Dwyer Stakes

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Grade II race
Dwyer Stakes
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York
Inaugurated	1887
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Belmont Park
Race information
Distance	1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000

The Dwyer Stakes is an American Grade II stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses held annually at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island, New York. Run in early July, it is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of 1 1/16-miles on dirt. It currently offers offering a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated in 1887 as the Brooklyn Derby at the now defunct Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, in 1918 it was renamed for the Dwyer brothers, Mike & Phil, who dominated thoroughbred racing in the late 1800s. At one time, it was a Grade I stakes race that was a major part of the American Thoroughbred racing season. It was known as the Dwyer Handicap from 1957 to 1978.

Since inception, the race has been competed at various distances:

• 1 ¹/16 miles : 1887-1924, 1935-1939, 1994 to present
• 1⅛ miles : 1975-1993
• 1 ³/16 miles : 1956-1959
• 1¼ miles : 1940-1955, 1960-1974
• 1 ⁵/16 miles : 1925
• 1½ miles : 1926-1934

The race has been held at:

• Gravesend Race Track : 1887-1910
• Old Aqueduct Racetrack : 1913-1955
• Aqueduct Racetrack : 1960-1974, 1976
• Jamaica Racetrack : 1956, 1959

In 1908 Fair Play was the first of three generations to win the Dwyer. His son, Man o' War, won it in 1920 and Man o' War's son American Flag won it in 1925. The 1920 Dwyer turned into a match race when the owner of John P. Grier was the only one willing to run their horse against the great Man o' War. However, confronting John P. Grier proved to be one of his hardest races. The two horses raced head-to-head for most of the distance until John P. Grier put his nose in front at the eighth pole, but Man o' War came back to win by more than a length.

The Dwyer is in its 91st running in 2008.

Contents 1 Dwyer Stakes records 2 Winners of the Dwyer Stakes 3 Winners of the Brooklyn Derby 4 References

[edit] Dwyer Stakes records

Speed record:

• 1:40.02 - Medallist (2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Jerry D. Bailey (1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 - Jim Fitzsimmons (1930, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1961)

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Belair Stud (1930, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1955)
• 6 - Greentree Stable (1931, 1956, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1974)

