1992 Dalhart Mike E. Smith Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+116 miles 1:44.60 $124,400 III [37]
1991 Pine Bluff Craig Perret Thomas K. Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1+116 miles 1:46.14 $126,600 III [38]
1990 Kyle's Our Man Jerry D. Bailey John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1+116 miles 1:45.40 $93,300 III [39]
1989 Champagneforashley Jacinto Vasquez Howard M. Tesher Lions Head Farm 1+116 miles 1:45.20 $110,800 III [40]
1988 Traskwood Angel Cordero Jr. George R. Arnold II Loblolly Stable 1+116 miles 1:45.20 $105,400 II [41]
1987 Cougarized Jose A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French Jr. 1+116 miles 1:46.00 $128,600 II [42]
1986 Bold Summit Chris Antley Richard E. Dutrow Sr. Alvin J. Akman 1+116 miles 1:45.00 $100,000 II [43]
1985 Raja's Revenge Robbie Davis Frank LaBoccetta Edward Anchel 1 mile & 70 yards 1:44.40 $90,350 III [44]
1984 Stone White Robbie Davis Gilbert Puentes Gilbert Puentes 1 mile 1:38.20 $96,750 III [45]
1983 Don Rickles Angel Cordero Jr. John Parisella Theodore M. Sabarese 1 mile 1:38.40 $58,000 III [46]
1982 I Enclose Ruben Hernandez Edward I. Kelly Sr. Brookfield Farms 1 mile 1:37.60 $59,100 III [47]
1981 Our Escapade Donald MacBeth Roger Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1 mile 1:36.80 $58,800 [48]
1980 † A Run Chris McCarron Larry S. Barrera Arron U. Jones 1 mile 1:37.20 $59,100 [49]
1979 Googolplex Laffit Pincay Jr. Frank "Pancho" Martin Robert N. Lehmann 1 mile 1:36.40 $54,250 [50]
1978 Instrument Landing Jeffrey Fell David A. Whiteley Pen-Y-Bryn Farm 1 mile 1:37.00 $44,200 [51]
1977 Quadratic Eddie Maple Woodford C. Stephens August Belmont IV 1 mile 1:35.40 $36,625 [52]
1976 Nearly On Time Jacinto Vasquez LeRoy Jolley Mrs. Moody Jolley 1 mile 1:35.60 $36,675 [53]
1975 Lord Henribee Eddie Maple William H. Turner Jr. Milton Ritzenberg 1 mile 1:35.80 $55,050 [2]
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Legend:
  Dirt   Turf


Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1980 running, Willow Hour was first past the post, but was disqualified and placed last for interference in the running of the race.

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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