Man o' War Stakes

Grade I race
Man o' War Stakes

Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1959
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	nyra.com
Race information
Distance	1⅜ miles (11 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & Up
Weight	Weight-for-age
Purse	$500,000

The Man o' War Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Now Raced in July, it is a Grade I event offering a purse of $500,000 and is open to horses three-years-old and up. Run at one and three-eighths mile on the grass, the race sometimes attracts top European horses such as Fantastic Light and Daylami. The top finishers in the Man o' War Stakes often go on to run in the Breeders' Cup Turf.

The inaugural running of the Man o' War took place in 1959 at Aqueduct Racetrack where it was also held in 1961, plus from 1963 to 1967, and again in 1987. Run as the Man o' War Handicap in 1959 and 1961, it is named for the great Man o' War, selected as No.1 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. The race was won in 1973 by another legendary horse, Secretariat.

In 2008 the Man o' War was moved from Belmont's fall schedule into its summer schedule, replacing the Bowling Green Handicap in an attempt to more fairly represent turf competition.

The Man o' War Stakes has been raced at various distances:

• 1½ miles - 1959, 1960, 1962, 1968-1977
• 1⅝ miles - 1961, 1963-1967
• 1⅜ miles - since 1978

Records

Time record:

• 2:11.65 - Better Talk Now (2005) (at current 1⅜ miles)
• 2:24.80 - Secretariat (1973) (at previous 1½ miles)

Most wins:

• 2 - Majesty's Prince (1983, 1984) Solar Splendor (1991, 1992) and With Anticipation (2001, 2002)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Rokeby Stable (1970, 1971, 1986)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Jorge Velasquez (1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - MacKenzie Miller (1966, 1969, 1975, 1986)

