Pegasus Stakes
| Listed race | |
| Location | Flat racing |
|---|---|
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | One and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000 (2021) |
The Pegasus Stakes is a Listed American
Thoroughbred horse race run annually in June at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. An event for three-year-olds of either gender, it is contested at a mile and a sixteenth (eight and a half furlongs
) on the dirt, and currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated as a minor event on November 11, 1980 at
turf course.[1]
A former Grade 1 race, the 1997 Pegasus offered a purse of $1,000,000.[1]
Historical race notes
Ridden by Jorge Chavez, in 1999 Forty One Carats won the Pegasus Handicap by a nose over Unbridled Jet. The winner's time of 1:45 2/5 broke the Meadowlands track record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt.[2]
Sally Bailie became the first woman trainer in the history of American Thoroughbred racing to win a $200,000 race when she captured the 1982 edition of the Pegasus Handicap with Fast Gold.[3]
Records
Speed record:
- 1:45.40 @ 1+1⁄8 miles: Forty One Carats (1999) (NTR)
- 1:40.80 @ 1+1⁄16 miles Flying Chevron (1995)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Joe Bravo (1998, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Todd Pletcher (2005, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Gary and Mary West (2022, 2023)
- 2 – William H. Perry (1991, 1992)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | Purse $ | Gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Salute the Stars | 3 | Joel Rosario | Brad H. Cox | Gary and Mary West | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:43.87 | $150,000 | L/R
|
| 2022 | Home Brew | 4 | Paco Lopez | Brad H. Cox | Gary and Mary West | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:43.20 | $150,000 | L/R
|
| 2021 | Mandaloun | 3 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Juddmonte Farms
|
1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.63 | $150,000 | L/R
|
| 2020 | Pneumatic | 3 | Joe Bravo | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.76 | $155,000 | L/R |
| 2019 | King For A Day | 3 | Joe Bravo | Todd Pletcher | Red Oak Stable (John J. Brunetti Sr.) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.59 | $150,000 | L/R |
| 2018 | Supreme Aura | 3 | Joe Bravo | Michael Stidham | Stallionaire Enterprises LLC (Rick Kanter) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:46.84 | $102,000 | L/R |
| 2017 | Timeline | 3 | Javier Castellano | Chad Brown | Woodford Racing LLC (William S. Farish IV, mn.ptr. )
|
1+1⁄16 mi | 1:41.32 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2016 | Donegal Moon | 3 | Joe Bravo | Todd Pletcher | Donegal Racing ( mn.ptr. )
|
1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.15 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2015 | Mr. Jordan | 3 | Paco Lopez | Edward Plesa Jr. | David Melin, Leon Ellman, Laurie Plesa | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.71 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2014 | Albano | 3 | Kerwin D. Clark | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.17 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2013 | Verrazano | 3 | John Velazquez
|
Todd Pletcher | Let's Go Stable (Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:41.72 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2012 | Le Bernardin | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Kiaran McLaughlin | Darley Stable
|
1+1⁄16 mi | 1:44.51 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2011 | Pants On Fire | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | Kelly Breen | George & Lori Hall | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:42.89 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 2010 | Afleet Express | 3 | Javier Castellano | Jimmy Jerkens | Gainesway Farm, Martin L. Cherry | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:45.44 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 2009 | Bad Action | 3 | David Cohen | Gary Contessa | Winning Move Stable (Steve Sigler, mn.ptr. ), Sanford H. Robbins LLC, P. & D. Kaplan Racing LLC
|
1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.16 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2008 | Atoned | 3 | Chris DeCarlo | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.40 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 2007 | Actin Good | 3 | Cornelio Velásquez | Robert Dibona | Leo-Sag Stables, Gus Goldsmith, Greg and Jerrich Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.54 | $250,000 | G3 |
| 2006 | Diamond Stripes | 3 | Edgar Prado | Rick Dutrow
|
Four Roses Thoroughbreds (Kassem Masri) | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.30 | $250,000 | G3 |
| 2005 | Magna Graduate | 3 | John Velazquez
|
Todd Pletcher | Elizabeth H. Alexander | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.40 | $250,000 | G3 |
| 2004 | Pies Prospect | 3 | Edgar Prado | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.40 | $300,000 | G3 |
| 2003 | Race not held | ||||||||
| 2002 | Regal Sanction | 3 | José A. Santos | James A. Jerkens
|
Susan & John Moore | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.80 | $350,000 | G2 |
| 2001 | Volponi | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Philip G. Johnson | Amherst Stable (Kathy Johnson), Spruce Pond Stable (Edward Baier) | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.80 | $250,000 | G2 |
| 2000 | Kiss A Native | 3 | Mickey Walls | David R. Bell | John A. Franks | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.20 | $250,000 | G2 |
| 1999 | Forty One Carats | 3 | Jorge Chavez | David Fawkes | Jack T. Hammer & Walter L. New | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:45.40 | $400,000 | G2 |
| 1998 | Tomorrows Cat | 3 | Joe Bravo | Mark A. Hennig | Donald S. & Roberta Mary Zuckerman & Camelia J. Casby | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.80 | $500,000 | G2 |
| 1997 | Behrens | 3 | Jerry Bailey | H. James Bond | William Clifton Jr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.60 | $1,000,000 | G2 |
| 1996 | Allied Forces | 3 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | Ahmed Al Tayer | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:47.00 | $200,000 | G2 |
| 1995 | Flying Chevron | 3 | Robbie Davis | James J. Toner | Kimran Stable (Ronald Nicholson) | 1+1⁄16 mi | 1:40.80 | $200,000 | G2 |
| 1994 | Brass Scale | 3 | Edgar Prado | Charles Peoples | Bayard Sharp | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.20 | $200,000 | G2 |
| 1993 | Diazo | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Bill Shoemaker | Allen E. Paulson
|
1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.00 | $250,000 | G1 |
| 1992 | Scuffleburg | 3 | Julie Krone | Scotty Schulhofer | William H. Perry | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $500,000 | G1 |
| 1991 | Scan | 3 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | William H. Perry | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.40 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 1990 | Silver Ending | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | Angelo Costanza & Ron McAnally | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.20 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 1989 | Norquestor | 3 | Julie Krone | Hubert Hine
|
Scott C. Savin | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.60 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 1988 | Brian's Time | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John M. Veitch | Joan W. Phillips | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:47.00 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 1987 | Cryptoclearance | 3 | José A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Philip Teinowitz | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:48.60 | $300,000 | G1 |
| 1986 | Danzig Connection | 3 | Pat Day | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $300,000 | G2 |
| 1985 | Skip Trial | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Hubert Hine
|
Zelda Cohen | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.00 | $300,000 | G2 |
| 1984 | Hail Bold King | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | William E. Burch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.20 | $200,000 | G2 |
| 1983 | World Appeal | 3 | Antonio Graell | Scotty Schulhofer | Elton D. Kohr Sr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:46.60 | $200,000 | G2 |
| 1982 | Fast Gold | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Sally A. Bailie | Aisco Stable | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:49.00 | $200,000 | |
| 1981 | Summing | 3 | George Martens | Luis S. Barrera | Charles T. Wilson Jr. | 1+1⁄8 mi | 1:51.00 | $200,000 | |
| 1980 | Dr. Blum | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $25,000 | |
References
- ^ a b "Pegasus Stakes". Equibase Co. LLC. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "Forty One Carats Captures Pegasus". New York Post. 1999-10-30. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Fast Gold, 35-1 Shot, Captures Pegasus". The New York Times. 1982-10-01. Retrieved 2019-06-24.