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Ungraded Stakes race Count Fleet Stakes Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
United States
Inaugurated 1975 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html Race information Distance 1 mile, 70 yards Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-years-old Weight Assigned Purse $$65,000+ The Count Fleet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack, located in Jamaica, New York, at the beginning of January each year. [1] It is the first stakes race of the year run in New York for three-year-olds.
Named after the great Count Fleet, the 1943 Triple Crown winner, the race is open to three year olds willing to race one mile and seventy yards on the inner dirt track.
Offering a purse of $65,000 added, the race is a prep to the Whirlaway Stakes, the Gotham Stakes, the Bay Shore Stakes and the Wood Memorial Stakes.
Inaugurated in 1975 as the Count Fleet Handicap at Belmont Park, it was run that year at a distance of one mile. [2] In 1976 it was raced at seven furlongs then from 1977 through 1983 at at a mile and a sixteenth. It has been contested at a mile and seventy yards since 1984.[3]
There was no race run in 1982.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile, 70 yards)
- 1:39.61 - Achilles of Troy (2006)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Jorge Velasquez (1975, 1984, 1990)
- 3 - Richard Migliore (1985, 1988, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - John P. Campo (1977, 1991)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Paraneck Stable (2006, 2007)
Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance
(Miles)Time 2011 Monzon Edgar Prado Ignacio Correas IV Sagamore Farm 1m, 70 yds 1:42.42 2010 Laus Deo David Cohen Anthony W. Dutrow Fox Hill Farms, Inc. 1m, 70 yds 1:44.91 2009 Haynesfield Ramon Dominguez Steve Asmussen Turtle Bird Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:44.65 2008 Giant Moon Ramon Dominguez Richard Schosberg Albert Fried, Jr. 1m, 70 yds 1:41.14 2007 Pink Viper Norberto Arroyo, Jr. Alan Klanfer Paraneck Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:42.94 2006 Achilles of Troy Alan Garcia Jennifer Pedersen Paraneck Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:39.61 2005 Scrappy T Alan Garcia W. Robert Bailes Marshall E. Dowell 1m, 70 yds 1:42.41 2004 Smarty Jones Stewart Elliott John C. Servis Someday Farm 1m, 70 yds 1:41.42 2003 Grey Comet Aaron Gryder Gary C. Contessa Star Track Farms 1m, 70 yds 1:42.17 2002 Iron Deputy Richard Migliore James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore 1m, 70 yds 1:41.67 2001 Just Allen Steve Capanas Robert J. Seeger Raymond Ivory 1m, 70 yds 1:43.30 2000 Country Only Heberto Castillo, Jr. John C. Kimmel Morton Binn 1m, 70 yds 1:41.77 1999 Prime Directive Dale Beckner Walter C. Reese Noreen Carpenito 1m, 70 yds 1:42.41 1998 Classic Time Aaron Gryder Joe Orseno Deborah Schier 1m, 70 yds 1:40.89 1997 Real Star Chuck C. Lopez Joe Orseno Leonard Green 1m, 70 yds 1:43.15 1996 Criminal Suit John Velazquez Robert Barbara Greeley & Sabine Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:43.81 1995 Micheal's Star Mike McCarthy Guadalupe Preciado Hidden Lane Farm 1m, 70 yds 1:45.66 1994 Sonny's Bruno Mike Luzzi Howard M. Tesher Edwin H. Wachtel 1m, 70 yds 1:44.22 1993 Prairie Bayou Mike E. Smith Thomas Bohannan Loblolly Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:42.94 1992 Thunder Rumble Herb McCauley Richard O'Connell Konrad O. Widmer 1m, 70 yds 1:43.10 1991 Three Coins Up † Herb McCauley John P. Campo Pinebourne Farm 1m, 70 yds 1:44.86 1990 Dotsero Jorge Velasquez James E. Baker Burton E. Glazov 1m, 70 yds 1:42.00 1989 A.M. Swinger Chris Antley P. Brian Enright John H. Peace 1m, 70 yds 1:42.20 1988 Delightful Doctor Richard Migliore William B. Cocks Evergreen Farm 1m, 70 yds 1:42.20 1987 Sting'em Jose A. Santos Richard Dutrow, Sr. Stephen Dennehy 1m, 70 yds 1:43.60 1986 Bordeaux Bob Robbie Davis Roy Sedlacek Marc Barge 1m, 70 yds 1:43.00 1985 First One Up Richard Migliore Luis Barrera Randoph Weinsier 1m, 70 yds 1:44.00 1984 Lt. Flag Jorge Velasquez L. Douglas Amos Cedar Copse Stable 1m, 70 yds 1:42.60 1983 Jeff's Companion Antonio Graell Sally A. Bailie Aisco Stables 1-1/16 m 1:49.20 1982 No race 1981 Triocala Ruben Hernandez Pancho Martin Viola Sommer 1-1/16 m 1:45.20 1980 Degenerate Jon Jose Amy Joseph A. Trovato Barry K. Schwartz 1-1/16 m 1:44.00 1979 Picturesque Ruben Hernandez Jose A. Martin Harbor View Farm 1-1/16 m 1:49.80 1978 Prince Of Gold Dave Borden Alex A. Fiore Kamal S. Sheena 1-1/16 m 1:47.00 1977 Make Amends Steve Cauthen John P. Campo Elmendorf 1-1/16 m 1:46.00 1976 Wardlaw Jorge Tejeira David R. Vance Dan Lasater 0-7/8 m 1:22.60 1975 American History Jorge Velasquez Thomas F. Root, Sr. Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. 1 m 1:35.00 - † In 1991, Stately Wager finished first but was disqualifed to second.
References
Coordinates: 40°40′20″N 73°49′51″W / 40.672306°N 73.830829°W
Categories:- Triple Crown Prep Races
- Horse races in New York
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Ungraded stakes races in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1975
- Aqueduct Racetrack
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