Winners of the Man o' War Stakes since 1959

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Grade
2011	Cape Blanco (IRE)	4	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor / Mrs F Hay	1-3/8	2:14.06	I
2010	Gio Ponti	5	Ramon Dominguez	Christophe Clement	Castleton Lyons	1-3/8	2:16.20	I
2009	Gio Ponti	4	Ramon Dominguez	Christophe Clement	Castleton Lyons	1-3/8	2:12.56	I
2008	Red Rocks	5	Javier Castellano	Brian Meehan	J. Paul Reddam	1-3/8	2:12.60	I
2007	Doctor Dino	5	Olivier Peslier	Richard D. Gibson	Javier Martinez Salmean	1-3/8	2:12.26	I
2006	Cacique	5	Edgar Prado	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1-3/8	2:15.68	I
2005	Better Talk Now	6	Ramon Dominguez	H. Graham Motion	Bushwood Stables	1-3/8	2:11.65	I
2004	Magistretti	4	Edgar Prado	Patrick L. Biancone	Michael B. Tabor	1-3/8	2:14.65	I
2003	Lunar Sovereign	4	Richard Migliore	Kiaran McLaughlin	Darley Racing	1-3/8	2:17.99	I
2002	With Anticipation	7	Pat Day	Jonathan Sheppard	Augustin Stable	1-3/8	2:15.05	I
2001	With Anticipation	6	Pat Day	Jonathan Sheppard	Augustin Stable	1-3/8	2:15.11	I
2000	Fantastic Light	4	Jerry Bailey	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1-3/8	2:17.44	I
1999	Val's Prince	7	Jorge Chavez	H. James Bond	R. Martin / S. Weiner	1-3/8	2:16.69	I
1998	Daylami	4	Jerry Bailey	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1-3/8	2:13.18	I
1997	Influent	6	Jerry Bailey	Howard M. Tesher	Ankh Stable/Turfnpaddock F	1-3/8	2:11.69	I
1996	Diplomatic Jet	4	Jorge Chavez	James E. Picou	Fred W. Hooper	1-3/8	2:14.20	I
1995	Millkom	6	Gary L. Stevens	Jean-Claude Rouget	Gary A. Tanaka	1-3/8	2:12.80	I
1994	Royal Mountain Inn	5	Julie Krone	Barclay Tagg	Steadfast Stable	1-3/8	2:11.75	I
1993	Star of Cozzene	5	Jose Santos	Mark Hennig	Team Valor	1-3/8	2:23.14	I
1992	Solar Splendor	5	Herb McCauley	Patrick J. Kelly	Live Oak Racing	1-3/8	2:12.45	I
1991	Solar Splendor	4	Herb McCauley	Patrick J. Kelly	Live Oak Racing	1-3/8	2:12.01	I
1990	Defensive Play	3	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Juddmonte Farms	1-3/8	2:17.80	I
1989	Yankee Affair	7	Jose Santos	Henry L. Carroll	Jujugen Stable	1-3/8	2:20.80	I
1988	Sunshine Forever	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John M. Veitch	Darby Dan Farm	1-3/8	2:14.40	I
1987	Theatrical	5	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Bertram R. Firestone	1-3/8	2:15.40	I
1986	Dance of Life	3	Pat Day	MacKenzie Miller	Rokeby Stable	1-3/8	2:14.40	I
1985	Win	5	Richard Migliore	Sally A. Bailie	Sally A. Bailie	1-3/8	2:15.40	I
1984	Majesty's Prince	5	Vince Bracciale, Jr.	Joseph B. Cantey	John D. Marsh	1-3/8	2:14.60	I
1983	Majesty's Prince	4	Eddie Maple	Joseph B. Cantey	John D. Marsh	1-3/8	2:23.60	I
1982	Naskra's Breeze	5	Jean-Luc Samyn	Philip G. Johnson	Broadmoor Stable	1-3/8	2:13.00	I
1981	Galaxy Libra	5	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Louis R. Rowan	1-3/8	2:14.80	I
1980	French Colonial	5	Jacinto Vasquez	David A. Whiteley	Lazy F Ranch	1-3/8	2:15.40	I
1979	Bowl Game	5	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Gaver, Jr.	Greentree Stable	1-3/8	2:19.00	I
1978	Waya	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Angel Penna, Sr.	Daniel Wildenstein	1-3/8	2:16.20	I
1977	Majestic Light	4	Sandy Hawley	John W. Russell	Ogden Mills Phipps	1-1/2	2:27.60	I
1976	Effervescing	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John W. Russell	Ogden Phipps	1-1/2	2:31.20	I
1975	Snow Knight *	4	Jorge Velasquez	MacKenzie Miller	Windfields Farm	1-1/2	2:29.20	I
1974	Dahlia	4	Ron Turcotte	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1-1/2	2:26.60	I
1973	Secretariat	3	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1-1/2	2:24.80	I
1972	Typecast	6	Angel Cordero, Jr.	A. Thomas Doyle	Westerly Stud Farms	1-1/2	2:31.80
1971	Run the Gantlet	3	Robert Woodhouse	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	1-1/2	2:33.20
1970	Fort Marcy	6	Jorge Velasquez	J. Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	1-1/2	2:33.80
1969	Hawaii	5	Jorge Velasquez	MacKenzie Miller	Cragwood Stable	1-1/2	2:27.20
1968	Czar Alexander	3	Jorge Velasquez	Angel Penna, Sr.	Gustave Ring	1-1/2	2:30.80
1967	Ruffled Feathers	3	David Hidalgo	John A. Nerud	Tartan Stable	1-5/8	2:42.80
1966	Assagai	3	Larry Adams	MacKenzie Miller	Cragwood Stable	1-5/8	2:44.60
1965	Hill Rise	4	Manuel Ycaza	William B. Finnegan	El Peco Ranch	1-5/8	2:42.60
1964	Turbo Jet II	4	Howard Grant	Frank A. Bonsal	Barclay Stable	1-5/8	2:42.80
1963	The Axe II	5	John L. Rotz	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1-5/8	2:45.60
1962	Beau Purple	5	William Boland	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1-1/2	2:28.60
1961	Wise Ship	4	Heliodoro Gustines	Jacob Byer	Milton J. Ritzenberg	1-5/8	2:50.40
1960	Harmonizing	6	John Ruane	W. Preston King	Sadie L. King	1-1/2	2:33.20
1959 #	Dotted Line	6	William Boland	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	1-1/2	2:40.80
1959 #	Tudor Era	6	Bill Hartack	Sidney Jacobs	Minnie G. Herff	1-1/2	2:41.00

* In 1975, One On The Asile finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second. # Run in two divisions in 1959.