[edit] Winners of the Dwyer Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Any Given Saturday	Garrett Gomez	Todd A. Pletcher	Winstar / Padua	1:40.69
2006	Strong Contender	Edgar Prado	John T. Ward, Jr	John C. Oxley	1:45.24
2005	Roman Ruler	Jerry D. Bailey	Bob Baffert	Fog City Stable	1:40.83
2004	Medallist	Jorge Chavez	H. Allen Jerkens	Robert N. Clay	1:40.02
2003	Strong Hope	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Eugene & Laura Melnyk	1:41.76
2002	Gygistar	John Velazquez	Mark Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:42.59
2001	E Dubai	Jerry D. Bailey	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1:40.38
2000	Albert The Great	Richard Migliore	Nick Zito	Tracy Farmer	1:42.62
1999	Forestry	Jerry D. Bailey	Bob Baffert	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:41.00
1998	Coronado's Quest	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III	1:42.49
1997	Behrens	Jerry D. Bailey	H. James Bond	W. C. Rudlein Stable	1:42.26
1996	Victory Speech	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	1:41.53
1995	Hoolie	Robbie Davis	Willard C. Freeman	R. Leahy/J.Meriwether	1:42.74
1994	Holy Bull	Mike E. Smith	Warren A. Croll, Jr.	Warren A. Croll, Jr.	1:41.15
1993	Cherokee Run	Pat Day	Frank A. Alexander	Jill Robinson	1:47.62
1992	Agincourt *	Jorge Chavez	Nick Zito	Robert Perez	1:47.84
1991	Lost Mountain	Craig Perret	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:49.20
1990	Profit Key	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Joseph Allen	1:47.52
1989	Roi Danzig	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Henryk deKwiatkowski	1:49.27
1988	Seeking The Gold	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:48.00
1987	Gone West	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Hickory Tree Stable	1:48.40
1986	Ogygian	Walter Guerra	Jan H. Nerud	Tartan Stable	1:48.40
1985	Stephan's Odyssey	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Woody Stephens	Henryk deKwiatkowski	1:49.20
1984	Track Barron	Jean Cruguet	Leroy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:47.80
1983	Au Point	Jerry D. Bailey	James W. Maloney	Snowberry Farm	1:48.20
1982	Conquistador Cielo	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Henryk deKwiatkowski	1:45.80
1981	Noble Nashua	Cash Asmussen	Jose A. Martin	Flying Zee Stable	1:49.20
1980	Amber Pass	Don MacBeth	Hubert Hine	Entremont	1:49.00
1979	Coastal	Ruben Hernandez	David A. Whiteley	William Haggin Perry	1:47.00
1978	Junction	Jeffrey Fell	Patrick J. Kelly	Live Oak Plantation	1:48.80
1977	Bailjumper	Ruben Hernandez	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:47.60
1976	Quiet Little Table	Eddie Maple	Philip G. Johnson	Meadowhill	1:49.00
1975	Valid Appeal	James Long	Thomas F. Root, Sr.	Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.	1:48.40
1974	Hatchet Man	Ron Turcotte	John M. Gaver, Jr.	Greentree Stable	2:01.20
1973	Stop The Music	Heliodoro Gustines	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:02.60
1972	Cloudy Dawn	Bill Hartack	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	2:03.20
1971	Jim French	Angel Cordero Jr.	John P. Campo	Frank J. Caldwell	2:01.60
1970	Judgable	Robert Woodhouse	Herbert Nadler	Saul Nadler	2:02.60
1969	Gleaming Light	Larry Adams	John P. Campo	Neil Hellman	2:04.00
1968	Stage Door Johnny	Heliodoro Gustines	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:01.60
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	2:03.00
1966	Mr. Right	Ernest Cardone	Thomas M. Waller	Cheray Duchin	2:02.80
1965	Staunchness	Bobby Ussery	Pete Mosconi	Red Oak Stable	2:01.80
1964	Quadrangle	Manuel Ycaza	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	2:01.40
1963	Outing Class	Bobby Ussery	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:01.60
1962	Cyane	Eldon Nelson	Henry Clark	Christiana Stable	2:01.60
1961	Hitting Away	Hedley Woodhouse	Jim Fitzsimmons	Ogden Phipps	2:03.80
1960	Francis S.	Paul J. Bailey	Burley Parke	Harbor View Farm	2:03.00
1959	Waltz	Sam Boulmetis, Sr.	Max Hirsch	W. Arnold Hanger	1:54.80
1958	Victory Morn	Eric Guerin	Woody Stephens	Cain Hoy Stable	1:58.80
1957	Bureaucracy	William Boland	Jim Fitzsimmons	Ogden Phipps	1:55.40
1956	Riley	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1:57.40
1955	Nashua	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:03.80
1954	High Gun	Eric Guerin	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:05.00
1953	Native Dancer	Eric Guerin	William C. Winfrey	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	2:05.20
1952	Blue Man	Conn McCreary	Woody Stephens	White Oak Stable	2:01.80
1951	Battlefield	Eddie Arcaro	Bert Mulholland	George D. Widener, Jr.	2:04.40
1950	Greek Song	Ovie Scurlock	Virgil W. Raines	Brandywine Stable	2:03.00
1949	Shackleton	R. Bernhardt	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:07.80
1948	My Request	Ted Atkinson	James P. Conway	Ben F. Whitaker	2:02.00
1947	Phalanx	Roberto Donoso	Syl Veitch	C. V. Whitney	2:05.00
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:06.80
1945	Wildlife	Ted Atkinson	Not found	Joseph M. Roebling	2:05.20
1944	By Jimminy	Ted Atkinson	James W. Smith	Alfred P. Parker	2:03.40
1943	Vincentive	John Gilbert	Edward A. Christmas	William L. Brann	2:05.00
1942	Valdina Orphan	Carroll Bierman	Frank Catrone	Valdina Farm	2:01.40
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:03.40
1940	Your Chance *	Wayne D. Wright	Jack Creevy	Mrs. G. D. Widener, Jr.	2:03.80
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:48.40
1938	The Chief	George Woolf	Earl Sande	Maxwell Howard	1:48.40
1937	Strabo	Sammy Renick	Not found	Hope Goddard Iselin	1:51.40
1936	Mr. Bones	John Gilbert	John M. Gaver, Sr.	John Hay Whitney	1:49.80
1935	Omaha	Wayne D. Wright	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:49 l/5
1934	Rose Cross	Silvio Coucci	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Manhasset Stable	2:32.00
1933	War Glory	John Gilbert	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	2:31.80
1932	Faireno	Thomas Malley	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:31.40
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable	2:34.40
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:32.40
1929	Grey Coat	Steve O'Donnell	William Garth	Samuel Ross	2:34.00
1928	Genie	William Kelsay	Not found	Gifford A. Cochran	2:31.60
1927	Kentucky II	John Maiben	Max Hirsch	A. C. Schwartz	2:31.80
1926	Crusader	Earl Sande	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	2:29.60
1925	American Flag	Albert Johnson	G. R. Tompkins	Glen Riddle Farm	2:10.60
1924	Ladkin	John Maiben	Louis Feustel	August Belmont, Jr.	1:49.80
1923	Dunlin	Chick Lang	William Garth	J. S. Cosden	1:51.20
1922	Ray Jay	Clyde Ponce	Not found	Quincy Stable	1:52.60
1921	Grey Lag	Earl Sande	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	1:49.00
1920	Man o' War	Clarence Kummer	Louis Feustel	Glen Riddle Farm	1:49.20
1919	Purchase	Willie Knapp	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth	1:52.60
1918	War Cloud	Merritt Buxton	W. B. Jennings	A. K. Macomber	1:50.20

* In 1940, Snow Ridge finished first, but was disqualified.
* In 1992, Three Peat finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.

[edit] Winners of the Brooklyn Derby

[edit] References

• The Dwyer Stakes at Pedigree Query