- Nassau County Stakes
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Grade III race Nassau County Stakes Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, United StatesInaugurated 1996 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.nyra.com/index_belmont Race information Distance 7 furlongs Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-year-old fillies Weight Assigned Purse $200,000+ The Nassau County Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County, New York. A Grade III event, it is open to three-year-old fillies willing to run the distance of seven furlongs on dirt. The race offers a purse $200,000 added.[1]
Inaugurated in 1996, it is named after the county on Long Island in which Belmont Park is located.
On November 28, 2007, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Previously, Belmont Park hosted the Nassau County Handicap, a race on dirt for horses of either sex, age three and older. This race was last run in 1993.
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Records
Speed record:
- 1:22.04 - Dream Rush (2007)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Jorge Chavez (1996, 2008)
- 2 - Jose Santos (1997, 2003)
- 2 - Mike E. Smith (1998, 1999)
- 2 - Javier Castellano (2002, 2009)
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2010 No Race 2009 Flashing Javier Castellano Thomas Albertrani Darley Stable 1:23.59 2008 Zaftig Jorge Chavez James A. Jerkens Susan Moore/M and M Thoroughbred Partners 1:22.74 2007 Dream Rush Eibar Coa Richard Violette, Jr. West Point Stable 1:22.04 2006 Hello Liberty Norberto Arroyo, Jr. J. Larry Jones J. Ferris, M. Riley, D. Gamble, J. L. Jones 1:22.65 2005 Seeking the Ante Mike Luzzi John C. Kimmel Mary & Chester Broman 1:22.86 2004 Bending Strings Jerry Bailey Kiaran McLaughlin John D. Gunther 1:22.70 2003 House Party Jose Santos H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields, Jr. 1:23.28 2002 Nonsuch Bay Javier Castellano Frank A. Alexander Joseph P. Platt, Jr. 1:23.90 2001 Cat Chat John Velazquez Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stables 1:23.02 2000 C'est L'Amour Edgar Prado Philip G. Johnson Lael Stables 1:23.46 1999 Oh What a Windfall Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:23.59 1998 Jersey Girl Mike E. Smith Todd A. Pletcher Ackerley Bros. Farm 1:22.63 1997 Alyssum Jose Santos Flint S. Schulhofer Alexander & Groves 1:22.90 1996 Star de Lady Ann Jorge Chavez William W. Perry John D. Murphy 1:22.19 Nassau County Handicap
Open to horses of either sex, age three and older, it was raced on dirt over a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs).
In 1970, the Ogden Phipps four-year-old, Reviewer, set a new track record of 1:46 4/5 in winning the Nassau County Handicap.
Winners
- 1993 - West By West
- 1992 - Strike the Gold
- 1991 - Festin
- 1990 - Tricky Creek
- 1989 - Forever Silver
- 1988 - Personal Flag
- 1987 - Lac Ouimet
- 1986 - Roo Art
- 1985 - Secret Prince
- 1984 - Moro
- 1983 - Winter's Tale
- 1982 - Fools Prayer
- 1981 - Princlet
- 1967 - Handsome Boy
- 1966 - Pluck
- 1965 - Malicious
- 1964 - Garwol
- 1963 - Kelso
- 1962 - Beau Prince
- 1961 - Black Thumper
- 1960 - Polylad
- 1959 - Endine
- 1958 - Eddie Schmidt
- 1957 - Gallant Man
- 1956 - Admiral Vee
References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
- Horse races in the United States
- Belmont Park
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